From now on, I'm guessing Clay Bennett and the rest of the Sonics ownership group will stick to telegraph and messenger pigeon, or at the very least conference calls. Even more emails have emerged that put the group in bad light, suggesting they never intended to keep the Sonics in Seattle (shocking!), and that the NBA began to suspect as much last year.After minority owner Aubrey McClendon went on the record last summer saying they always intended to move the team to Oklahoma City, Bennett warned the group that he was worried about the legal ramifications, since the team was contractually obligated to make a "good faith effort" to stay in Seattle. From Jim Brunner of the Seattle Times:
"Yes sir, we get killed on this one. I don't mind the PR ugliness (pretty used to it), but I am concerned from a legal standpoint that your statement could perhaps undermine our basic premise of 'good faith best efforts'... "Bennett also told his fellow owners that McClendon's comment had prompted the NBA to take a closer look at their "good faith" promise:
In an e-mail last August, Sonics owner Clay Bennett told fellow owner Aubrey McClendon that NBA executive Joel Litvin was "looking into certain documents we signed at closing that may have been breached."
