SEATTLE AP – A deal is a deal, and the SuperSonics should stay, a Seattle lawyer told a judge Monday as a federal trial over the team’s KeyArena lease began.
SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett is trying to move the team – Seattle’s oldest professional sports franchise – to his hometown of Oklahoma City, two years before the lease expires. Bennett, who sat expressionless at the defense table, is hoping to pay Seattle no more than $10 million in lost rent for the next two seasons.