deadspin.com - 4/10/2008
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Since they bought the Seattle Sonics, Clay Bennett and company have claimed that they did not have the initial intention to move the team to Oklahoma City. (They even told David Stern as much.) No one has ever believed them, and now there's proof .
Early emails have been released as a part of court papers, and they're definitive evidence that the group always planned on shipping the team ...
Clay Bennett Lied to David Stern
enjoytheenjoyment.com 4/10/2008 — Bombshell! Emails obtained from the Oklahoma City ownership group are part of a motion the city of Seattle filed in federal court yesterday, and Jim Brunner of the Seattle Times got them . And boy is there ever a smoking gun. You'll remember that ...
Reading Clay Bennett's E-Mail
myespn.go.com 4/10/2008 — Unbelievable. Attorneys for the City of Seattle, as part of their legal tussle with Sonic owners over the KeyArena lease, have discovered some shocking emails. Jim Brunner of the Seattle Times tells the story . (The Times has also posted copies of ...
E-mails Prove Clay Bennett is a Lying Jerk
undraftedfreeagent.blogspot.com 4/10/2008 — Last spring, Sonics owners told fans they would work to stay in Seattle. Instead, new e-mails show they worked on ways to weasel their way to Oklahoma City.
Your Move, Howard Schultz
enjoytheenjoyment.com 4/10/2008 — When Clay Bennett bought the Sonics, he signed, to quote the Times' fantastic Jim Brunner , "an agreement requiring a 'good-faith' effort until Oct. 31 [2007] to seal an arena deal here." The emails that have come to light today show that the ...
Does This Make Sense to You?
myespn.go.com 4/15/2008 — David Stern says Clay Bennett -- recently found to have emailed his partners that he was "a man possessed" with trying to get the team moved to Oklahoma City, and to have outright lied to Stern himself by saying he had never talked to his partners ...
Stern Oddly Content Playing Bennett's Fool
sports.aol.com 4/15/2008 — David Stern usually has no problem embracing the role of "hard ass." (In fact, it seems like he actually enjoys it .) And yet, when Clay Bennett was forced to turn over emails that revealed he and his ownership team flat-out lied to Stern's face ...
Will NBA Owners Deny the Sonics Move?
sports.aol.com 4/15/2008 — This morning's news of an impending lawsuit from Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz (followed last week's release of incriminating emails from Clay Bennett ) has cast this week's NBA owners vote on the relocation of the SuperSonics in different light. In ...
Will Starbucks save the Sonics?
supersonicsoul.com 4/15/2008 — We at Supersonicsoul have bashed former Sonics owner Howard Schultz in the past, but if this story turns out to be true, I am going to buy Starbucks every day for the rest of my life: SEATTLE -- Former Sonics owner Howard Schultz plans to sue to get ...
In the (near) words of the X-man: Clay, don’t move yet
ww3.startribune.com 4/15/2008 — Clay Bennett, a “man possessed” (his words) and perhaps the least popular man in Seattle right now aside from Sassbottom (cheap shot) will have to hold the phone for just a minute on all this moving to OKC talk. That’s because the ...
Clay Bennett's a Terrible Liar
sports.aol.com 4/15/2008 — What's that? Oh, Clay Bennett was not actually negotiating in good faith with the city of Seattle and the Washington State Legislature to work out a deal to get a new building for the Sonics in the Emerald City? Oh, that's surprising. Really ...
Starbucks CEO Wants the Sonics Back
sports.aol.com 4/16/2008 — This story falls in the "holy s#!%" category, as well as those denoted above. From the Seattle Times 's Percy Allen , via SonicsCentral : Howard Schultz says he wants the Sonics back. Nearly two years after selling Seattle's NBA franchise to ...
Save the Sonics! Rock the NBA Board of Governors vote!
sports.yahoo.com 4/16/2008 — If you're an NBA basketball fan, you are no doubt sickened by what Clay Bennett and his Raiders are trying to do in Seattle. If this is the case, I beg you to read this e-mail I received from Tyler Kumakura at SonicsCentral : I'm a Sonics fan. I ...
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