Minyanga, Seattle SuperSonics ndi Kulenga kwa Bingu
Kwa kanthaĊµi kochepa chabe, Oklahoma City inachoka pokhala mudzi waung'ono kuti ukhale ndi ufulu wa NBA. Nazi zonse zomwe mukufunikira kudziwa zokhudza maziko a NBA kusamukira kuphatikizapo saga ya Oklahoma City Hornets ndi mabanki omwe adagula Seattle SuperSonics.
Mapiri a New Orleans / Oklahoma City
Nkhaniyi ndi Hornets ndi yovuta. Mphepo yamkuntho Katrina itagunda Gulf Coast ndipo idasokoneza mzinda wa New Orleans, Mtsogoleri wa Mzinda wa Oklahoma Mick Cornett ndi atsogoleri a mzindawo analowererapo kuti athandize.
Pamene kuyeretsa ku New Orleans kunayambika, Malipenga anayamba kusewera pamtunda wotchedwa Ford Center . Gululo linatherapo zowonjezera, zogwira ntchito komanso zothandizira anthu komanso ogulitsa matikiti.
Ng'ombezo sizinali zochepa pamapeto pa nyengoyi koma zinali zovuta zambiri. Chris Paul adayamba kukhala wodalirika chaka chimodzi komanso adzikonda kwambiri mzinda, ndipo gululo linatsiriza 11 pa mgwirizano wawo. Gawo la masewerawa linagulitsidwa, ndipo pafupifupi opezekapo anali chabe wamanyazi okwanira.
Mwadzidzidzi, tsogolo linakula kwambiri kuposa kale.
George Shinn, mwiniwake wamalonda, anayamba kulankhula zabwino za Oklahoma City, panthawi imodzimodziyo akufunsa momwe New Orleans amangidwenso mofulumira kuti abwerere ku NBA. Mkhalidwe wovuta kwambiri komanso wokangana unayamba kukula.
Mwa mgwirizano, Hornets idzachita nawo nyengo ya 2006-2007 ku Oklahoma City ndi Commissioner wa NBA, David Stern, adakumbukiranso cholinga chobwezera gululo ku New Orleans mu 2007-2008.
Anali njira yodikirira alendo a OKC omwe sanangowonjezeka pa roster yopititsa patsogolo komanso kuganiza kuti kukhala mzinda waukulu.
Ndiye ngakhale nkhani zambiri zinayamba ...
Seattle SuperSonics ndi Gulu la OKC Investors
Malipoti adafika Lachiwiri pa July 18, 2006, kuti gulu la anthu ochokera ku Oklahoma City adagula kugula Seattle SuperSonics kuchokera ku Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz.
Mwadzidzidzi, nthawi ina yovuta kwambiri inakula kwambiri.
Otsatsa malonda anali odziwika bwino ku malo a bungwe la OKC, ndipo gululo linawatsogoleredwa ndi Clay Bennett, Wachiwiri wa ndondomeko yachinsinsi ya Dorchester Capital. Mamembala ena a gululo anali:
- Aubrey McClendon - Wotsogolera / Mtsogoleri wa Chesapeake Energy Corp.
- G. Jeffrey Records - Wotsogolera / CEO wa MidFirst Bank
- Tom Ward - Wotsogolera / Mtsogoleri wa Riata Energy, Inc.
- Ed Evans - Mtsogoleri wa Syniverse Holding, Inc.
- William Cameron - Pulezidenti / Pulezidenti / CEO wa American Fidelity Assurance Co.
- Bob Howard - Pulezidenti Mercedes-Benz wa OKC
- Everett Dobson - Wotsogoleli Wotsogolera wa Dobson Communications Corp.
- Jay Scaramucci - Purezidenti wa Balon Corp.
Bennett, munthu wamalonda wobadwa ndikumakulira mumzindawu, wakwatiwa ndi Louise Gaylord Bennett. A Gaylords, ndithudi, anali ndi nyuzipepala ya mzinda kwa zaka zambiri, zaka zambiri. Amene kale anali mwini wake wa San Antonio Spurs, Bennett analephera kuti abweretse gulu la NHL ku OKC cha kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 90, ndipo adawathandiza kupanga mgwirizanowu ndi ma Hornet pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina.
Gululo linayesa kugula Hornets poyamba. Koma pamene George Shinn adali kufunafuna ndalama kuti athetsere ngongole yake, sankafuna kuti ayambe kulamulira.
Kulamulira, komabe, ndicho chomwe gulu la Bennett linkafuna. Kotero iwo anayang'ana kwinakwake. Howard Schultz anali akuyesera kukambirana ndi Seattle ku malo atsopano, koma sizinali bwino. Iye analandira zopereka zingapo ndipo anasankha gulu la Bennett, chifukwa chake chifukwa cha mawu enieni a malondawo.
Bennett analimbikitsa anthu a OKC kuti apitirizebe kuthandiza Hornets mu nyengo ya 2006-2007, ndipo adachitadi. Ngakhale kuti nyangazi zinabwerera ku New Orleans kwa 2007-2008, anthu ambiri a ku Oklahoma City adakali ndi chikondi choyamba cha NBA.
Kusokonezeka ku Seattle
Malemba a mgwirizanowu ndi Schultz akufunika kuti gulu la Bennett liyankhulane chaka chimodzi kuti lipeze malo atsopano. Ichi chinali chofunika kwambiri kwa Schultz. Zokha ngati mayeserowa sanapambane patatha chaka, gululo likhoza kusamutsira timuyo.
