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« ClearWire Update: Good News | Main | SkyTrain! » November 3, 2007A Ray Of Light For Storm Fans?Yesterday Clay Bennett and the Professional Basketball Club of Oklahoma announced their intention to move the Sonics to OKC as soon as is feasible: Today we notified Commissioner Stern that we intend to relocate the Sonics to Oklahoma City if we succeed in the pending litigation with the City, or are able to negotiate an early lease termination, or at the end of the lease term. This is not unexpected; nobody has believed that Bennett or his investors had any intention of keeping the team in Seattle; in fact, one of his money guys, Aubrey McClendon, confirmed it in an interview with a local Oklahoma newspaper back in August. The thing that's got me intrigued, however, is the next paragraph in the release: We have not made a decision regarding the future location of the Seattle Storm. We appreciate the deep local interest and support for the Storm and have begun to evaluate a future course of action for the team. Now that's interesting. Bennett has, thus far, resisted talking about splitting the teams, insisting that Oklahoma City would be a great WNBA market ... which is silly. I wonder if it's finally dawning on him that he might be able to recover some of his costs - and salvage some goodwill - by leaving the Storm here. It's gonna get messy, folks. Posted by Gavin Shearer at November 3, 2007 9:12 AM. Posted to Seattle Storm. CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |