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Originally Posted by #1MavsFan
Ouch, this really hurts the NBA. If a team in a major city like Seattle can be moved than just about anyone could be. The Key Arena sells out most of it's games and the fans spend money so this really makes you scratch your head. However the team is in a tough contract with the city of Seattle since they get a small portion of the revenue generated from the games and the city refues to renovate the arena. Seattle needs to fix this if they plan on having an NBA team after 2010. I remember the Arena was supposed to get fixed up but some activist group got enough signatures to prevent that. The way it's looking, Seattle won't have a team by 2010 since thats when the arena lease expires.
Why would OKC based businessmen buy a team located in Seattle thats having arena troubles ? Easy. They're looking to move it to their hometown which just happens to be seeking a nba team. This reminds me of the "Vancouver Grizzles" situation, except this time a popular nba team is in the mix.
The NBA needs to fix this and fast.
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Looks to me that it's not in the NBA's purview to fix it, but in the voters of seattle to fix it.
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