Iimpondo, i-Seattle SuperSonics kunye nokudala kweNdudumo
Ngethuba elifutshane nje, i-Oklahoma City yaya ekubeni yidolophu encinci ye-liague ngokufanelekileyo ukuba ibe ne-NBA franchise. Nantsi yonke ingcaciso oyifunayo ukwazi ngemvelaphi yokufuduswa kwe-NBA kuquka i-saga yase-Oklahoma City Hornes kunye nabasomali-mali basendaweni abathenge iTowntle SuperSonics.
I-Orleans / iHome City Hornets
Ibali kunye namaHlomelo liyinkimbinkimbi. Xa isiqhwithi uKatrina sabetha iGulf Coast kwaye satshatyalalisa isixeko saseNew Orleans, uMeya weSixeko saseKorea uMick Cornett kunye neenkokheli zedolophu zangenela ukunceda.
Njengoko i-New Orleans ihlambulukile e-New Orleans, iiHlomelo zaqala ukudlala kwizinto ezaziwa ngokuba yiFowen Centre . Iqela liye laphulukana nokulindela, ekusebenzeni ngokuqinisekileyo kodwa nakwiinkxaso zoluntu kunye nenkampani yokuthengisa ithikiti.
Amacilongo awawa kufutshane nama-playoffs ekupheleni konyaka kodwa ayenokubambisana kakhulu. UChris Paul waba ngu-Rookie woNyaka kunye nomdla weedolophu, kwaye iqela lagqiba i-11 kwiligi ekubakho. Isiqingatha semidlalo sathengiswa, kwaye umyinge wokuhamba kwaba ngumntu onamahloni.
Ngokukhawuleza, ikusasa lakhula lize likhule ngaphezu kwexesha.
Umninimzi we-Hornets uGeorge Shinn, ngokuqinisekileyo ummeli-shishini, waqala ukuthetha ubuhle be-Oklahoma City, ngexesha elifanayo ebuza amandla eNew Orleans ukwakha ngokukhawuleza ukubuyela kwi-NBA. Isimo esinzima kwaye sineenkxalabo saqala ukuphuhlisa.
Ngesivumelwano, ii-Hornets ziza kudlala ngexesha lika-2006-2007 e-Oklahoma City kunye noMkhomishinala we-NBA uDavid Stern ubuyekezele injongo yokubuyisela iqela eNew Orleans ngo-2007-2008.
Kwakuyindlela yokulinda nokubona kwabahlali be-OKC abangakhange baqokelele kuphela kwiqonga eliphuculweyo kodwa kunye neengcamango zokuba yidolophu enkulu.
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I-Seattle SuperSonics kunye neqela le-OKC Investors
Iingxelo zifakwe ngoLwesibili ngasekupheleni kweJulayi 18, 2006, ukuba iqela labatyalomali abavela e-Oklahoma City bavumelene ukuthenga i-Seattle SuperSonics esuka kwi-Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz.
Ngokukhawuleza, enye imeko eyinkimbinkimbi yaba nzima ngakumbi.
Abatyalomali babedume ngokubanzi kwimo yenkampani ye-OKC, kwaye iqela lakhokelwa nguClay Bennett, uSihlalo wobutyebi-mali bobucala be-Dorchester Capital. Amanye amalungu eqela la:
- UAubrey McClendon - USihlalo / CEO weChesapeake Energy Corp.
- G. Jeffrey Records - USihlalo / CEO we-MidFirst Bank
- Tom Ward - USihlalo / CEO weRiata Energy, Inc.
- Ed Evans - USihlalo we-Syniverse Holding, Inc.
- UWilliam Cameron - USihlalo / uMongameli / CEO we-American Fidelity Assurance Co.
- UBob Howard - uMongameli Mercedes-Benz we-OKC
- U-Everett Dobson - USihlalo Ophetheyo weDobson Communications Corp.
- UJay Scaramucci - Mongameli waseBalon Corp.
