Will NBA Owners Deny the Sonics Move?
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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 other words, it's not sure thing any more. Mark Cuban has spent the past week telling reporters he'll vote against the relocation plea , based ...
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Has David Stern Become Completely Inept?
Published 4/15/2008 by Chris at Intentional Foul
... Because of Stern’s inaction, other businessmen in Seattle are trying to take matters into their own hands by forcefully removing Bennett from the Sonics ownership. I wonder which side of the fight Stern will be on? ...
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Hardwood Paroxysm found this 4/10/2008 on www.bizofbasketball.com
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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 ...Shocking Newsflash: Clay Bennett Is A Liar [Clay Bennett]
Enjoy the Enjoyment found this 4/10/2008 on deadspin.com
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 . ...Your Move, Howard Schultz
ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog found this 4/10/2008 on www.enjoytheenjoyment.com
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 ...Stern Oddly Content Playing Bennett's Fool
Intentional Foul found this 4/15/2008 on sports.aol.com
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 ...Clay Bennett's a Terrible Liar
Intentional Foul found this 4/15/2008 on sports.aol.com
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 ...Save the Sonics! Rock the NBA Board of Governors vote!
Sonics basketball will return! found this 4/16/2008 on sports.yahoo.com
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 ...Dear Maloofs, re: Seattle ...
MrThell posted 4/16/2008 from www.sactownroyalty.com
Please vote against Clay Bennett's relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics. The circumstances are so sleazy , and the existing questions so profound , it would behoove you (and the league) to wait for existing legal concerns to be resolved before casting your lot with these hustlers. We fans have little representation at the league's governing table.U.S. Senators Ask NBA To Delay Sonics Vote
And One posted 4/17/2008 from www.slamdunkcentral.com
The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the two U.S. Senators from the state of Washington, have requested that the NBA postpone their vote approving the move of the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City.
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I know I’ve given the Sonics a lot of flack over the past season for various ineptitudes, but when push comes to shove, Seattle’s a pretty good ball-town. I have over the last few days been inundated with emails from various folk interested in keeping the Sonics in Seattle… and when you explore all the facts surrounding the entire ...NBA: Ex-owner of SuperSonics wants back in
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Posted 4/14/2008 on Enjoy the Enjoyment
Well that's that. For anyone who was hoping that the Clay Bennett emails would somehow turn David Stern against him, think again. Stern's apparently hasn't read the emails, or doesn't care to . I haven't studied them but my sense of it was that Clay, as the managing partner and the driving force of the group, was operating in good faith under the agreement that had been made with [previous ...The Banality of 'Me Too, Thanks Clay!'
Posted 4/13/2008 on The Sporting Blog
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Posted 4/11/2008 on Sonics basketball will return!
Truly one of the coolest guys on earth. He is more than just a great voice. Last game for KC tonight if we don’t win this battle fellas. This guys not going to OKC. Pelton’s Place Apparently Clay Bennett will be in attendance tonight, hopefully providing grist for the mill and plenty of talk about his emails of late and his bizarre man-crush on David Stern… The ...Clay Bennett is a liar: Bennett lied to David Stern, no surprises there
Posted 4/11/2008 on SportFiends
Ever since Clay Bennett acquired the Sonics in 2006, he has been saying to everyone that he does want to keep the team in Seattle and that he was making an honest effort to just get a new arena for the squad. I don’t know if he actually expected us to believe that or not but he lied to us and to David Stern anyway. Now theres proof of that . Some emails that Bennett sent have surfaced ...Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Posted 4/10/2008 on Enjoy the Enjoyment
Clay Bennett--CAUGHT! The big story is that emails obtained by the city of Seattle show Clay Bennett caught in a lie--not just to Sonics fans, but to David Stern himself. Jim Brunner broke the story . Here's my take . Sonics fans direct their anger at Howard Schultz , mostly, writes Jayda Evans. The Seattle Times had superfan Big Lo infiltrate Starbucks HQ (with apologies to Michael Moore) in ...
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Published 4/18/2008 on ESPN.com - NBA
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