Feb

21

Seattle Mayor Rips Stern For Statements About Leaving

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has reported that the Seattle city leaders are not too happy with the NBA in general, and Commissioner David Stern in particular. Both Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, as well as Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis are incensed with Stern saying that the NBA would definitely be leaving the “Emerald City.”

?Stern said that the SuperSonics abandoning Seattle was “inevitable” the only question remaining is will the team move to Oklahoma City at the end of this season, or in 2010. Stern told reporters that “there is no miracle here” when talking about Seattle staying in the great Northwest region. Sonics owner Clay Bennett is from Oklahoma City, and made no bones about the fact that he would move the franchise if city leader did not help the team get a new arena. When the city failed to come through Bennett looked into seeing if he could move the team at the end of the current season, the team’s lease with Key Arena expires in 2010. That would be the latest date that the team would relocate. The Sonics are the only team in Seattle to win a league championship, neither the Mariners or the Seahawks have come close. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor have said they will take the battle to court if necessary to enforce the lease.

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