Senator Maria Cantwell
Senator Patty Murray
"I'm disappointed that NBA leadership has ignored calls for good-faith efforts to keep the Sonics in Seattle and rewarded the bad-faith behavior of Clay Bennett and his ownership group... Violating the public's trust with empty promises is unacceptable, and the NBA's decision today sets a poor precedent." - Murray
"For decades the Sonics have been part of the Seattle community and its culture... As an avid sports fan, I'm dismayed to see the NBA rewarding such unsportsmanlike donuct. The Sonics ownership misrepresented their true intentions to the community and yet the NBA gives them a bonus for this bad-faith effort." - Cantwell
Look, I'm just as livid at Clay Bennett and the NBA committee as anyone right now, but to be completely honest, these two press releases just about send me over the edge. Where were Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell when all that was needed to keep the team in Seattle was Key Arena renovations? Bennett may have had his motives, but I'm pretty sure we were conscious of them along the way.
You want to talk about bad-faith efforts? How about releasing contrived statements about an issue you did nothing to stop but claim affects you deeply? That's what I call bad-faith efforts, and that's what I call misrepresenting true intentions to the community!
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