“Privately funded” is pretty much a statutory mandate for such projects in Seattle since 2006. In case you’ve blocked the memories, we’ve had no NBA since owner Clay Bennett moved the team to Oklahoma City and rebranded it the Thunder. This was done...

Bennett, soon to hijack the Sonics, accepts a team jersey from Howard Schultz after purchasing the club in July, 2006. With the NBA’s blessing, he instantly re-packaged 41 years worth of Sonics history, records and memories under the nickname “Thunder.”

Having it done to you makes Clay Bennett and Stern terrible people, but turning around and doing it to another market would be cause for celebration? Got it. Seattle may have cover since this would be more Sacramento losing the team than it being...

The Seattle Times reported that the city had been working with a hedge-fund manager, who made a proposal to build an arena for an NBA franchise. The city has not had an NBA team since 2008, when owner Clay Bennett moved the Sonics to Oklahoma City and...

But I also understand if you’re skeptical. I may not be able to feel your pain, but I can hear your questions. After the debacle that concluded with Clay Bennett’s league-approved relocation of the Sonics to Oklahoma City in 2008, how many fans around...

If no deal is reached, the Kings could be relocated. Stern told The Tribune, which covers the Utah Jazz, that Seattle would be "a great city for us, or it was." "It’s a great disappointment to us," he said, an apparent reference to the Seattle Sonics’...