Boo-urns. This is the worst news since Shawn Kemp turned out to be a cokeheld alky, rendering my signed rookie card worthless.
Completely unsurprising, given our current City leadership and the clusterfuck that was Howard Shultz as an owner. Following this trial was a cringeworthy exericse, as the incomptence and passive aggression of the City (and its attorneys) was matched only by that of the truly terrible presiding Judge Pechman.
This was classic Seattle. Do nothing to keep the team, pass the buck as much as possible, then try to hold a lame duck team to a lease, feign outrage and come up with a too-late plan B, posture like you have a backbone, then sell out for as much cash as possible.
And I say all of this as someone who hasn’t followed the Sonics since the George Karl days. I just hate our vanilla, ineffective local and statewide leadership. If it weren’t for the stolen sex tapes, I would seriously consider running for office.