Chiwerengero chonse cha mgwirizano chinali $ 350 miliyoni ndipo sizinaphatikizepo SuperSonics zokha komanso mvula ya WNBA, Mkuntho umene umagulitsidwa kenako kwa a Seattle. Panganoli linatsirizidwa mu October 2006, ndipo chaka chimodzi chiyanjano chinayamba pa nthawi imeneyo.
Mwatsoka kwa mafanizi a SuperSonics, panalibe khama lalikulu la ndale kuti amange masewero atsopano ku Washington, osachepera kufikira atachedwa. Bungwe lamilandu linalephera kuvomereza mapulani a zisudzo mu April wa 2007, ndipo Bennett adayamba kunena za kusamukira, "Sindiganiza kuti kukhala ndi franchise yomwe imachoka m'tawuni ndi yabwino kwa aliyense, osati kwa osewera, osati kwa mafani. "
Gulu la eni ake a Bennett linasankha kuti lilowe ku Oklahoma City pa November 2, 2007 ndipo kubwerera kwawo kunavomerezedwa ndi voti ya NBA 28-2 pa April 18, 2008. Poyembekezera votiyi, Meya Mick Cornett adakonza ndondomeko yowonjezera Ford Center . Iwo adadutsa kwambiri, ndipo mzindawo unayanjana ndi a Sonics mu March 2008 pa mgwirizano wa mgwirizano.
Panalibe zovuta zingapo zalamulo kwa a Sonics eni. Mzinda wa Seattle udabweretsa bwalo lamilandu ku District of America pofuna kuyembekezera kuti Sonics azitha zaka ziwiri zotsalira pa Chitukuko cha KeyArena. Amene kale anali mwiniwake Howard Schultz adalembanso mlandu wotsutsa gulu la Bennett sanakambirane bwino kuti akhale ku Seattle. Pambuyo pake adasiya sutiyo, akuvomereza kuti mwina sakadapambana.
Ambiri okhala ku Oklahoma City anadikirira kuti awone njirayo, podziwa kuti zikutheka kuti kusamukira kunali funso la "nthawi" osati "ngati." Komabe, ndondomeko yovuta yalamulo inkachitika pakati pa mzinda wa Seattle ndi gulu la eni ake a Sonics.
M'khoti
Mbali ziwirizi zinakambirana masiku 6 kumapeto kwa June 2008 m'khoti la Woweruza Wachigawo ku US Marsha J. Pechman. Amayiwo adanena kuti ubale wawo ndi mzindawu sungatheke ndipo gulu likhoza kutaya $ 60 miliyoni ngati liyenera kukhalabe ku KeyArena kwa zaka ziwiri zomalizira. Mzinda wa Seattle unanena kuti gulu la Bennett lidayenera kusunthira timu ku Oklahoma City ndipo adadziwa kuti kubwereka kumaphatikizapo gawo la "ntchito yeniyeni" m'malo mogula ndalama.
Zisanayambe kuweruzidwa, akuluakulu a Seattle anatulutsa ma e-mail ambiri pakati pa omwe ali ndi gulu la eni ake omwe adalandirapo. Ma e-mail awa ankawonekera kuti gululo linali ndi cholinga choyendetsa kuyambira pachiyambi.
Pakati pa mlanduwu, alangizi a eni ake adagonjetsa mzinda wa Seattle mmbuyo, pogwiritsa ntchito mauthenga a e-mail omwe amasonyeza kuti pali njira yowonongeka yovulaza ufuluwu, ndi chiyembekezo chokakamiza Bennett kugulitsa gulu la eni ake .
Kodi chigamulo cha woweruza chinali chiani? Tsoka ilo, sitidzatha kudziwa chomwe chikanadakhala. Mbali ziwirizi zinapangana mgwirizano wamangidwe maola ochepa chisankho chisanathe kumasulidwa pa July 2, 2008. Pamsonkhanowu, patapita maola angapo, Mtsogoleri wa Seattle Greg Nickels adanena kuti adali ndi chidaliro kuti akanapambana, koma nambala a akatswiri a zamalamulo kuzungulira dzikoli adamva zosiyana.
Mulimonsemo, chinthu chokha chomwe chinali chofunika kwambiri kwa okhala ndi OKC chinali kuti NBA idali yobwera bwino, chiwonetsero cha nthawi yaitali chakumangidwa kwa Oklahoma City komwe kunayambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 ndi chizindikiro chofunika kwambiri kuti takhala tikufika nthawi yayikulu .
The Relocation
Pamsonkhano wake wachiwiri wa July, Clay Bennett adati kusamukirako kudzayamba tsiku lotsatira. Panali ntchito zambiri kuti bungwe lizichita nthawi yochepa ngati maseĊµera a NBA preseason atayamba ku Ford Center mu October 2008. Pogwiritsa ntchito osewera ndi ogwira ntchito, bungwe linayang'ana pa Mapulogalamu a Ford, ogwira ntchito, Kutsatsa ndi zina zambiri.
Kukhazikitsa kwawo kunaphatikizapo $ 45 miliyoni kuti agulitse zaka ziwiri zotsalira pa Kampani ya KeyArena ndi ndalama zokwana madola 30 miliyoni m'zaka zisanu ngati Seattle adaika mapulani atsopano kapena KeyArena kukonzanso koma sanalandire timu ya NBA. Ndipo mgwirizanowu unanenanso kuti chilolezocho chidzachoka pa chizindikiro cha Sonics, mitundu, ndi mbiri ku Seattle.
Pa September 3, 2008, chipinda choyambirira cha Seattle SuperSonics chinasanduka Bingu la Mzinda wa Oklahoma .