The Hornets, Seattle SuperSonics uye Kuchengetwa Kwekutinhira
Munguva shomanana chete, Oklahoma City yakabva pakuva guta duku-sangano pakanakisisa kuva neNBA franchise zvachose. Heino zese ruzivo rwaunoda kuziva pamusoro pemamiriro ekudzoka kweNBA kusanganisira shanje yeHorgan City Hornets uye vatengesi vemunharaunda vakatenga Seattle SuperSonics.
New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
Nyaya ine Hornets iyi yakaoma. Apo Hurricane Katrina yakarova Gulf Coast uye yakaparadza guta reNew Orleans, Mutevedzeri weMuguta weK Oklahoma Mick Cornett uye vatungamiriri veguta vakapindira kuzobatsira.
Sezvo kuchenesa muNew Orleans kwakatanga, Hornets yakatanga kutamba pane iyo yaimbozivikanwa se Ford Ford . Dare racho rakaneta zvachose zvinotarisirwa, mukushanda zvakajeka asiwo munharaunda yepamunharaunda uye yekambani uye kutengesa kwetikiti.
Hondo idzi dzakapedzisira dzava pfupi pamakumbo ekupedzisira kwemwaka asi dzakanga dziri mukukakavara kwezvizhinji zvacho. Chris Paul akava Rookie wegore uyewo guta raidiwa, uye boka racho rakapedza 11 muchibvumirano chekupinda. Hafu yemitambo yakatengeswa kunze, uye kuvhara kwevadzidzi kwaingova kunyara kunyara.
Nenguva isipi, ramangwana rakakura kunyange ruchiva kupfuura kare.
Muchengeti weCompeteri George Shinn, chaizvoizvo bhizinesi, akatanga kutaura zvakanaka zveKinshasa City, panguva imwechete achibvunza kukwanisa kweNew Orleans kuvakazve nokukurumidza zvakakwana kudzokera kuNBA. Mamiriro akaoma uye anokakavadzana akatanga kuwedzera.
Nekontrakiti, Hornet yaizoita gore ra2008-2007 muK Oklahoma City neChina-Commissioner NBA David Stern akadzokorora chinangwa chekudzorera boka racho kuNew Orleans muna 2007-2008.
Yaiva nzira yekumirira-uye-kuona yeVACC vagari vasiri ivo chete vakagamuchirwa nekodzero yakanyatsosimbiswa asiwo kune pfungwa yekuve guta guru.
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The Seattle SuperSonics neGulu reOc Investors
Mishumo yakasvika musi weChipiri weChitatu, musi waJuly 18, 2006, kuti boka revashambadziri vabva Oklahoma City rakabvumirana kutenga Seattle SuperSonics kubva Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz.
Nenguva isipi, imwe nguva yakaoma yakave yakawedzera.
Varairidzi vainyatsozivikanwa munzvimbo yeOcC yemakambani, uye boka racho rakatungamirirwa naClay Bennett, Sachigaro wehupfumi hwehupfumi muDorchester Capital. Dzimwe nhengo dzeboka racho dzaiva:
- Aubrey McClendon - Sachigaro / CEO weCheesapeake Energy Corp.
- G. Jeffrey Records - Sachigaro / CEO weMidFirst Bank
- Tom Ward - Sachigaro / CEO we Riata Energy, Inc.
- Ed Evans - Sachigaro weSyniverse Holding, Inc.
- William Cameron - Sachigaro / Mutungamiri / CEO weAmerican Fidelity Assurance Co.
- Bob Howard - Mutungamiri Mercedes-Benz weOcc
- Everett Dobson - Mukuru Wachigaro weDobson Communications Corp.
- Jay Scaramucci - Mutungamiri weBalon Corp.
Bennett, mumwe bhizimisi akaberekerwa uye akakurira mumataundi, akaroorwa naLouise Gaylord Bennett. Gaylords, zvirokwazvo, aiva nepepanhau reguta kwemakore akawanda, mazhinji. Aimbova chikamu-muridzi weSan Antonio Spurs, Bennett akaedza kubudirira kuunza nhengo yeNHL kuWCTC makore ekuma90, uye akashanda mukugadzira chikamu ichi neHondets iri kutevera dutu guru Katrina.
Boka rakaedza kutenga Hornets pakutanga. Asi sezvo George Shinn aitsvaga vatengesi kuti vabatsire kuderedza zvimwe zvechikwereti chake, akanga asiri kutarisa kurega kutonga sangano.
Kudzora, zvisinei, ndizvo zvaive zvaidiwa neboka raBennett. Saka vakatarisa kune imwe nzvimbo. Howard Schultz akanga ari kuedza kukurukurirana neSeattle kune imwe nhandare, asi yakanga isiri kufamba zvakanaka. Akawana mazviitiko akawanda uye akasarudza boka raBennett, rakasanangurwa nekuda kwemashoko chaiwo ezvo chikamu.
Bennett akakurudzira OKC vagari kuti varambe vachitsigira Hornets munguva ya2008-2007, uye zvirokwazvo vakaita. Kunyange zvazvo Hornets idzo dzakadzokera kuNew Orleans muna 2007-2008, vagari vakawanda veK Oklahoma City vachiri kubata nzvimbo yakaderera ye rudo rwavo rwekutanga rweNBA.
Kuputika muSeattle
Mashoko ehutano na Schultz aida kuti boka raBennett rinotaurirana kwegore rimwe kuti riwane nzvimbo itsva. Icho chaive chikonzero chinokosha ku Schultz. Chero chete kana maitiro aya asina kubudirira mushure memakore boka raizokwanisa kutamisa boka racho.
