Sonics owner Clay Bennett is on David Stern’s bad side. This is not a side of David Stern you want to be on.
Email correspondence between Bennett and his co-owners show that Bennett was working behind the scenes to move the team to Oklahoma City as early as last year – while at the same time telling Stern that he was committed to staying in Seattle.
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The emails are part of the court record in a lawsuit filed by the city of Seattle, which is trying to force the Sonics to stay there two more seasons. Bennett wants to be in Oklahoma City next season.