UBennett, usomashishini ozalelwe waza wakhulela kwisixeko, utshatile uLouise Gaylord Bennett. I-Gaylords, eneneni, yayinephephandaba leedolophu iminyaka emininzi. Omnye owayengumnikazi we-San Antonio Spurs, uBennett wazama ukungaphumeleli ukuzisa iqela leNHL kwi-OKC ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engama-90, kwaye waba negalelo ekutshintsheni idibanti ngeeHlomelo emva kwesiphepho uKatrina.
Iqela lazama ukuthenga ii-Hornet ekuqaleni. Kodwa ngoxa uGeorge Shinn bekhangela abatyala-mali ukuba bancede banciphise amanye amatyala abo, wayengakhange afune ukuyeka ukulawula umbutho.
Ulawulo, nangona kunjalo, yintoni kanye iqela likaBennett elifuna. Ngoko babheka kwenye indawo. UWoward Schultz wayezama ukuxoxisana ne-Seattle kwibala elitsha, kodwa kwakungekho kakuhle. Wayefumana izibonelelo ezininzi kwaye wakhetha iqela likaBennett, elibikwe ngenxa yemigqaliselo ethile yalo mcimbi.
UBennett wanxusa abahlali be-OKC ukuba baqhubeke nokuxhasa ii-Hornets ngexesha le-2006-2007, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo benza. Nangona ama-Hornet abuyela eNew Orleans ngo-2007-2008, abahlali abaninzi baseKlahoma bahlala kwindawo epholileyo kwi-NBA yabo yokuqala uthando.
Impethulo e Seattle
Imigqaliselo ye-deal ne-Schultz ifuna ukuba iqela likaBennett lixoxisane ngomnyaka omnye ukufumana indawo entsha. Le nto ibaluleke kakhulu kwiSchultz. Kuphela ukuba loo mizamo ayiphumelelanga emva konyaka ngaba iqela liyakwazi ukufudula iqela.
Ixabiso elipheleleyo lemvumelwano laliyizigidi ezingama-350 zezigidi kwaye azibandakanyi kuphela i-SuperSonics kodwa kunye ne-WNBA Storm, i-Storm yathengiswa kamva kwi-investors yase Seattle. Isivumelwano sagqitywa ngo-Oktobha 2006, kwaye ixesha elilodwa lonyaka lothethwano lwaluqala ngalo xesha.
Ngelishwa kubabalandeli beSuperSonics, akukho mzamo omkhulu wezopolitiko ukwakha i-arna entsha eWashington, ubuncinci de kube sekude kakhulu. Umthetho-mthetho wehlulekile ukuvuma isicwangciso se-Arena ngo-Ephreli ka-2007, kwaye yiloo nto uBennett aqala ukuthetha ngokufudukela kuyo, esithi "Andicingi ukuba ne-franchise ephuma kwidolophu ilungele umntu. "U
Iqela likaBennett lobunikazi ngokusemthethweni lifake isicelo sokufudukela e-Oklahoma City ngoNovemba 2, 2007 kwaye ukufuduswa kwaye kwavunywa yivoti yomnini we-NBA ngo-28-2 ngo-Ephreli 18, 2008. Ngelindelekile ukuba ivoti, uMeya uMick Cornett ubonise isicwangciso sokuphucula kwiFowuni Centre . Kwagqithisa kakhulu, kwaye isixeko sasihambisana nabanikazi be-Sonics ngoMatshi 2008 kwisivumelwano sokuqeshisa.
Kukho izibambiso ezincinane kakhulu zomthetho kubanikazi be-Sonics. Isixeko saseSttletle safaka inkundla kwintlanganiso yesithili sase-United States inethemba lokunyanzelisa i-Sonics ukuba idlale iminyaka emibini eseleyo kwi-KeyArena yabo yokuqeshisa. Umnini wamandulo uWoward Schultz naye wafaka isityholo sokuthi iqembu likaBennett alizange lixoxisane ngokholo oluhle ukuba lihlale eS Seattle. Emva kwexesha uza kuhlawula i-suit, evuma ukuba mhlawumbi akayi kuphumelela.