Zvose zviyero zvechibvumirano zvaive $ 350 mamiriyoni uye hazvisanganisi chete SuperSonics asiwo yeWNBA Dutu, Dutu rave razotengeswa kuSeattle vashandi vekutsvaga. Chibvumirano chakapedzwa muna Gumiguru 2006, uye gore rimwe chete rekukurukurirana rakatanga panguva iyoyo.
Zvinosuruvarisa kuti vatsigiri veS SuperSonics, pakanga pasina kuedza kwakawanda zvezvematongerwe enyika kuvaka dare idzva muWashington, zvishoma kusvikira zvanyanyisa. Bumbiro rezvemitemo rakakundikana kugamuchira hurongwa hwemasitadhi muna April muna 2007, uye apo Bennett akatanga kutaurirana nezvekudzoka, achiti "Handifungi kuti kuva nechikwata chinenge chiri kubva muguta chiri chakanaka kune ani zvake kwete kune vatambi, kwete kune vateereri. "
Bennett's ownership group inotumirwa kuti iende kuWorld City musi waNovember 2, 2007 uye kuti kudzokera kune imwe nyika kwakabvumidzwa nevhoti yeNBA yemu 28-2 musi waApril 18, 2008. Mukutarisira kwevhoti iyo, Meya Mick Cornett akaronga hurongwa hwokuvandudza the Ford Center . Yakapfuura zvakanyanya, uye guta rakasvika maererano nevana vaSinics muna March 2008 pachibvumirano chebvumirano.
Pakanga paine zvimwe zvipingamupinyi zvepamutemo zvakanyanya zvevana vaSainics. Guta reSeattle rakaendesa kudare reDare reMudunhu reU.S. tichitarisira kumanikidzira Sonics kuti adzivirire makore maviri akasara paChinoArena Chavo. Aimbova muridzi weHoward Schultz akaisawo mhosva yekureva boka raBennett haana kutaurirana nekutenda kwakanaka kuti agare muSeattle. Iye aizotadza kuisa sutu, achibvuma kuti angadai asina kukwanisa.
Vagari vese vekuGeorge City vakamirira voona nzira, vachiziva kuti zvichida kuendeswa kwaiva mubvunzo we "nguva" pane "kana." Kunyange zvakadaro, mutemo wakaomeswa wepamutemo wakabva pakati peguta reSeattle uye Sonics ownership boka.
MuDare
Nhengo mbiri idzi dzaitaura kwemazuva matanhatu pakupera kwaJune 2008 mudare reMudunhu weU.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman. Vadzidzisi vaiti ukama hwavo neguta hwakanga husingareviki uye boka racho raizorasikirwa ne $ 60 mamiriyoni kana rakamanikidzwa kuti rirambe riri paChiyeArena kwemakore maviri ekupedzisira ehurumende. Guta reSeattle rakataurirana neboka raBennett nguva dzose raida kutamisa boka kuOklahoma City uye kuti vainyatsoziva kubhadhara kwacho kwakabatanidza chirevo che "kushanda kwakanaka" panzvimbo pekukwanisa kutenga mari.
Kusati kwatongwa, Seattle vakuru vakuru vakabudisa ma e-mairi akawanda pakati pevamiriri vemapoka evanhu vakawana sechikamu chekuwana kuwanikwa. Aya ma-e-mail aiita seanoratidza boka racho rine chinangwa chokufamba kubva pakutanga.
Panguva yekutongwa, varairi vevanini vakarova guta reSeattle vakadzoka shure, vachishandisa uchapupu hweE-mail kuti vati kune nzira yakarongeka yekukuvadza kudhura kwepamusoro, pamwe netariro yekumanikidzira Bennett kutengesa kune boka rekwavo .
Chii chaiva mutongi wekutonga? Zvinosuruvarisa, hatizombozivi kuti chii chaizove chiri. Nhengo mbiri idzi dzakaza chibvumirano chekugadzirisa kwemaawa mashomanana zvisati zvaitwa chisarudzo chekubudiswa musi waJuly 2, 2008. Muhurukuro yehurukuro maawa mashomanana gare gare, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels akati aive nechivimbo kuti vangadai vakakunda munyaya yacho, asi nhamba yevadzidzisi vepamutemo munyika yose vakanzwa zvisina kudaro.
Chero nzira, chinhu chimwe chete chakakosha kune veWock vagari ndechekuti NBA yaive ichiuya kuzoita zvakanaka, iyo yakatarisa kwenguva refu yakatarwa yeKinita City renaissance yakawanda yakatanga kumavambo kwema1990 uye chiratidzo chinokosha kuti tainge tasvika panguva yakakura .
The Relocation
Pahurukuro yake yeJuly 2nd, Clay Bennett akati kutama kwacho kwaizotanga zuva rakatevera rakatevera. Paiva nebasa rakawanda rekuti sangano riite munguva shoma shoma semitambo yeNBA preseason yakatanga pa Ford Center munaOctober ya2008 pamwe chete nevatambi vechikwata uye vashandi, sangano rakarongedza kuGoogle Center kuvandudza, kukurudzira uye zvimwe zvakawanda.
Kubhadhara kwaisanganisira $ 45 mamiriyoni kutenga makore maviri akasara paKeyArena chikwata uye mamwe $ 30 mamiriyoni mumakore mashanu kana Seattle akabudisa chirongwa chitsva kana kuti KeyArena kugadzirisa asi haana kugamuchira nBA team. Uye chibvumirano chacho chakatsanangurawo kuti franchise yaizosiya trademark yaSainics, mavara, uye nhoroondo mu Seattle.
Musi waSeptember 3, 2008, yekare yaimbova Seattle SuperSonics franchise ikava Oklahoma City Thunder .