I don’t know what the heck is going on in Seattle.

Is it because of the rain there? Is it because of the somewhat excessive use of the term, ‘’sleepless'’ whenever somebody mentions the city’s name? I don’t know, you tell me. But apparently, EVERYBODY is leaving.

After Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen left Seattle to play for the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics respectively, it turns out that the rest of the Sonics could be following them out of Seattle too with new owners contemplating on making a move to Oklahoma city.

The last time this story bolted out some time last July, the team’s former owners, THAT being Howard Schultz’s group, can’t seem to come up with a deal with the team’s new Oklahoma-based owners. Well, it’s mid-August now and STILL they don’t have a deal whatsoever.

If this continues, the new owners say that they might just move the Sonics from Seattle to Boomer Sooner country, Oklahoma. Of course, that’s not a good thing if you’re a long-time Seattle Sonics fan.

‘’We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle; we hoped to come here,'’ Aubrey McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy said. Chesapeake Energy is the new owner of the Sonics.

‘’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.'’

Majority owner Clay Bennett gave Seattle an October 31 deadline to come up with a deal on a new arena within the city. If these guys can’t come up with anything that will make Mr. Bennett happy, they can very well kiss the Sonics good bye.

‘’They’ve got 60 days to make some decisions they haven’t been willing to make in the past year,'’ McClendon said, ‘’and if they make them in a way that satisfies Clay, then the team will stay there. If they don’t meet the requirements he’s laid out, the team will move, and Clay has indicated they’ll come to Oklahoma City.'’

At least we won’t be confused on what city exactly are the Hornets be representing in the coming 2007-08 NBA basketball season.

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