NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics will play in Oklahoma City next season after a deal was done to relocate the team. It is said that the city of Seattle will be paid $45m, and Sonics owner Clay Bennett will pay an additional $30m if the city cannot secure another NBA team in five years.
Oklahoma City had sued the Sonics to try to force them to continue playing in Seattle through to the end of the lease on their Key Arena home in 2010. Sonics had played in Seattle since 1967, winning one NBA title in 1979. Bennett, who hails from Oklahoma, said that they made it. Congratulations, the NBA will be in Oklahoma City next season.
The NBA commissioner David Stern said they are pleased that the Sonics and the city of Seattle have settled their litigation. Oklahoma City, the 30th largest city in the US, currently has no teams in the NBA, NFL, NHL or Major League Baseball.
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