Seattle is about to get the Sonics back

[okcchief]

Believe me. I know Clay Bennett wanted to go to OKC. However, Seattle had a chance to keep them. You don't know what you got til it's gone, and now they passed the same bill.

If Bennett doesn't buy the Sonics there is very little chance they hire Presti which is the key to the whole thing. He knew him because he was a minority owner in SA. I doubt any other organization has the balls to hire him for a few more years because he was so ****ing young at the time.

I don't care if Bennett is portrayed as the devil. He is responsible for building a model franchise from top to bottom. Schultz wouldn't have surrounded Durant with the same talent, and he'd probably be playing for the Lakers by now. Revisionist history goes both ways.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by okcchief

Believe me. I know Clay Bennett wanted to go to OKC. However, Seattle had a chance to keep them. You don't know what you got til it's gone, and now they passed the same bill.

If Bennett doesn't buy the Sonics there is very little chance they hire Presti which is the key to the whole thing. He knew him because he was a minority owner in SA. I doubt any other organization has the balls to hire him for a few more years because he was so ****ing young at the time.

I don't care if Bennett is portrayed as the devil. He is responsible for building a model franchise from top to bottom. Schultz wouldn't have surrounded Durant with the same talent, and he'd probably be playing for the Lakers by now. Revisionist history goes both ways.

As someone who was probably closer to that situation than anyone else here, I say you're right. Schultz would have never surrounded Durant the way Presti has. Doesn't matter. What's done is done.