Thank You Clay Bennett

by The Penguin on Apr 13, 2009 5:29 PM PDT

Clay,

Your tireless efforts to keep the Sonics in Seattle were rivaled only by George W's efforts to hunt down terrorists, insomuch as neither actually occurred. Thanks for abusing your relationship with David Stern to screw a city out of their beloved team.

Also, thanks for destroying any semblance of a true northwest division. Who doesn't think of big oil and dusty plains when they think of the northwestern United States?

Thanks for blaming the people of Seattle for the outcome that was set in stone, by you, since the day you bought that team. It's definitely not enough to steal a team from it's rightful city and tradition after promising the previous owner you wouldn't "in good faith", but it's also important to blame it on the community on the way out.

Thanks alot, you big, fat smelly JERK!!

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Well said.

Clay Bennett = Douche Bag

Man standing on toilet is high on pot.

by babar1 on Apr 13, 2009 5:39 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you Clay Bennett

for nothing

My stubbling is perfect...

by In Walks Rudy on Apr 13, 2009 6:32 PM PDT reply actions

How do you really feel about good old Clay?

By the way have you heard the penguin joke?

by southern oregon on Apr 13, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions

No

Hit me

by The Penguin on Apr 13, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I feel so left out here

I haven’t heard it!

by T$ 225 on Apr 14, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Karma's a B

Aubrey McClendon, Part-owner of the Sonics, Bennett sycophant and all-around idiot. This is the yahoo who made these comments:

McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy, came under fire after he told the Journal: “We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle, we hoped to come here. We know it’s a little more difficult financially here in Oklahoma City, but we think it’s great for the community and if we could break even we’d be thrilled.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/business/29gret.html?_r=1&ref=business

The new deal came at the end of a brutal year for Mr. McClendon. Last October, after Chesapeake’s shares dropped because of falling natural gas prices, a margin call forced him to sell 94 percent of his shares in the company. At its peak, his Chesapeake stake was worth about $2 billion.

http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2009/02/03/is-aubrey-mcclendon-selling-off-his-prized-wine/

According to three people familiar with the auction, the seller is Aubrey McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy. These people say at least one other broker kicked the tires on Mr. McClendon’s collection before it went to Sotheby’s.

Mr. McClendon is one of the top wine collectors in the country, known for his love of Burgundy and Bordeaux. He also is known for his cash crunch. Last fall, he was forced to sell 94% of his stake in Chesapeake to pay back margin loans. Mr. McClendon’s stake once was valued at more than $2 billion. So it wouldn’t be surprising if he were to want to liquidate some of his, er, liquid assets.

Mr. McClendon, through a spokesman, didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Apr 13, 2009 6:42 PM PDT reply actions

You can be a bull and you can be a bear, but you can't be a pig...

pigs get slaughtered.

by tominrehab on Apr 13, 2009 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions

That was a damn fine pork chop I had for dinner

by southern oregon on Apr 13, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

I blame Howard Schultz.

by AK1984 on Apr 13, 2009 9:34 PM PDT reply actions

and plus... Starbucks house coffee sucks... tastes terrible

damn him.

by tominrehab on Apr 13, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Good guy to blame

While I’m not really too sure of his degree of culpability for the Sonics heist, I do consider his overpriced, dishwater coffee a modern day scourge.

Give me Peets or Stumptown any day.

by knickfan on Apr 13, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Or Lavazza or Segafredo

Greg Oden = Robert Parish (HOF, 4x NBA champion, 9x NBA All-Star). The only other rookie with more than 500 points, 400 rebounds, and 65 blocks in under 1400 minutes played. Since 1946.

by Norsktroll on Apr 14, 2009 2:10 AM PDT up reply actions

Howie got his dose of karma too

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Apr 14, 2009 6:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Clay Bennett paid money and bought a team and moved it. So it goes.

Don’t wanna lose your franchise? Don’t sell to an out of town business consortium.

This is 100% on Coffee Man.

Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...

by timbo on Apr 13, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions

not nearly as simple as that

but it is what it boils down to in the end.

Magneto was right

MEMO TO KP-GET BIRDZILLA!

by WhiteRabbit on Apr 13, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Is there really any coffee

in those “triple peppermint cocoa latte” type concoctions he sells?

Or is it just a bunch of sugary crap with some hot water and brown dye thrown to create the illusion of a coffee drink?

by knickfan on Apr 13, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions

word

It nearly happened to us.
When the Blazers were up for sale, ( just before we got Roy and LA in the draft and Paul Allen changed his mind )
We had 10 legit offers on the table. From who , you guest it. Bunisess consortiums .

by BatumRaider on Apr 13, 2009 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Terry Porter and Jeld-Wen were eyeballing us pretty closely

by tominrehab on Apr 13, 2009 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions

50%

see below (didn’t reply for some reason)

by The Penguin on Apr 13, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions

But wait - who are you talking to when you ask "Don't wanna lose your franchise?"

the fans? Did the fans sell to out-of-towners?

"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy

by Honka Playboy on Apr 13, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions

You are right and wrong...

Right in that Schultz knew the inevitable outcome of the sell. Wrong in that the deception and finger pointing lie squarely on the shoulders of the consortium.

by The Penguin on Apr 13, 2009 10:14 PM PDT reply actions

Ah, but there is plenty of blame to go around

This episode is a douche bag buffet. The Oklahomans get special consideration because of their mendacity. I’m sure they lied to Shultz and they certainly lied in public.

Lying never seems to cross the homophobic holy rolling ethical bar that these Okies set for themselves. I bet they will sue their way out of their $30 million obligation if they decide to rebuild the arena, for example.

I pray to their right wing Okie god that this team spends the next 30 years encased in the basement. I pray that Kevin Durant signs the biggest free agent contract in history with the Blazers the moment he’s able to do it. I pray that they draft Ricky Rubio who then tells them, “I leave Barcelona for thees sheeethole of a town, for less money? Why I should do theees?” Then HE signs with Portland.

Can I get an amen?

by chnews on Apr 14, 2009 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh, come on now. You know and I know -- and you knew and I knew -- and every single fan in Seattle knows and knew -- that a group of Oklahoma City businessmen weren't gonna leave the team in Seattle.

They would profess a belief in unicorns and a desire to help orphan children and bring pro-motocross to Seattle if that would help them in their BLATANTLY OBVIOUS quest to buy the Sonics, break the lease, and move to OKC.

100% on Coffee Man.

Pontiff of the Pryz for Prez Posse...

by timbo on Apr 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions