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re: NBA has voted "NO" to Relocation of Sacramento Kings
Posted on 4/29/13 at 4:47 pm to TDawg1313
Posted on 4/29/13 at 4:47 pm to TDawg1313
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Yeah, but Ballmer was willing to buy the team to keep them in Seattle when they were threatening to move them to OKC and got denied. It just reeks of Stern.
IIRC, Ballmer didn't step up to the plate until about 2-3 years after Bennett had bought the team from Starbucks magnate Howard Schultz and Schultz had been trying to sell to an owner in Seattle for some time before that as well as failing to get public support for a new arena.
If Ballmer wanted to keep the Sonics in Seattle, he should have bought them before Bennett did.
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Posted on 4/29/13 at 4:51 pm to teke184
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If Ballmer wanted to keep the Sonics in Seattle, he should have bought them before Bennett did.
Do you think it might be less expensive for him to build a time machine and do that?
Posted on 4/29/13 at 4:52 pm to teke184
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IIRC, Ballmer didn't step up to the plate until about 2-3 years after Bennett had bought the team from Starbucks magnate Howard Schultz and Schultz had been trying to sell to an owner in Seattle for some time before that as well as failing to get public support for a new arena.
If Ballmer wanted to keep the Sonics in Seattle, he should have bought them before Bennett did.
Yes, that's true. Although if Bennett took the approach that Hansen/Ballmer did and was honest about his intentions to move, I have no doubts someone would have stepped up. When he promised to keep the team here, there wasn't the same local uproar as there was in Sacramento.
There's twitter rumors (who knows how reliable) that the NBA is going to discuss over the next couple of weeks how to satisfy the Seattle ownership group and expansion is getting thrown around. We'll see....
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