Amacilongo, i-Seattle SuperSonics kanye nokudalwa kweNdudumo
Ngesikhathi esifushane nje, i-Oklahoma City yaphuma ekubeni yidolobha elincanyana elihle kakhulu lokuba ne-NBA franchise engunaphakade. Nansi lonke ulwazi oludingayo ukwazi ngesimo sokufuduka kwe-NBA kufaka phakathi i-Oklahoma City Hornets saga kanye nabatshalizimali basendaweni abathengi i-Seattle SuperSonics.
I-New Orleans / i-Oklahoma City Hornets
Indaba ne-Hornets yinkimbinkimbi. Ngenkathi isivunguvungu uKatrina sashaya iGulf Coast futhi saqothula umuzi waseNew Orleans, iMeya yaseMexico , uMick Cornett nabaholi bendawo bangenela ukusiza.
Njengoba i-New Orleans ihlanzekile, amaHlonet aqala ukudlala kulokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi i- Ford Centre . Ithimba liye lahluleka ngokuphelele ukulindela, ekusebenzeni ngokuqinisekile kodwa nakwesekelo lomphakathi kanye nebhizinisi kanye nokuthengisa ithikithi.
Amacilongo awanamaphuzu ama-playoffs ekupheleni kwenkathi kodwa ayenokuxabana okuningi. UChris Paul waba yiRokie of the Year kanye nomthandi wesigodi, futhi iqembu liqedile i-11 ku-ligi. Ingxenye yemidlalo yayithengiswa, futhi isilinganiso sabafundi sasingenamahloni okugcwele.
Ngokungazelelwe, ikusasa lakhula ngisho ne-cloudier kunangaphambili.
Umnikazi wezintambo uGeorge Shinn, ngokuqinisekile oyomabhizinisi, waqala ukukhuluma okuhle kwe-Oklahoma City, ngesikhathi esifanayo ebuza ikhono laseNew Orleans ukwakha masinyane ukuze libuyele esimweni se-NBA. Isimo esibuhlungu kakhulu nesibambisene nesibindi saqala ukuthuthukisa.
Ngokwenkontileka, ama-Hornet azodlala ngesikhathi sika-2006-2007 e-Oklahoma City, kusho uKhomishinari we-NBA uDavid Stern, ephindaphindiwe ukubuyela kuleli qembu eNew Orleans ngo-2007-2008.
Kwakuyindlela yokulinda neyokubona izakhamuzi ze-OKC ezingazange zithinte kuphela i-roster ethuthukisiwe kodwa futhi nomqondo wokuba idolobha elikhulu.
Khona-ke ngisho nezinye izindaba zakhula ...
I-Seattle SuperSonics neqembu lama-OKC Investors
Imibiko ivele ngoLwesibili ngasekupheleni kukaJulayi 18, 2006, ukuthi iqembu labatshalizimali abavela e-Oklahoma City bavumelene ukuthenga i-Seattle SuperSonics evela eS Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz.
Ngokungazelelwe, isimo esisodwa esiyinkimbinkimbi saqala nakakhulu.
Abatshalizimali beyaziwa kakhulu endaweni yebhizinisi le-OKC, futhi iqembu liholwa nguClay Bennett, uSihlalo wezokutshala izimali ezizimele eDorchester Capital. Amanye amalungu eqembu lawa:
- U-Aubrey McClendon - Usihlalo / I-CEO ye-Chesapeake Energy Corp.
- G. Jeffrey Records - USihlalo / I-CEO ye-MidFirst Bank
- UTom Ward - USihlalo / i-CEO yeRiata Energy, Inc.
- Ed Evans - USihlalo we-Syniverse Holding, Inc.
- UWilliam Cameron - Usihlalo / uMengameli / I-CEO ye-American Fidelity Assurance Co.
- Bob Howard - UMongameli Mercedes-Benz we-OKC
- U-Everett Dobson - USihlalo Ophethe weDobson Communications Corp.
- UJay Scaramucci - UMengameli waseBalon Corp.
