Chan

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archiv...attle_in_2012/

This would be incredibly stupid. And if there was a slight chance this was true, I wouldn't want it. As much as I want Seattle to have a team I wouldn't do it at another fan base's expense.

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Oldmangrouch

In a sane world, the Sonics would be sold to local ownership and stay in Seattle, Shinn would sell the Hornets to the carpetbaggers, and everyone would be happy. This is the second time New Orleans has shown they won't support an NBA team, so I doubt too many people would actually care if they moved.

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G-Force

If OK City is going to get a team, it makes much more sense to move the Hornets there instead of the Sonics. But Clay Clay currently owns the Sonics and he is pretty intent on moving them to his lil hometown. Or getting a practically free, all-expenses paid half billion dollar arena in the Seattle area,

number1pick

Clay is an idiot. Hornets should move to OKC. Keep Sonics in Seattle.

seifer0406

If Sonics do move out. Getting the Hornets is still better than not having a team at all.

Ukrainian Shark

http://www.serioussportsnewsnetwork.....html#more-847
Is it true?

Weav

I don't think so, that site seems like a sports-related 'Onion'...

Dan

no. They have to make it official (in the sense they have to actually petition the league, get approval and then avoid lawsuits).

Also, the league really really frowns upon you naming a team after an already established team (the Sooners being that "team"). It's why, if Portland ever got a baseball team, they probably wouldn't be called the Pilots (but might be called Beavers, due to the Portland Beavers being here since the 1910's or something insane).

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