Sonics Argue Departure "No Loss" to Seattle

Clay Bennett's attorneys apparently are trying to make the case in their legal fight to break a lease at Key Arena that the Sonics' departure from Seattle would have no impact on the city. That the dollars that now go to games at Key Arena would just go to other local entertainment options. This runs TOTALLY counter to every argument the NBA has ever made for building a new arena: that having an NBA team is an economic stimulus for a community. I wonder how well David Stern (an attorney) likes this view of the impact a team has. Maybe the folks in OKC might want to hear how the team they're getting doesn't have an impact on its community.

Here's a link to the story in the Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/2004415556_sonics15
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This group of idiots continue to amaze me. Who in the world have they done business with that has brought them to this social/economic status? I ask, because those people must be thee worlds most ignorant of people. I don't get it. When one thing doesn't work, they pile on something else that's even more goofy then the day before.

I still see this team moving to OKC, I just don't see how it can't happen unless Schultz wins a miracle. Hey if I was a betting man, I wouldn't have bet his 3 dollar brewed coffee idea would have worked either.... I obviously would've been wrong. I can't see how the City can't win the battle to keep him here for 2 more years. That is a legal contract. If the Sonics are not in Seattle next year, I have completely lost faith in everything contractual and I might as well stop paying my mortgage because if Clay don't pay, I don't pay either.