the e-mail is a sweet flip!!

“It asks that the court deprive the Oklahoma City group “the fruits of its deception.”

That has to be my favorite line.

You OKC vultures are finally getting the national attention you crave. And you look awesome.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2004366809_websonisale23.html

This lawsuit is just silly, there is nothing in the agreement that required them to own the team for any defined amount of time.

The reason that Shultz sold the team was because he knew Seattle wouldn’t take his threat of moving the team seriously so he sold to someone where the threat was real…..a “sweet flip” would have meant they got an arena built and made good on the agreement.

They would have been the best thing Seattle could have hoped for if they would have got an arena built and sold the team back to local owners.

The team would have been worth alot more with a new arena and they would have made a nice profit.

That is the definition of a “sweet flip”.

Take that one step further and Bennett would have saved the Hornets from financial ruin after Katrina, he would have saved the Seattle market for the NBA and there is no doubt in my mind that OKC would have gotten a team with Bennett as the owner.

i was making pancakes the other day, and I had a ‘sweet flip.’ it must have flipped over like four or five times, and then i caught i perfectly on the spatula. one of those moments when you wish someone was there to see the amazingness, because no one will believe how sweet my flip was. it was supersonic!

geez phillip,
are you still saying this, and, saying that, and, the story is this, and, the story is that???? what we have in 1st district court is the story. a REAL story. all you come up with is PERSONAL thoughts, while, on the other hand, there are 3 current pending items of litigation that clay-boy must address. 1 out of the 3 wins, and, you sorry little thieves will be laid out on the carpet in front of the whole nation!! now, if you could phillip, come up with anything more concrete, or, do some actual research into what you post, we in turn, might listen to you a little bit. but, rambling on, and, on, and, on about we are losing the sonics over an arena we will not provide. you are VERY correct there!! if you ever owned a business (hotdog carts dont count, although, my roomate owns one here!), and, that business owned aprtments that rented out on a LEASE basis, and, said tenants of these apartments didnt want to honor the lease on thier apartments, and, wnated to up and move, what would you do poor phillip?? here, let me answer that for you…….SUE THE CRAP OUT OF SAID TENANT!!! look in any civil court proceedings in any national newspaper including yours, and, you will see tons of these lawsuits, and, WE ARE NO DIFFERENT!! SEE YA’ALL IN JUNE, AND, JULY, AND, NOW NOVEMBER!!! YEEHAW!!!
MIKE U.
p.s. DARREL, my offer stands at any of these pending suits of litigation.
p.p.s.Just heard over the local radio, looks like the court may allow an injucnction on any further action on the SONICS process of relocation of , until pending litigation is settled!!! YEEHAW!!!!!

(Mike, it’s Darnell. And nothing’s changed about my travel plans but thanks anyway. -DM-)

AND YES PHILLIP, WE DONT TAKE THREATS SERIOUSLY (HOWARD’S OR ANYONE ELSE)!! YOU CANT THREATEN A COUPLE MILLION PEOPLE, AND, FORCE THEM TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!! ASK NICELY, AND, SOMETHING CAN ALWAYS WORK OUT!!! SEE YA’ALL IN JUNE!!!

MIKE U.

Wow! I was beginning to get the defeatist attitude about the Sonics. “Screw the NBA, i don’t ever want them back in Seattle, hello NHL!”

Schultz coming through with actually filing the lawsuit, and the first of many more emails coming out brings new life to the situation.

The weasle Sten must be regretting teaming up with such a moron. Who in their right mind sends repeated emails about fraudulent intentions? What an absolute moron! How do people with zero common sense get to be so wealthy?

Kudos Howard on the sweet flip. I am really excited again to see how this plays out!

“What an absolute moron! How do people with zero common sense get to be so wealthy?”
>like any gold-digger, they marry into it.

i’m starting to understand why okc folk have no shame in the fact they stole a team under these circumstances—it’s a cultural thing. the political process would’ve eventually worked, we have the money and the will, it was simply about letting the process unfold organically. we’re not that ‘desperate fat girl’ and we don’t need to succumb to thug tactics—holding a city under duress in order to get what you want only works in situations of desperation and inferiority(see mortgaging your future, i.e., diverting children’s education money to wealthy nba owners).

in okc it’s okay to smack your wife up a little and make her feel bad about herself because if she leaves and gets a divorce, she’s going to hell. in seattle, we don’t believe in hell, walking on water, or the toothfairy, so our women are allowed to think rationally, make money, and have hobby’s other than cooking or cleaning. the problem is, they don’t always listen when you raise your voice (or your fist).

“hobby’s”?

for someone so verbose about insulting oklahoma, you should be proof-reading for grammar.

my grandmother didn’t cook or clean, she made her children do it because she was too busy being a professor of english (who would kill me if she saw me not using capital letters).

i know you’re pissed, that guy, but c’mon. your insults are tired. for someone with “plenty of original fire and endless class time to drop posts for you,” i expect something a little more original or clever. but keep trying…

hey phillip, remember when you argued with me tooth and nail about there being more e-mails? i said i got the impression that there were more out there. you then scoffed at me, and said if there were more they would have already released them, for maximum affect. i believe those were your words. HAHA thats one for good old joey!!

i will still buy the beer at the UW OU game, but instead of drinking good draft beer, your getting rainier. IN A CAN!!!!

