David Goldstein informs me that not only do the Oklahomans want $300 million or more in subsidies for a new Sonics arena, they’d also like free land to put it on. That might cost one taxpaying jurisdiction or another $150 million or more.

Goldstein, and several other folks I’ve talked to, believe the Oklahomans have deliberately made an offer they know we’ll refuse, as a ploy toward quickly moving the team out of state.

I say we must, and can, get this nonsense over, keep the team here, and do so without draining the public coffers. More about this later.