Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 5 hours ago
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Former Sonics Chairman Howard Schultz announced Friday that he is withdrawing his lawsuit against the Professional Basketball Club attempting to unwind the 2006 sale of the team to Clay Bennett's group. (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 1 day 4 hours ago
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They paid $2.3 million in attorney's fees, $61,296 for an expert witness who bombed on the stand and $17,000 to the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, but in the end, the city of Seattle came out ahead financially in its lawsuit against the Sonics' Oklahoma-based ownership group led by Clay Bennett. (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 2 days ago
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After Storm practice Tuesday, Nick Collison shot around at the Furtado Center. It was just like old times, except he's now working out for the Oklahoma City NBA franchise. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 3 days ago
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The Supersonicsoul Worldwide Headquarters is observing an extended pre-Labor Day break this week and shall return next Tuesday. See you, as they say in this biz, "after the jump." (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 6 days ago
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A group of former Sonics supporters are asking Judge Richard Jones to halt ticket sales in Oklahoma City until Seattle's fans have the first shot at renewing tickets at the price and priority promised by Clay Bennett for the next two years. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 7 days ago
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As first reported by Brian Robinson at sonicscentral.com, Shawn Kemp will make a - albeit brief - return to KeyArena tonight at 7:30 pm as part of the 3BA basketball league.Founded by AC Green, the league shrinks the team size from 5-on-5 to 3-on-3 in an attempt to provide fans with more offense and... (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 8 days ago
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That's Donyell, not John, in case you wondering. As the headline from cavsboard.com put it, "The Sonics would have traded us Wally and Delonte for some cardboard boxes."Yes, but only if the boxes had those little holes for you to put your hands in on the side. Otherwise, it would have been no-deal. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 8 days ago
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He came to Seattle as unheralded as an autumn rain, a point guard from the other side of the country, plucked from the second round of the 1986 draft by a team fresh off consecutive 51-loss seasons.That two decades later he would be one of the most, if not the most, beloved players in team history ... (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 9 days ago
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Judge Marsha Pechman ruled against former Sonics chairman Howard Schultz on two motions Wednesday in his suit against Clay Bennett, saying the case will not be split into two parts and that the NBA will be allowed to intervene. (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 9 days ago
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Turns out Seattle isn't just losing the Sonics. There's also a flat-screen TV in the coaches' room at KeyArena that'll now be headed to Oklahoma City. Six radios out of the media room. Four headphones from the statistician's table. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 9 days ago
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For the entirety of his Seattle Sonic career, Luke Ridnour bore the designation of "bad defense."Merited or not (and, towards the end, it's safe to say that his poor defensive reputation began to become a bit overdone), ask any Sonic fan which player - Earl Watson or Ridnour - deserved to be the sta... (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 10 days ago
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The legal settlement that began seven weeks ago between Clay Bennett and the city of Seattle finally ended Tuesday when the two sides signed off on the final paperwork and the city received a check for $45 million. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 10 days ago
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The Howard Schultz lawsuit against PBC has now been set to begin June 15th, 2009, according to the Seattle Times. Given that that date is still 10 months away, there's plenty of time left for all sorts of emails to surface, on both sides of the courtroom.In other news, the 3 season ticket holders su... (original story)
Posted from Seattle Post-Intelligencer:... 11 days ago
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A group of former Sonics season ticket holders pursuing a class-action suit against Clay Bennett propose that an acceptable remedy in the breach of contract case would be free seats at games in Oklahoma City for the next two years. (original story)
Posted from Supersonicsoul - The Sonics... 11 days ago
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There are bad off-seasons, then there are Vincent Askew off-seasons.On the heels of Askew's on-again, off-again, on-again coaching tenures in the ABA comes word that the former Sonic has landed in hot water in Miami.Askew, 42, was arrested by Miami-Dade police on Wednesday and charged with three cou... (original story)