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ARE THE SONICS BACK YET? (DAY 2)
January 10th, 2013 by Clark Humphrey

jeremy repanich via vice.com

No.

Not even any real announcements about a pending sale.

What we’d need to see, in approximate order:

  • An official announcement of a pending sale, made by both the buyers and the sellers.
  • Approval of the team sale by NBA Commissioner David Stern, then by the league’s Board of Governors, then by a majority of the other 29 team owners.
  • Separate league approval of a request to move the team to Seattle, by all the above parties. That has to be formally requested by March 1 to take effect this next season.
  • An agreement to use KeyArena for home games for at least two seasons.
  • And, possibly, the league’s dismissal of any challenges by Sacramento city fathers.

(Environmental and legal approval of a new arena does not have to happen for the team to move; but the league would like to be assured that those are likely.)


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