Why did the Seattle Supersonics move to OKC?

[Thundestruck]

Way to only talk about the first part of what was said and not the part immediately after it. Yes, it wasn't a good trade but that wasn't was said. Maybe Seattle would have paid the tax and not traded Harden. Or maybe Seattle would have continued right on their path of crap drafting and not having to worry about the tax because they didn't draft enough quality guys were it was a problem. It is a dumb, pointless argument because it has nothing to do with the issue of Seattle actually having a team.

[NekiEcko]

Ballmer had a chance to buy the team from Schultz, just like the other local money in Seattle, they wanted no part of that arena and that lease.

The Sonics only had value, to someone wanting to move the team.

Locals were too smart to pour money down that rat hole.

Thunderhead, I can understand about how passionate about this subject you are but you have to look at it like this. Yes the City of Seattle screw up, Howard Schultz mess up and Washington State polices kill it. Clay should not say that he was going to keep the team there even know that the end game was OKC.

Tale of Seattle is a lesson learned and hard reminder that if nobody is going to be on the same page then the project is going to fail, no matter what. Even now, it is the same politics is holding up any talk of building a arena to a point that there is another project in Southcenter (Tuwkia) is going to dwarf that in a heartbeat.

O.T. Speaking about Howard Schutlz and Starbucks, I was offered to work at the HQ as a IT/Admin personnel and I have to turn them down, I have my reasons to (trying returning back to Georgia) but when their HR person ask why, I did not say anything but then that person say "It must be a basketball reason behind it". I just SMH on the other end of the line.

[Thunderhead]

Candy from a baby .

Just like taking candy from a baby.

[Optimus_Steel]

Bennett lied, simple as that. He said was trying to find a way to build an arena in Seattle but it was obvious that he clearly was not. It was all lip service.

In the early to mid 2000's before Amway Center was built, the owners of the Magic were exploring whether to put the team for sale because they were in need of a new arena and things had stalled, and Bennett came in and was trying to buy the team, and he was saying all the same things that he said in Seattle, that he wanted to try and keep the team in Orlando bla bla bla. The Magic owners wanted to sell to owners that would keep the team in Orlando and didn't trust Bennett so they quickly put the team off the market. I am pretty happy they kept the team or it would be the OKC Magic right now.

[rayofsunshine]

I hate that Seattle lost their team, that was one of the coolest places to have a team, also they had some cool ass teams and cool jersey' s with a nice color scheme. Just sucks. I looked forward to the Lakers playing against them. Now we have These damn stupid Thunder and those damn ugly uniforms that ripped off the knicks colors and in Oklahoma of all places. A tragedy.