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Seattle faces challenges to bring NBA back (AP via Yahoo! News) As the SuperSonics pack for the move to Oklahoma City, basketball fans and city officials were hopeful about the provisions of the team's departure deal that could lead to a new NBA franchise in Seattle. How can Seattle bring NBA team back? (Fox Sports) As the SuperSonics pack for the move to Oklahoma City, basketball fans and city officials were hopeful about the provisions of the team's departure deal that could lead to a new NBA franchise in Seattle. But meeting those requirements will be no easy task. Basketball boosters will have to win over a balky state Legislature and local voters who have grown weary of building stadiums for pro sports ... Settlement ends NBA's stay in Seattle (USA Today) A last-minute settlement Wednesday between the city of Seattle and its NBA team of 41 years paved the way for the former SuperSonics to move to Oklahoma City.Team owner and Oklahoma City business leader Clayton Bennett will pay the city of Seattle $45 million immediately, then $30 million more in five years if the NBA has not promised to put a team in the city. The second payment is also ... Suns Announce 2008 NBA Summer League Roster (NBA.com) Phoenix Suns’ 2008 first-round pick Robin Lopez (15th overall) will join Suns’ second-year players Alando Tucker and D.J. Strawberry as they compete in the 2008 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 10-20. Judge who cleared way for teens to enter NBA dies (ESPN) Warren Ferguson, a judge for more than four decades who helped pave the way for teenage basketball players to join the NBA, has died. He was 87. NBA scenario familiar (The Charlotte Observer) What a sweetheart: Clay Bennett left the SuperSonics name, championship banners and 41 years of memories behind, yet couldn't bring himself to part with even a few crocodile tears on his way out the door. Too bad – since those would have been the most appropriate souvenir of all. “There was just so much that happened on both sides,” Bennett said after scooping up Seattle's NBA franchise and ... NBA goes East (NBC Olympics) When most NBA stars visit Beijing, they are often shocked by basketball's mass following. That's because the league has made incremental steps into China beginning in the late 1980s. NBA: Spurs at front of line for Maggette (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) Three days into the NBA’s free agency period, Corey Maggette is still talking to teams and weighing his options. It appears the free-agent swingman is heading into the holiday weekend a little bit closer to becoming a Spur than he was before the week began. NBA and the Olympics (Los Angeles Times) NBA owners, GMs and coaches watch with trepidation as their stars embark on a month-long Olympic journey. Several high profile players have Olympic hopes, even though they were injured during the 2007 Seattle must move quick if it wants NBA team soon (Sports Illustrated) SEATTLE (AP) -- With the SuperSonics on their way out, Seattle needs to act fast if it wants a new NBA team soon.
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