usatoday.com - 7/4/2008
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When the New Orleans Hornets arrived in Oklahoma City weeks before the 2005-06 season, one of their first priorities was to find a place to practice. It's also a major concern for the Seattle SuperSonics, who - unlike the Hornets - will be moving permanently to Oklahoma before the upcoming season. A taxpayer-funded practice facility is planned but won't be ready for at least 18 months ...
A Drop in the Bucket: Why the Settlement between the Sonics and Seattle will See Bennett Making $$$
bizofbasketball.com 7/3/2008 — That laughter you’re hearing is the owners of the Seattle SuperSonics. Or rather, the owners of the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics as a settlement has been reached between ownership and the City of Seattle for as much as $75 million. Here's why, as slimy as Bennett is, he comes out smelling like a rose, even after paying as much as $75 million to relocate the Sonics
What Could Make It Change?
freedarko.blogspot.com 7/3/2008 — What a bummer of an afternoon on here, and then the Sonics settlement. I come here not to moan, or bang my fist anymore. I will not curse Stern because sorry, I like him more than the city I call home, flawed as he is. I still don't like Oklahoma ...
First They Came For the Sonics...
upsideandmotor.blogspot.com 7/3/2008 — I've tried to remain quiet on the subject of the Sonics possible (and now certain) departure from Seattle for a couple of reasons...[But] This situation is so unbearably shitty that I feel like I need to write something about it...
Seattle SuperSonics--Sydney Kings: we understand
asternwarning.blogspot.com 7/4/2008 — Two teams were lost from two corners of the globe this week. Seattle Sonics fans, the fans of the Sydney Kings feel your pain.
After a drawn-out struggle, the fans of Sydney lost their team -- the team they grew up with. The team may be gone, but the memories are not.