Comments on: More Stern words

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By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:40:31 +0000

I guess simple economics are just way over your head, CandyAndy. It doesn’t matter where it comes from….every time you buy it, you prop up the price……dummy.

Oh and by the way…..Seattle will accept a buyout before the trial date. Bank on it.

By: Andy Simon

Andy Simon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:50:56 +0000

Wow, you can’t even talk smack right. ROFLMAO

We don’t send a penny to you in OKC because all of our fuel comes from Alaska.

Schooled again.

BTW: Never had a latte in my life.

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:34:34 +0000

I guess I’ve been a little hard on Candyazz Andy and his band of latte sipping trolls…….

I just want to tell you Seattle trolls that every time you fill up with gas or pay your heating bill, you are helping to drive OKC’s thriving economy.

Thanks for your support…..and your NBA team.

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:26:39 +0000

Andy….You’re just not too bright, are you? You’re on an OKC board. That makes you the “smack talking troll”….dummy.

Why are you posting on an OKC board? It’s because deep down inside, under the layers of denial, you know that the Sonics are moving to OKC.

The team is leaving Seattle…..period.

Bennett and company hate Seattle and can’t wait to take their team and leave……and nobody , nobody, NOBODY can stop them.

By: Andy Simon

Andy Simon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:42:33 +0000

Sadly Phillip is nothing more than a smack talking troll.

It doesn’t matter if Bennett and his partners care how much money Ballmer and his partners have, it is the NBA owners that it matters too.

I am sure they are drooling over the marking ties they can do with Dorkmeister Capital and Cheesepeak Energy. WOW!

They are going to drool over the marketing potential of a world wide giant like Microsoft and a large national marketing group like Costco. The possibilities are endles, especially when the NBA wants to go global.

BTW Boeing didn’t leave Seattle, they moved a couple hundred executives to Chicago. Considering the merger made them the biggest in the industry it is a natural part of it. The growth they have in this market is yet another reason why OKC doesn’t hold a candle to this region. OUR companies open branches in OKC, not the other way around.

By: Clay

Clay — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:01:55 +0000

I’m ridding the well coached COUGS all the way! I must be crazy..

and I agree with Andy…

when everything is laid out on the table it’s so obvious the goal was to move to okc..plain and clear…. and never give in to Seattle.. just look at how the fomer players and coaches were treated prior to the season. Have you ever seen a team ditch all the history after celebrating 40 years as a franchise… wow unbelievable… Lenny, Sikma, Detlef ….

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:12:10 +0000

Seattles aire of self-importance is really cute. Here’s a news flash for you……the NBA isn’t afraid of Seattle or Sen. Skeletors threats.

Anti-trust…imminent domain…You internet lawyers are really funny. The Sonics are a private business that are coming up on the end of there lease….Seattle can’t stop the Sonics from leaving anymore than they could stop Boeing.

By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:50:38 +0000

Andy, I’m glad you’re so impressed with Ballmers money but I promise you the Bennett group isn’t. They could care less how much money he has.
The BOG has never voted down a fellow owners relocation request. In the last three relocations combined, the vote has been only one vote short of unanimous and the one vote was a conditional yes. The BOG will do as Stern recommends, just like they always do.
After the BOG approves the move, the Sonics will sign a long term lease with OKC beginning in 2010 or upon the successful resolution of the lease. Seattle will accept a buyout soon after and this thing will never even make it to the trial date.
The writing is on the wall…..it’s over. Seattle needs to realize it.

It just doesn’t matter how much money Ballmer has if there’s not a team for sale. Why should it?

By: Andy Simon

Andy Simon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:29:13 +0000

Phillip,

You like Stern because right now he is helping Bennett. You won’t like him the day he turns on you and demands a new arena to replace the one you just remodeled. Think he won’t? Pay attention to what he did in Seattle and what Bennett said about needing a full on events center in OKC within a decade.

You can delude yourself into thinking that a guy worth $15 billion would be involved in nothing but a P.R. stunt if you want but it makes you look like a fool.

Pay attention to the facts:

1) If you knew anything about Ballmer you would know he wouldn’t be involved just as a stunt. He gets involved because he gets things done.

2) Yes the team is not for sale TODAY. The Storm were not for sale and Bennett decided to sell them. The Seahawks were not for sale but the court case changed that. The Mariners were not for sale but that changed as well. This team will be for sale when the situation changes.

3) Seattle couldn’t reach an agreement with Bennett because he refused to negotiate. He NEVER talked to the City of Seattle and even those in Olympia that were supporting his Palace Proposal said he wouldn’t work with them either. He was never serious about honoring his word or contracts as we learned later when the truth came out.

4) OKC is being delusional if they think the ENTIRE league is willing to take financial losses to support Bennett. Pay attention to what the owners are saying and you will see there is almost no support for his relocation request if Seattle has Ballmer and an Arena plan in place.

5) The looming court case is not a problem today for the owners but it becomes their problem if they approve the relocation. At that point the city will add the owners as defendants to the case and none of them want to sit on a witness stand just to watch Bennett lose a case.

6) Then comes the federal anti-trust investigation, not something the league wants to be part of, followed by the emminant domain fight. The league will never take the chance of losing control of a franchise and will never let that get into court. If they did they would never be able to hold a city hostage for an arena deal again.

7) You are correct that no one can force Bennett to sell but they can, and will, deny the relocation. When that happens he can remain the owner if he wants but he would be a fool to do so since his lies have made it so no one would do business with him. At some point a deal will be negotiated that gets OKC a team and leaves the Sonics in Seattle in the hands of what would be the richest ownership group in the league.

It is great that you are passionate about becoming a major league city but you can’t let your emotions override common sense.