Keep the 4th!!! Keep the 4th!! Mayo, or Bayless!!! Come on!!

Anything but Love or Lopez!

When I first heard this, my thought was "yeah, that's exactly what Bennett wants -- trade the higher pick for a lower and get nothing for it immediately. Keep the team value low just in case they have to stay in Seattle." But now I'm reading that it's not true, so maybe it was too good of a deal for Seattle and Bennett vetoed it.

Bayless is all about measureables but lacks the intangibles that are essential for great playmaking. Move down and take Westbrook. Once he develops a consistent offensive stroke he'll be a star. He'll be Glove II with superior athletic ability.

bayless is a solid player but id much rather have mayo......read that hes a gym rat....and all i ever saw bayless doing was crying....no thanks. I wanna see a wilcox trade to miami for the 2 pick!!!

Pick me! Im mr. Mayo-naise. I like to run the bread n butter play and shot mayo-naise all over the place! Boom shackaaa lla la la lackaa!!

RE: the trial

"This is my town, too," [Sonics Attorney Brad ]Keller said. "But I felt shamed by those among us who live in power and privilege and have not learned that the end does not justify the means."

Such words coming from a mercenary slimebucket lawyer of power and privilege who will sell out a major asset of his own community on behalf of a lying sack of s**t. Bennett, under oath, claims to be "a man possessed" for keeping the Sonics in Seattle when Keller KNOWS that's not what his client meant. Hey Slimebucket, do you always coach your clients to commit perjury. Your theatrical display is disgusting. Traitor.

Phew!! The deal appears off!! Sonics keep the #4 pick for now.....

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=DraftWatch-080626

in case the link doesn't work...here's what it says:

The Clippers and Sonics had an agreement in place to swap the No. 4 and No. 7 picks, with the Clippers sending their 2009 pick to Seattle. But disagreements over the details have apparently ended discussions for now.

If they had acquired the No. 4 pick, the Clippers were expected to take Eric Gordon of Indiana, with the Sonics looking at Brook Lopez and Jerryd Bayless at No. 7. But now the deal appears to be off.

The link worked: Andre

more interested in what the "Northwest Trailblazers" are doing. Not much of a fan of OKC sports.

OJ Mayo is predicted to have peaked already Lopez is a stiff. Bayless and Westbrook are all about upside, which gets coaches and GMs fired. Bennett is a fat ass Oakie but I doubt Presti would work for a guy purposly trying to screw things up.

I agree that Presti wouldn't have taken the job if he knew Bennett would meddle so much. Presti still has a career to build and tanking because the owner says to seems to be farfetched. I'm still holding out hope that the Sonics stay even though I know the chances are slim. But I definitely do not want LOPEZ! Booo! I'd love to see the Sonics work out a last minute deal with the Heat and get Beasley. Durant and Beasley would make for a fun team to watch.

oklahoma sonics should draft kevin love as their first pick in the draft. This guy is a monster on the boards. For the sonics its all about getting someone who can rebound the basketball. With the second pick the sonics should pick a power forward who will help love dominate the glass.

How about sending #4, 24, 32, and the rest to Miami for Beasley? We don't need another international player and other bench players...