Topic: Clayton Bennett
NBA supporters in the capitol of California will have a chance to show they deserve a team when relocation committee chairman Clay Bennett visits Sacramento on Thursday and Friday.The Maloof family, which owns the NBA's Sacramento Kings and vows it will not ...
Last summer, the city of Seattle settled its lawsuit against Supersonics' owner Clay Bennett, clearing the way for the team to move to Oklahoma City beginning with the 2008-09 season. When Bennett first announced his plans to move the team to Oklahoma ...
Until 2008, the Oklahoma Thunder were the Seattle Supersonics . Central to their success was the back-and-forth between young superstar forward Kevin Durant and guard Russell Westbrook, as well as the fast break prowess of Durant and center-forward Nick Collison. Thus, in ...
Much to the chagrin of fans in the Seattle area, the Supersonics have " When Clay Bennett came on the scene and bought the team from Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, he pledged to keep the team in Seattle and work with the ...
Now that the city of Seattle has settled its lawsuit against Supersonics owner Clay Bennett, the team might be on its way to Oklahoma City beginning with 2008-09 season. On July 2, just before a federal judge was to render her decision ...
Name, colors of Oklahoma City NBA team officially announcedThunder can be heard from miles away, an early warning that a storm is about to arrive. "It's hard to keep a secret," team chairman Clay Bennett said after stepping to a podium on ...
Oklahoma City switches from pursuit of NBA to preparing for team to arriveMayor Mick Cornett was in a conference room waiting for a meeting to get started when City Manager Jim Couch walked in and handed him a slip of paper with ...
Sonics-less in Seattle: Bennett could pay $75 million to move team to Oklahoma CityClay Bennett finally found a dollar amount that would sever his contentious relationship with the city of Seattle $75 million.As a result, the SuperSonics are headed to Oklahoma City ...
NBA Commissioner Stern Criticizes Seattle, Washington State Government in Sonics DealingsNBA commissioner David Stern warned Thursday that if the SuperSonics leave Seattle he sees no way the league would ever return to the city."I'd love to find a way to keep the ...
NBA Commissioner David Stern Wants Sonics to Stay in Seattle, but Relocation a PossibilityIf David Stern has his way inside his own league, the SuperSonics will remain in Seattle.The NBA commissioner, an associate of Sonics owner Clay Bennett for more than a ...