sports.yahoo.com - 12/5/2008
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Gary Payton never stops talking. The future Hall-of-Famer spent his entire career trying to get in the heads of his opponents. Now, in retirement, the Seattle legend is using his gift of gab in a different way. Payton has teamed up with Chris Webber and Ahmad Rashad as part of a new studio ...
laballtalk.com - 12/3/2008
forbes.com - 12/3/2008
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forbes.com —
Last season was a rousing success for the
National Basketball Association. The league's two marquee teams, the...
Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, met in the finals, and television ratings soared 51% over the prior year. The league's two biggest ...
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The Business Of Basketball
boston.com - 12/1/2008
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boston.com —
There was a lawsuit filed against the team
by the city of Seattle. There was negative publicity....
About 70 team employees, from players to ticket office staff, left the Emerald City for a much different life in a state where the wind comes sweepin' ...
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Forecast is OK for Thunder - The Boston Globe
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Friday Bolts - 12.5.08
The Thunderworld —
... Gary Payton talks Sonics with Ball Don't Lie: "BDL: You said recently that you believe Seattle will have another team by 2011, what makes you so sure? GP: A lot of people don't know why the city took the deal ... the NBA guaranteed [Seattle] that they can get a team back in 2011. They can keep their colors, keep their tradition, and they can keep their name, and gave them 75 million dollars. Most people don't know what was in the deal, and that's why the city took the deal because they knew they're gonna get a basketball team ...
Seatowning 12/13
SeaTown Sports —
... comes in at number 9, in the Top ten sports moments of 2008 [Chicago Tribune]
+Rick Mallory, former Husky, rumored to become the new Husky O-Line coach [Seattle Times]
+I can't believe it, their is already controversy surrounding the Seattle Sounders [FanNation]
+Gary Payton still believes Seattle will have a team by 2011 [Ball Don't Lie]
+Nate Robinson fashion shoot! [Dime] ...
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