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Clay Bennett fires back, says lease lawsuit is a ruse to force sale of Sonics

kcudah posted 4/18/2008 from seattletimes.nwsource.com

With the NBA Board of Governors today expected to approve his bid to move the Sonics to Oklahoma City, team owner Clay Bennett's attorneys already are signaling his strategy for the next big battle: arguing to a federal judge that Seattle's KeyArena lease lawsuit is just a ruse to force a team sale. Striking back after a week of bad publicity, Bennett's attorneys filed a federal-court ...

The battle for Seattle's Sonics has barely begun, Mr. Bennett

mrclm posted 4/18/2008 from seattletimes.nwsource.com

Brian Robinson of the Save Our Sonics and http://sonicscentral.com submits an Op-Ed piece on why the battle is just beginning, on why Clay Bennett can't just jack our team. Additionally, Brian Robinson has traveled to todays Board of Governors meeting in NYC to represent Sonics fans the world over. May Stern and Bennett squirm in the mess they have created!

Sixers fan in favor of saving the SuperSonics and moving a team to Oklahoma City

Sixers Journal found this 4/18/2008 on mvn.com

It really is ashame what is happening to Sonics fans. Clay Bennett and the rest of the owners in conjunction with the NBA are holding the city of Seattle hostage. The owners meetings are Thursday and Friday this week and one of the subjects on the ...

NBA approves Sonics' move to Oklahoma City

Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog! found this 4/18/2008 on seattletimes.nwsource.com

The NBA Board of Governors voted overwhelmingly today to approve the Sonics' move from Seattle to Oklahoma City. Sonics owner Clay Bennett is trying to get out of the lease to play at KeyArena through 2010 and move the team before next season. The ...

Owners Approve Relocation of Sonics. Legal Battles Will Determine Fate

Maury posted 4/19/2008 from www.bizofbasketball.com

At the NBA Board of Governors meeting today in New York, the league’s 30 owners approved the request for relocation of the SuperSonics to Oklahoma City, 28-2, with Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Portland Trail Blazers voting against the move. With the approval, Seattle can only hope that legal challenges will keep the team in place until at least 2010. Other ...