U-Bennett, osomabhizinisi ozelwe futhi ekhuliswe emmetro, utshele uLouise Gaylord Bennett. I-Gaylords, yebo, yayinephephandaba leli dolobha iminyaka eminingi, eminingi. Lowo owayeyingxenye yomnikazi weSan Antonio Spurs, uBennett wazama ukungaphumeleli ukuletha ithimba le-NHL ku-OKC ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engu-90, futhi waba nesandla ekusakazeni isivumelwano ngeHights emva kwesiphepho uKatrina.
Leli qembu lazama ukuthenga ama-Hornet ekuqaleni. Kodwa ngenkathi uGeorge Shinn efuna abatshalizimali ukuba basize ekunciphiseni ezinye zezikweletu zakhe, wayengafuni ukuyeka ukulawula inhlangano.
Kodwa-ke, ukulawula kwakuyilokho iqembu likaBennett elikufunayo. Ngakho babheka kwenye indawo. UWoward Schultz ubezama ukuxoxisana neSeattle ngenkundla entsha, kodwa kwakungekho kahle. Uthole izinhlinzeko eziningana futhi wakhetha iqembu likaBennett, kubikwa ukuthi ngenxa yemigomo ethile yalesi sigaba.
UBennett utshele izakhamizi ze-OKC ukuthi ziqhubeke nokusekela amaHlonet ngesikhathi sonyaka ka-2006-2007, futhi ngokuqinisekile benza. Nakuba izimpondo zabuyela eNew Orleans ngo-2007-2008, izakhamuzi eziningi zase-Oklahoma City zisezindaweni ezithambile zothando lwabo lokuqala lwe-NBA.
I-Turmoil e-Seattle
Imigomo yokuthengisana ne-Schultz idinga ukuthi iqembu likaBennett lixoxisane ngonyaka owodwa ukuthola indawo entsha. Lokhu kwakubaluleke kakhulu ku-Schultz. Kuphela uma leyo mizamo ingaphumeleli ngemuva konyaka iqembu lingakwazi ukuthutha iqembu.
Inani eliphelele lesivumelwane laliyizigidi ezingu-350 zamaRandi futhi alihlangananga nje kuphela i-SuperSonics kodwa futhi i-WNBA Storm, iStorm esithengiswa kamuva ku-Seattle abatshalizimali. Lesi sivumelwano sagcwaliswa ngo-Okthoba 2006, kanti isikhathi sonyaka sokuxoxisana saqala ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngeshwa kubadlali be-SuperSonics, kwakungekho umzamo omkhulu wezombangazwe ukwakha isiteji esisha eWashington, okungenani kuze kube sekwephuzile. Isishayamthetho sihlulekile ukwamukela uhlelo lwezemidlalo ngo-Ephreli ka-2007, futhi yilokho uBennett aqala ukukhuluma ngokuthuthela endaweni, ethi "Angicabangi ukuba ne-franchise ephuma edolobheni inhle kunoma ubani. Akuyona yabadlali, hhayi abalandeli. "
Iqembu lika-Bennett lobunikazi belithumele ngokusemthethweni ukuthuthela e-Oklahoma City ngoNovemba 2, 2007 nokuthi ukuthuthwa kwamaphoyisa kwavunywa yivoti yomnikazi we-NBA ka-28-2 ngo-Ephreli 18, 2008. Kulindelekile lelovoti, uMeya uMick Cornett wabeka uhlelo lokuthuthukisa i-Ford Centre . Idlule kakhulu, futhi umuzi wavumelana nabanikazi be-Sonics ngoMashi 2008 ngesivumelwano sokuqashisa.
Kwakukhona izinkinga ezimbalwa ezinkulu zomthetho kubanikazi be-Sonics. Idolobha laseSttletle lafaka inkantolo eNkantolo yesiFunda yase-United States inethemba lokuphoqelela iNingizimu Afrika ukuba idlale iminyaka emibili ezayo kwi-KeyArena Rental. Umnikazi wangaphambili uWoward Schultz uphinde wafaka isinqumo sokuthi iqembu likaBennett alizange lixoxisane ngokuqinile ukuhlala eSattle. Uzobe esehlahlisela leli qembu, evuma ukuthi cishe ngeke anqobe.
