Jayda, I agree 100% with you on Swift....like I said....he's not going to progress until he's healthy...and nobody knows when that will be....until then, he's not gonna be able to compete night to night at a high intensity level with only one good knee. Thanks for the links to the Aldridge and Lawrence articles and all the good updates you have been providing....

I read an article by Dave Zirin on SI.com about municipalization and how it is a realistic option for the city of Seattle. Basically the city would sue for the right to buy the team back, claiming that the Sonics and Storm are the intellectual property and eminent domain of the people of Seattle. The Green Bay Packers are currently the only U.S. sports franchise run in this way. Is there a realistic chance that this would hold up in court? If so the city should look into it. The only thing that would make me happier than having the Sonics stay in town would be taking them back from Clay Bennett. Additionally, the revenue created by the team could be used to help rebuild the city's health care and educational infrastructure. Or even to pave roads. Not to put more money towards the Americans United to Preserve Marriage group!

"It's time to stop the madness. From Slick Watts to Shawn Kemp, from the Xavier McDaniel scene in Singles to Tom Chambers' mullet, from Shawn Kemp to Bird, the SuperSonics -- and the Storm -- are Seattle. To the people of the Emerald City, it's time to go on offense. Until now, you have threatened lawsuits to keep the team an extra couple years. But that will just delay Bennett's agenda. It's time to get serious. It's time to talk municipalization. Municipalization means turning the Sonics into a public utility; call it a kind word for expropriation. Basketball fans should press the state of Washington to sue for the right to buy the team back from Clay and his cronies. They should claim that the SuperSonics and Storm are the intellectual property -- the eminent domain -- of the people of Seattle, and therefore the city has far more of a claim on the team than the Bennetts of Oklahoma."SAVE THE SONICS FOR SEATTLE"

You folks from Seattle need to quit moaning and growning about lossing your Sonics and Storm. You need to BUILD THE NEW COMPLEX that has been asked for or LOSE THE TEAMS.

Hey Ken Dillon- that would be "groaning", ok? not "growning". Yeesh. You do yourself and your fellow Okies no favors by posting messages with crass spelling errors and CAPITAL LETTERS screaming out for anyone read.

Don't forget, Clay is going to ask you folks for $500 million for a new state of the art arena as well (if he ever gets that far).

So there.

I don't think so. We already have a the Ford Center which is the 3rd largest in the NBA. I would love to see the Sonics stay in Seattle but it dosn't sound like the majority of the Seattle fans want them to stay. One more note: I'm an Oregonian not an Okie.

OKC Mayor: 'We Are A Proven NBA Market'
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/14361019/detail.html
Quote:"Both Bennett and (Oklahoma City Mayor Mick) Cornett seem to agree with each other that if an NBA franchise moved to Oklahoma City, the Ford Center would be too small for the NBA in a few years, and if they build a bigger place off of its footprint, they'll likely go to the taxpayers to foot the bill for a new arena"
Nuff said.

Yea, the new complex will probably be built in 2011-12 and no, there probably will not be any new taxes. The city will extend the MAPS tax that has already payed for the buildup of Bricktown and the like.