FanHouse Roundtable: How Much Blame Does Seattle Carry?

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The Internets are alive: Goodbye, sweet Sonics
Published 7/3/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
... Ziller, FanHouse: "... of course the city and Legislature have culpability in the end result. But they weren't the ones who purchased a team under false pretenses and lied to everyone's face about it. Bennett was. And Stern let it happen without recourse, to make an example of Seattle and teach those other cities a lesson. That the city and Leg (and voters) rejected bad plans for new buildings (Key would be fine with a renovation, according to everyone except Bennett and Schultz — even the NBA agrees with the city on this) is a far smaller crime than ...

Offseason Off The Wall: 7.2.08
Published 7/3/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... the "worst team in the NBA" as the panic button indicates over at GSOM, and it's got some room to grow. It's no longer a laughing stock. Of course, if they manage to get Brand... I shutter at the very thought, both in fear and joy. *********************************************************************************** So the Sonics are gone. And the Internet is a flutter with outrage and scorn and woefull mourning. I've been over this. And yesterday went over it again. What really infuriates me on the pro-Seattle side of the aisle is how ...