Sale of Sonics & Storm may increase threat to taxpayers, fans

By On July 19, 2006

Outgoing owner (and Starbucks baron) Howard Schultz immediately declared, ‘I honestly believe this group wants to stay in Seattle. Moving the team is not their intent.’ For his part, Bennett promised that he would keep the teams in Seattle for the next 12 months – a convenient time span, given that the New Orleans Hornets are scheduled to finish up their unplanned two-year stay in Oklahoma in 2007, and return to New Orleans.” …

 
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