Comments on: Is it ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ time in Seattle? http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/ Behind the scenes at The Oklahoman's sports desk Fri, 03 May 2013 02:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: michael u. http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-44 michael u. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:47:25 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-44 THERE IS JUST ONE RESTRICTION. A GUARANTEED TEAM! WHICH STERN WILL NOT DO! THERE WILL NOT BE A FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT. THIS WAS JUST CONFIRMED BY OUR MAYOR OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL! SEE YA’ALL IN JUNE!

MIKE U.

]]> By: mark http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-43 mark Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:53:23 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-43 “He won’t resign if they stay either”

He will if he’s on a team that’s committed to winning. Clay Bennett is not.

]]> By: mickey http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-42 mickey Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:39:49 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-42 Gordon has laid out Seattle’s offer. It is no coincidence that Shultz filed his lawsuit the day after Gordon’s comments. Feel the screws being tightened?

I bet Stern and Bennett do.

Look for more emails and things slowly leaking out leading up to the trial.

]]> By: RonFromSeattle http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-41 RonFromSeattle Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:53:43 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-41 obsolete in 10 years – geez, that’s too generous. The Ford Center is not much better than KeyArena. More like obsolete in 5 years.

]]> By: Jake http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Jake Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:35:48 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-40 Alright I promise this one works!!!!!!

Not being a hater, just trying to prove the sad state that the NBA is in right now that 12 years after an arean opens and before it is even paid off the league can say that it is not “NBA ready”

]]> By: Jake http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Jake Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:30:05 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4QLK0HnOc:

Link to go along with the above quote.

]]> By: Jake http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jake Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:28:44 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-38 Have fun being held hostage by David Stern 10 years from now when your new Ford Center is considered “obsolete”

]]> By: RJ http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-37 RJ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:52:19 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-37 “Because Durant isn’t resigning if they move”

He won’t resign if they stay either

]]> By: mark http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-35 mark Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:28:32 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-35 Sounds like that would amount to an expansion team, which Stern has said he is opposed to. And what sense would it make for Sonics to relocate and then get an expansion team? Wouldn’t it make more sense just to give the expansion to OKC?

Gorton says the ONLY way to avoid litigation is a GUARANTEE that Seattle gets another team. At which point, it seems to make little economic sense for the Sonics to move at all. Unless OKC really just can’t live without Earl Watson. Because Durant isn’t resigning if they move.

]]> By: mikesherman http://blog.newsok.com/openmike/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-34 mikesherman Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:10:49 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/mikesherman/2008/04/22/is-it-lets-make-a-deal-time-in-seattle/#comment-34 Judging from the comments from NBA officials and owners — both when they were in Oklahoma City and in New York — it sounds like Seattle will get a franchise when it gets the arena deal figured out.

And judging from what Gorton said yesterday, it sounds like more energy is about to be invested in that direction. The promise of an arena in a city the size of Seattle will be too tempting and lucrative to turn down.

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