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The Sonics have been sold to a group from Oklahoma City, according to multiple sources. A news conference to announce the sale has been scheduled for 3 p.m. today.
The New Orleans Hornets played their games last season at Oklahoma City, and are scheduled to play there again next season. It was not immediately known if the team would move to Oklahoma.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...icssold18.html
It belongs in the NBA forum, but oh well.
So much for Kansas City getting a team
Holy crap. If I were a fan in Seattle I'd be ting bricks.
Wow. OK City is a huge difference from Seattle. Like night and day.
If the team was sold to Oklahoma, why would they continue playing in Seattle?It was not immediately known if the team would move to Oklahoma.
Another team playing games there just now. Wouldn't it be hilarious if OK City housed two NBA franchises?
that, or getting on the phone to local and state leaders urging that they get cracking on helping the Sonics find a way to build a new building. Key Arena is horrendous and needs to be replaced by something resembling the facilities that have been built for baseball and football. State and local leaders have done a magnificent job in putting together the funding necessary to build state-of-the-art stadiums for the Mariners and the Seahawks. And while some of the responsibility for such a building should fall on the ownership group, undoubtedly -- Paul Allen paid the bill for some portion of the construction of Qwest Field and -- it wouldn't be unprecedented for the city or county to bear some major portion of the costs if only to keep the franchise in Seattle.
I think what will happen is they'd stay in Seattle this upcoming season, they'll be all kinds of lobbying to keep them there, and in the end they'll move to Oklahoma the next season. But I'm just guessing.
Oh, I had assumed that it would happen sometime this season. BTW, anyone know when the Nets are moving to Brooklyn?
if oklahoma gets a permanent team, mav fans will be torn.
I hope so.
Red River shoot out. LOL
It's rumored to be this group:
Gaylord Properties, Inc. based out of OK City.
They recently owned a 18.41% share of the San Antonio Spurs before selling in 1996-97
In addition they have recently made bids for the Washington Nationals and are supposedly NOT averse to owning sports franchises outside of their market.
OKC-Cow-chippers
so noel will get cut and spurs will sign him
wonder if sonics want expring contracts to reduce payroll before buyout is complete
when are the spurs gonna be bought by someone competent
I had that same sinking feeling when I thought the Maloof brothers would buy the Spurs.
Congratulations OK City!
Vancouver was an out and out failure.
On top of that, Canada's taxes are just beyond disgusting, no more teams will be going to Canada.
OKC deserves a team after the show of support the gave the Hornets last season. I really believe that homecourt atmosphere got them 10 extra wins. Plus, it would screw over all of those assholes who booed Tim when he was on the ground, clutching his twisted ankle in game 6 in 2005.
By that reasoning, then San Antonio deserves a football team for all the support they gave the Saints last season. I say that is a good deal for both cities.
The Sonics are one of the handful of NBA teams with a nickname of historical and regional importance (like the Rockets, Spurs, and Mavs). 'Supersonics' is a reference to the World's Fair in Seattle, I think in 1968, for which the Space Needle was built, as well as one of the world's first monorails. This all centered around Seattle becoming important for the space and aeronautics industries, like Boeing.
I hope they don't go. Seattle is a great city and the team has a great history there.
Well Shultz and company made $150 million off the deal. Nice 5-year investment.
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