Abemi baseOklahoma abaninzi bahlala balinde baze babone indlela, beyazi ukuba mhlawumbi ukufuduswa kwakuyimibuzo ethi "nini" kunokuthi "xa." Nangona kunjalo, ukuqhutyelwa kwezomthetho okunzima kwavela phakathi kwesixeko sase Seattle kunye neqela le-Sonics yobunikazi.
KwiNkundla
Amacandelo amabini athetha ngeentsuku ezingama-6 ekupheleni kukaJuni 2008 enkundleni yeSigqeba seSithili sase-US uMajer J. Pechman. Abanini babethi ubudlelwane babo nomzi bekungenakulinganiswa kwaye iqela liza kulahla i $ 60 yezigidi xa liphoqelelwe ukuba lihlale kwi-KeyArena kwiminyaka emibili yokugqibela. Isixeko saseSeattle sichaza iqela likaBennett lihlala lifuna ukuhambisa iqela ukuya eKhitshi yaseKorea kwaye beyazi kakuhle ukuba ukuqeshiswa kwakuqulethe isigatshana "somsebenzi othile" kunokuba kunokwenzeka ukuthenga imali.
Ngaphambi kwecala, amagosa ase-Seattle akhupha ii-imeyili eziliqela phakathi kwamalungu eqela lobunini abafunyenweyo njengenxalenye yenkqubo yokufumanisa. Ezi zi-imeyile zazibonakala zibonisa ukuba iqela linenjongo yokuhamba ukusuka ekuqaleni.
Ngexesha lovavanyo, amagqwetha abanikazi ahlasela isixeko saseSeattle ngasemva, esebenzisa ubungqina be-imeyile ukubonisa ukuba kwakukho umzamo olungele ukulimaza i-franchise ngokungangoko kunokwenzeka, nethemba lokuphoqelela uBennett ukuba athengise kwiqela lendawo yobunikazi .
Sisiphi isigqibo sejaji? Ngelishwa, asisoze sazi ukuba bekuya kwenzeka ntoni. Amacandelo amabini afikelela kwisivumelwano sokuhlaliswa kweeyure nje ngaphambi kokuba isigqibo siza kukhutshwa ngoJulayi 2, 2008. Kwinkomfa yenkomfa emva kweeyure ezimbalwa emva koko, iMeya yaseSe Seattle uGreg Nickels uthe wayenentembelo yokuba yayiza kulwa naloo nto, kodwa inani zeengcali zomthetho malunga nelizwe zivakalelwa ngenye indlela.
Ngayiphi na indlela, into eyona nto ebalulekileyo kubemi be-OKC yinto yokuba i-NBA ekugqibeleni yayiza kulungile, i-culta ekulindeleke ukuba ibe yinto enokude ibuyele e-Oklahoma City eyaqala ekuqaleni kwee-1990 kunye nomqondiso obalulekileyo wokuba sasifikile kwixesha elikhulu .
Ukufuduswa
Ngenkomfa yakhe ye-2 yeKhalamende, uClay Bennett uthe ukufudukela kuyo kuza kuqala ngomhla olandelayo. Kwakukho umsebenzi omninzi wokwenza umbutho ngexesha elincinane njengeemidlalo ze-NBA zangaphambili kwi-Ford Center ngo-Oktobha ka-2008. Kanye nabadlali abafudukelayo kunye nabasebenzi, umbutho ujolise kwi-Ford Centre, ukukhushulwa nokunye okuninzi.
Ukuhlaliswa kwakuquka izigidi ezingama-45 zezigidi ukuthenga iminyaka emibili eseleyo kwi-RentalArena kunye neyongezelelweyo i-$ 30 yezigidi kwiminyaka emi-5 ukuba i-Seattle ibonise isicwangciso esitsha se-Arena okanye i-KeyArena yokulungiswa kodwa ayizange ifumane iqela le-NBA. Kwaye isivumelwano sichaza ukuba i-franchise iya kushiya uphawu lwezorhwebo lwe-Sonics, imibala kunye nembali e-Seattle.
NgoSeptemba 3, 2008, i-franchise yaseTeattle SuperSonics yangaphambili yaba yiTurkey City City .