JOEY, NOT OUR BELOVED BREW (EVEN IF ITS IN THE CAN)! ONLY GOD OL’ LUCKY LAGER FOR THE GOOD PHILLIP!LOL! AND, AAS IVE BEEN ROLLING THRU HIS POSTS, HE HAS DENIED OR WASNT BELIEVING A WHOLE LOT OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. NOW, WITH 3 SILVER BULLETS AIMED DIRECTLY AT CLAY-BOY IN THE FORM OF LITIGATION, AND, MORE AND MORE EMAILS/TRUTHS COME-OUT, WE SEE POOR PHILLIP RESORTING TO WHAT……NOT EVEN DEFENDING HIS CLOSED-BOXED THINKING!LOL! SEE YA’ALL IN JUNE, JULY AND NOW NOVEMBER!!

MIKE U.

mike i know rainier is a seattle icon. but its god aweful!! i call it dad beer. rainier,olympia,schmidts,schlitz,hamms and my favorite beer beer!

i can understand that. it probably does get old having to live in it, the last thing you want is to continually be reminded by a bunch of seattle elitists.

i’m sure your grandma would be proud that you’re scouring internet sports blogs for grammatical errors. hopefully most okc folk have similarly astute grandmas because after all the free handouts, tax incentives and subsidies your public schools won’t teach them such valuable lessons.

you shouldn’t do drugs that are harder than you.

What’s rainier? We don’t have that here.

I’m sure there are other emails. I just don’t think that there are any that are going to make any difference. The latest one isn’t.

It doesn’t suprise me at all that he would have been thinking at the time that they could have sold the Sonics back to locals for a nice profit if they could get an arena built. I also wouldn’t be suprised to find out that Stern promised him another team if he could get it done.

Shultz’s suit contends that Bennett had no intention of getting an arena built when he bought the team. I’ve seen no evidence of that. If Shultz had a more conclusive or damning email proving it, they would have mentioned it in the suit to strengthen their position.

Did you see the Seattle Times poll where over 60% blame Shultz for Seattle losing the Sonics? Thats why Shultz filed the suit. It’s all for show.

i expected a much better come-back than that. you’re hating on me for scouring internet sports blogs (that you’re also on) on websites of newspapers in my hometown? no, no, no, i won’t accept that. try again, and use more original fire.

“It’s all for show”

Here’s what Lester Munson thinks about that, in his Q&A with ESPN:

“The lawsuit is more than a public relations stunt. The allegations against Bennett and his group are serious and seem to indicate a fraud at the time of the sale. The chronology of the e-mails is compelling evidence that will allow Schultz to push Bennett and his group into a bad corner. If it were a PR stunt, both Schultz and Yarmuth would be holding press conferences and making dramatic statements. Neither would comment to ESPN.com beyond what is said in the lawsuit. The language of the suit is lean and spare. If anything, it understates the case. Their conduct and their lawsuit are clear indications they are serious about their allegations and their attempt to undo the sale.”

Oh.

do i think this will save the supes? no, i dont. but this is a lot more wide open than i previously thought. this latest e-mail shows without question that bennet did not have good intentions.

and come on phil concede! you said there were no more e-mails… you did not say ones that made a difference!!

“you’re scouring internet sports blogs for grammatical errors.”

finish reading sentences. maybe all okc citizens aren’t as stupid as they seem from the newsok.com blogs.

http://davidhglover.googlepages.com/reverserobinhood

Philip, would you please stop whining about the lawsuits. If they are so “silly” then lets just see if the court agrees. You wanna know what is silly though? Your understanding of the legal system.

“It really puts Oklahoma on a national map, and that’s what’s important. And it continues to grow the economy of Oklahoma City, which helps Tulsa,” Taylor said. “We are the two most significant contributors to the state economy. Anything that we can do to help Oklahoma City’s economy expand is good for Tulsa.”

Yes, you too can take part in stealing another city’s team. 41 years of history. I know it’s not the everyday Oklahoma fans who are doing it. But to the ones that think it’s ok… hopefully you’ll never see this or any other team…. ever.

Guess what Philip. There are even more emails yet to be released. It’s rumored that we’ll have another tomorrow. Since Bennett gave his deposition today, I’d expect that it contradicts what he told under oath. This guy is dumber than I thought; he may end up in jail before this is all over.

DM, I know you’ve probably been swamped by all the coverage of the Sonics relocation, but would be interested to hear your take on an interesting circumstance of the BOG meeting. Suposedly, it was brought up during the consideration to allow the Sonics to move to OKC that the Sonics would have to move before the 2008-2009 NBA season or relocation approval would be invalidated and the Sonics would have to reapply next season. Apparently, it was the representative from the New Orleans Hornets that raised this issue with the BOG. What do you make of this?

(SS, I don’t make much of it. Don’t know why Shinn would point that out. But according to this statement from the league, the owners will approve the application in whatever year they need apply again. ….”If the team does not relocate for next season and reapplies for 2009-10 or 2010-11, the board should approve the renewed application.” -DM-)

it seems like if the sonics get tied up in litigation, the hornets might try to re-claim the ford center, doesn’t it? THAT would be hilarious if bennett got screwed by his own state. weird that no one is talking about that…

The “recomendation” for relocation is still out there but only if the situation doesn’t change. If Seattle has an arena package done and an ownership group that changes the whole thing.

On top of that move by Shinn the reports are that the owners worked Clay over hard. What should have taken an hour went on for almost 4 hours while he fought for his life. They may publicly say they will approve a future relocation request but the more they get embarrassed by Clay the less likely they will do anything for him.

As more and more facts come out about the fraud it is getting to be more likely that Clay is going to have to bail out pretty soon or risk losing everything. Not just the Sonics but his business could be destroyed if he stands trial for fraud.

If Stern really is his friend he will step in soon and put a stop to all this buy just finding a way to get OKC a different team.

OKC is the armpit of America. I know. I was born in Kansas and lived in Houston, Texas. OK is the sorriest state in the US. Rock Chalk Jayhawk

wow, that was insightful…