Seattle SuperSonics News

SEATTLE (AP) _ Seattle city officials filed a lawsuit Monday to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town. The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court was a counter move to a Sonics' attempt to be released from their lease on KeyArena. According to the complaint, ``The Sonics promised to `play all home games ... exclusively''' at the arena at the Seattle Center through Sept. 30, 2010. ``The city, with the help of some fine lawyers, is standing up ...

SEATTLE (AP) _ If David Stern has his way inside his own league, the SuperSonics will remain in Seattle. The NBA commissioner, an associate of Sonics owner Clay Bennett for more than a decade since Bennett was the San Antonio Spurs' representative on the league's board of governors, said he thinks Bennett will find a way to get a new arena built in the Seattle area to keep the Sonics in their home for the past ...

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) _ The Portland Trail Blazers are no longer lottery losers _ and maybe they won't be hapless on the court much longer, either. A year after they missed out on the top pick despite the league's worst record, the Trail Blazers beat the odds and won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them a chance to pick Greg Oden or Kevin Durant. ``Huge, unbelievably huge,'' general manager Kevin Pritchard said. ``Franchise making. ... Rip ...

Bob Hill's been through this before. Twice. So he's ready for talk that he may soon get fired as coach of the injury-depleted, last-place Seattle SuperSonics. About an hour before the Sonics hosted the Chicago Bulls on Friday night, a 107-101 loss for the Sonics, Hill gave a soliloquy about the realities of being an NBA coach. ``I look at my position very realistically,'' said Hill, in his ninth season ...

For about three hours, Ray Allen thought he might be missing much more than two weeks. The Seattle SuperSonics' leading scorer will be out at least the next seven games because of a bruised talus bone in his right ankle, beginning with Friday night's game against New Orleans. But when Dr. Richard Zorn first looked at the MRI of Allen's foot Thursday morning, it appeared that surgery would be the first option. ``I started counting the weeks and ...

All-star guard Ray Allen will miss at least the next seven games for the Seattle SuperSonics because of a bone bruise in his right ankle. The Sonics said Thursday that Allen has a contusion of the talus bone in his right ankle. The injury caused Allen to miss the Sonics' win over Atlanta on Tuesday night, and an MRI Wednesday morning revealed the injury. Allen will miss Seattle's next two ...

Seattle guard Ray Allen has a bruised bone in his right ankle and will meet with doctors on Thursday to determine when he will be able to play. An MRI revealed the contusion Wednesday, one day after Allen missed Seattle's win over Atlanta with what the team initially announced was a strained tendon in his right foot. The Sonics released a statement Wednesday evening that said Allen's status for Friday's ...

Clay Bennett's vision for a new arena in the Puget Sound region is taking shape as a venue beyond just a home for his two teams, the Seattle SuperSonics and WNBA's Storm. The National Hockey League? Sure. NCAA basketball tournaments? Absolutely. Concerts? Of course. Republican National Convention? ``Maybe Democratic National Convention would be good as well,'' joked Bennett, a staunch Republican. The Oklahoma City businessman returned to Seattle on Wednesday ...

Tim Thomas and Cuttino Mobley each scored 15 points to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 86-82 on Saturday night. Elton Brand added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers, who were playing their third game in as many days after going 1-1 in the Lakers' annual Staples Shootout. The Clippers never trailed despite committing 20 turnovers and playing without injured guard Sam Cassell (strained left calf) centre Chris Kaman (strained left hamstring) and ...

Zach Randolph scored 16 of his 22 points in the first half, rookie Brandon Roy added 19 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 103-95 on Friday night for their first pre-season win. Randolph dominated his matchups with Seattle forwards Chris Wilcox and Nick Collison in the first half. He went 6-of-9 from the field and grabbed five rebounds as the Blazers (1-3) shot 61 per cent in the first half. They shot 62 ...

Four more Oklahoma City businessmen are joining the ownership group that is buying the Seattle SuperSonics. The new members announced Sunday are William M. Cameron, president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based American Fidelity Assurance Co.; Bob Howard, president of Mercedes-Benz of Oklahoma City; Everett Dobson, executive chairman of Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp.; and Jay Scaramucci, president of Oklahoma City-based Balon Corp. Clayton I. Bennett, chairman and managing partner of Professional Basketball Club LLC, announced in July that his ...

Rashard Lewis scored 13 of his 17 points in the third quarter and the Seattle SuperSonics defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 99-89 on Wednesday night in the first pre-season game for both teams. Zach Randolph had 20 points and seven rebounds for Portland, which squandered an 11-point lead. Dan Dickau, acquired in a draft-day trade, scored eight straight points and gave the Blazers a 35-24 lead in the first half. Jarrett Jack and draft pick Sergio Rodriguez made ...