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Stern warns fighting team move to Oklahoma City could be expensive
NBA Commissioner David Stern warned the former owners of Seattle's NBA team it will be "very expensive" if they continue a lawsuit to get the team back from Oklahoma City, new court documents reveal.Stern delivered the warning to former owner Howard Schultz in a telephone conversation last month, Schultz said in a sworn statement filed late Thursday in Seattle federal court.Schultz said the conversation took place June 25, about a week before the city of Seattle and the team’s Oklahoma owners announced they had agreed to settle a separate lawsuit over an arena lease, clearing the way for the team to move to Oklahoma City.read more
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found in Local: Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
NBA Commissioner David Stern warned the former owners of Seattle's NBA team it will be "very expensive" if they continue a lawsuit to get the team back from Oklahoma City, new court documents reveal.Stern delivered the warning to former owner Howard Schultz in a telephone conversation last month, Schultz said in a sworn statement filed late Thursday in Seattle federal court.Schultz said the conversation took place June 25, about a week before the city of Seattle and the team’s Oklahoma owners announced they had agreed to settle a separate lawsuit over an arena lease, clearing the way for the team to move to Oklahoma City.read more
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Oklahoma City can run with it: Thunder will quickly become embraced
The call came while driving the Northwest Passage through Watonga, returning from a Colorado vacation. KOCO's Mark Rodgers, a guy prone to getting his facts straight, had reported the name of Oklahoma City's NBA franchise.I was Thunderwhelmed.But by the time we hit Yukon, Thunder had grown on me. I suspect it will grow on you, too, if that's indeed what our team will be christened by David Stern and Clay Bennett.Half the fans will like it from the get-go — don't forget, Thunder won The Oklahoman's 64-name bracket in the spring, as voted by readers — and the other half will embrace it soon enough.Most cities do.read more
NewsOK.com – Jul 20, 2008 02:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
The call came while driving the Northwest Passage through Watonga, returning from a Colorado vacation. KOCO's Mark Rodgers, a guy prone to getting his facts straight, had reported the name of Oklahoma City's NBA franchise.I was Thunderwhelmed.But by the time we hit Yukon, Thunder had grown on me. I suspect it will grow on you, too, if that's indeed what our team will be christened by David Stern and Clay Bennett.Half the fans will like it from the get-go — don't forget, Thunder won The Oklahoman's 64-name bracket in the spring, as voted by readers — and the other half will embrace it soon enough.Most cities do.read more
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