Clay Bennett Didn't Exactly Give Up that Sonic Legacy

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SeaTown Sports found this 7/4/2008 on myespn.go.com [flag]
It has been widely reported that the City of Seattle gets to keep all the Sonics name, history, banners, colors, and all that. Not exactly. The name, colors, and the uniforms, they're safe. But the other stuff? That's trickier. The evidence suggests the Oklahoma City TBDs are hanging onto a fair amount of Sonic history. Percy Allen of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports : Bennett ... [link]

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Published 7/4/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (karazekevin) at SeaTown Sports
The day after. Fan Eulogies [Dime] [Yahoo! Sports] [Enjoy the Enjoyment] [FanHouse] [SOS] Deal with it +This is what pisses me off the most, replica banners and trophies...WTF!?!??! ARE YOU SERIOUS [ESPN] +What happens now? [Save Our Sonics] +Let's do it the right way. Not the NBA way. [Supersonicsoul] +I prefer the name OKC Bandits. [Seattle PI] +The real way to address those stupid Oklahoma City fans [SportingNews] Stuff no one ...

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Published 7/8/2008 by picodulce at the east coast bias
... , even though he intends not to use it. But they will create duplicate banners and the history. Seattle can have the logo and name if they get a new team, if the former Sonics are still in Ok City, if the NBA approves, and former owner Howard Schulz’ lawsuit is not in the way (big h/t to True Hoop for explaining that, more information on the site). ...

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