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Brian, when do you guess we will hear public information on any progress?

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As reported by Greg Johns, of the Seattle PI, David Stern formally denied that he did not threaten Howard Schultz. He did admit that he said what Mr Schultz claimed he said, including the part about the added expense of the lawsuit, but denied he threatened Schultz.
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Lastly, Percy Allen of the Seattle Times finally got around to writing something about the Fan’s lawsuit HERE!
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Sherman Alexie, the only Seattle Sonics fan to testify in the trial between the City of Seattle v. Professional Basketball Club LLC of Oklahoma, lists 61 things he learned during the trial.

He did not learn #2 from me. I said here at Sonicscentral that I would have done it differently, but not any better, and I thanked you. But to be absolutely clear, you bet your ass I could have testified.
Caution, he uses cursive language.
http://www.thestranger.com/Seattle Sherman Alexie

Have a great day,
Mr Baker

Sent from my iPhone to my blog.

I have a new poll, please vote at my blog, thanks.
Seattle Center Arena Reboot
Poll question, finish the statement.
A plan for Seattle Center made before the election
will influence my vote.
may influence my vote.
may not influence my vote.
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As reported by Greg Johns of the seattle PI, Howard Schultz’s lawyer Richard Yarmuth has filed an answer to the Motion filed by the NBa to intervene in the case between Howard (BCOS & CANARSIE HOLDINGS LLC) and Clay Bennett (THE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL CLUB, LLC).
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I use Nick Collison because he’s such a consumate pro that people should know I’m not really pointing the finger at him.

Still the question is worth asking, where does the blame for the Sonics departure really end? I put a ton of it on Vin Baker. He dealt an irrepairable blow to our Seattle franchise. Had Nick Collison and Luke Ridnour developed into the players the team hoped they would could we have been a playoff team and gotten the building done?

I have to feel that sometimes the players skate out of this with no blame or hardship at all. They can constantly duck criticism by saying “I can only control what I do on the floor.” so are we entitled to point out that their floor performance contributed to the absolute malaise of the franchise?

I have to point the finger at Collison, Ridnour, Bones Barry, Antonio Daniels, Rick Sund, Bob Hill, Rob Swift, Danny Fortson, and everybody else involved in this franchise over the last 5 years or so. Good intentions mean something but all these people failed to perform so badly that the franchise went from one of the leagues greatest to a truly irrelevant part of the community. How did that happen and do they share the blame.

This is a thread thrown out for you to think about. I’m not trying to cast any blame but I am asking, how far does the blame go?

David Stern warned the former Sonics owner that sticking with the lawsuit would become “very expensive” for the Starbucks CEO. Read the rest of this entry »