Izakhamuzi eziningi zase-Oklahoma City zazilinda futhi zibona indlela, ziyazi ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuthuthwa kwakuwumbuzo othi "nini" kunokuthi "uma." Noma kunjalo, ukuqhutshwa komthetho okunzima kwavela phakathi komuzi waseTattle neqembu le-Sonics ubunikazi.
ENkantolo
La macala amabili aphikisana nezinsuku ezingu-6 ngasekupheleni kukaJuni 2008 enkantolo yaseJaji iMelika uMarsha J. Pechman. Abanikazi bathi ubuhlobo babo nomuzi bekungenakuqhathaniswa kanti iqembu lizolahlekelwa yiRandi 60 million uma liphoqelekile ukuba lihlale ku-KeyArena iminyaka emibili yokuqasha. Idolobha laseSttletle lathi iqembu likaBennett lihlale lihlose ukuhambisa ithimba e-Oklahoma City nokuthi beyazi kahle ukuthi le ngqashane ibandakanya isigaba esithi "ukusebenza okuqondile" kunokuba kube khona ukuthenga imali.
Ngaphambi kwecala, iziphathimandla zase-Seattle zakhipha ama-e-mail amaningi phakathi kwamalungu eqembu lobunikazi atholakala njengengxenye yenqubo yokuthola. Lawa ma-e-mail abonakala ebonisa ukuthi iqembu linenhloso yokuhamba kusukela ekuqaleni.
Ngesikhathi sesilingo, abameli babanikazi bahlasela umuzi waseSeattle ngasemuva, besebenzisa ubufakazi be-e-mail ukuphakamisa ukuthi kukhona umzamo ohleliwe wokulimaza i-franchise ngangokunokwenzeka, nethemba lokuphoqa uBennett ukuba athengise eqenjini labanikazi bendawo .
Yayiyini isinqumo sejaji? Ngeshwa, asisoze sazi ukuthi bekuyoba yini. Lezi zinhlangothi zombili zafinyelela isivumelwano esivumelwaneni sokuhlala ngaphambi kokuba isinqumo sikhululwe ngoJulayi 2, 2008. Emhlanganweni wesigungu samaminithi ambalwa kamuva, uMeya waseSeattle uGreg Nickels uthe wazizwa eqiniseka ukuthi bazobe benqoba kulolu cala, kodwa inombolo ochwepheshe bezomthetho ezweni lonke bezwa ngenye indlela.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yikuphi, okuwukuphela kokubaluleke kakhulu kwabakhileyo be-OKC kwakuwukuthi i-NBA ekugcineni yayiza kahle, ukuphela kwesikhathi eside okulindeleke kokuvuselela okukhulu kwe-Oklahoma City okwaqala ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 kanye nesibonakaliso esibalulekile sokuthi sasifinyelele ngempela isikhathi esikhulu .
Ukufuduswa
Ngenkomfa yakhe ka-Julayi yesibili, uClay Bennett uthe ukufuduka kuzoqala ngosuku olulandelayo. Kwakukhona umsebenzi omningi ukuze inhlangano iyenze ngesikhathi esifushane njengoba imidlalo ye-NBA preseason iqala kwi-Ford Center ngo-Okthoba ka-2008. Kanye nabadlali abafudukayo nabasebenzi, inhlangano igxile ekuthuthukiseni iF Ford Centre, abasebenzi abaqashisayo, ukukhushulwa nokuningi okuningi.
Lesi sabelo sasihlanganisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-45 ukuthenga iminyaka emibili esele ekuqashiselweni kwe-KeyArena kanye nemali engu-30 million eyengeziwe eminyakeni engu-5 uma iTattle iveza uhlelo olusha lwezemidlalo noma ukulungiswa kwe-KeyArena kepha ayizange ithole ithimba le-NBA. Futhi lesi sivumelwano sichaze nokuthi i-franchise izoshiya uphawu lokuhweba lwe-Sonics, imibala, nomlando e-Seattle.
Ngomhla ka-3 kuNhlaba wezi-2008, i-francise yase-Seattle SuperSonics eyayiba yi- Oklahoma City Thunder .