Hornets, da Seattle SuperSonics da kuma Halittar Sauti
A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, Oklahoma City ya kasance daga cikin 'yan kananan kabilu a mafi kyawun samun kyauta na NBA. Ga duk bayanan da kake buƙatar sanin game da bayanan NBA da suka hada da Oklahoma City Hornets saga da kuma masu zuba jari a yankin da suka sayi Seattle SuperSonics.
New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets
Labarin da Hornets yana da rikitarwa. Lokacin da Hurricane Katrina ya bugi Gulf Coast da gaske ya hallaka birnin New Orleans, Oktoba City Mayor Mick Cornett da shugabannin gari suka shiga don taimakawa.
Yayin da tsabta a New Orleans ya fara, Hornets ya fara wasa a abin da ake kira Ford Ford . Ƙungiyar ta buƙatar ƙarancin tsammanin abin da ake tsammani, a cikin aikin da aka yi amma har ma a cikin al'umma da goyon bayan kamfanoni da tallace-tallace.
Hornets sun taka rawar gani a karshen kakar wasa ta bana, amma sun kasance suna jayayya da yawa. Chris Paul ya zama Rookie na Year kuma ya fi son birni, kuma tawagar ta kammala 11 a cikin gasar a duka halarta. Rabin rabin wasanni an sayar da su, kuma yawancin kasancewa ya kasance kawai jin tsoro na cikakken iyawa.
Ba zato ba tsammani, nan gaba ya girma ko da girgije fiye da da.
Mawallafi mai suna George Shinn, dan kasuwa ne, ya fara magana da dabi'u na Oklahoma City, a lokaci guda yana tambayar ikon New Orleans don sake ginawa da sauri don komawa matsayin NBA. Yanayin matsala kuma har ma da rikici ya fara samuwa.
Ta hanyar kwangilar, Hornets za ta buga wasan 2006-2007 a Oklahoma City tare da David David Stern, David David Stern, wanda ke aiki a lokacin da ya sake komawa New Orleans a 2007-2008.
Shi ne tsarin jirage-da-gani ga mazaunin OKC wadanda ba kawai suka girma a haɗe da walƙarin wallafe-wallafen walƙiya ba amma har da batun kasancewa babban birni.
Sa'an nan kuma mafi labarai ci gaba ...
Seattle SuperSonics da ƙungiyar OKC Investors
Rahotanni sun fara ranar Talata, 18 ga Yulin 18, 2006, cewa wata ƙungiyar masu zuba jari daga Oklahoma City ta amince da sayan Seattle SuperSonics daga Starbucks mogul Howard Schultz.
Nan da nan, halin da ya faru da rikice-rikicen yanayi ya kasance ya fi haka.
Masu zuba jarurruka sun kasance sananne a cikin kamfanin kamfanin OKC, kuma Clay Bennett, shugaban kamfanin zuba jarurruka mai zaman kanta, Dorchester Capital ya jagoranci kungiyar. Sauran mambobin kungiyar sune:
- Aubrey McClendon - Shugaban Kamfanin Chesapeake Energy Corp.
- G. Jeffrey Records - Shugaba / Shugaba na MidFirst Bank
- Tom Ward - Shugaban Kamfanin Riata Energy, Inc.
- Ed Evans - Shugaban kamfanin Syniverse Holding, Inc.
- William Cameron - Shugaban kasa / Shugaba / Shugaba na Amurka Fidelity Assurance Co.
- Bob Howard - Shugaba Mercedes-Benz na OKC
- Everett Dobson - Shugaban Kamfanin Dobson Communications Corp.
- Jay Scaramucci - Shugaban Balon Corp.
Bennett, wani dan kasuwa wanda aka haife shi kuma ya taso a cikin metro, ya auri Louise Gaylord Bennett. A gaskiya, Gaylords na mallakar jaridar birnin na tsawon shekaru da yawa. Tsohon dan takarar San Antonio Spurs, Bennett ya yi kokari ya kawo tawagar NHL zuwa Oktoba a karshen shekarun 90, kuma ya kasance mai bada taimako wajen rarraba yarjejeniyar da Hornets bayan Hurricane Katrina.
Ƙungiyar ta yi kokarin sayen Hornets da farko. Amma yayin da George Shinn ke neman masu zuba jarurruka don taimakawa wajen rage wasu bashin da ya bashi, bai yi watsi da ragowar kungiyar ba.
Duk da haka, iko ya kasance daidai abin da kungiyar Bennett ke so. Don haka sai suka dubi wani wuri. Howard Schultz yana ƙoƙari ya yi shawarwari tare da Seattle don sabon filin wasa, amma ba a samu nasara ba. Ya shirya wasu kyauta kuma ya zabi kungiyar Bennett, a cewarsa saboda sharuddan yarjejeniyar.
Bennett ya bukaci mazaunin OKC su ci gaba da tallafa wa Hornets a lokacin kakar 2006-2007, kuma sun yi. Kodayake Hornets sun koma New Orleans don 2007-2008, yawancin mazaunin Oklahoma City har yanzu suna da wuri mai laushi don ƙaunar farko na NBA.
Tawaye a Seattle
Sakamakon yarjejeniyar tare da Schultz ya bukaci kungiyar ta Bennett ta yi shawarwari har shekara guda don samun sabon filin wasa. Wannan wani muhimmin tunani ga Schultz. Sai kawai idan waɗannan gwagwarmaya ba su samu nasara ba bayan shekara guda zasu iya komawa tawagar.
Kundin yarjejeniyar ta kasance dala miliyan 350 kuma ya hada da harkar SuperSonics amma har da WNBA Storm, sai aka sayar da Storm zuwa Seattle masu zuba jari. An kammala yarjejeniyar a watan Oktobar 2006, kuma an fara wannan yarjejeniyar shekara guda a wannan lokacin.
Abin baƙin ciki ga magoya bayan SuperSonics, babu wani kokari na siyasa don gina sabon filin wasa a Washington, akalla har sai ya yi tsawo. Yan majalisa sun kasa amincewa da shirin shirin fage na Afrilu na shekara ta 2007, wannan shine lokacin da Bennett ya fara magana game da sake komawa, yana cewa "Ba na tunanin samun kyauta da ke barin gari yana da kyau ga kowa." Ba don 'yan wasan ba, ba magoya ba. "
An ba da izini ga kungiyar Bennett don sake komawa Oklahoma City a ranar 2 ga watan Nuwambar 2007, kuma an sake amincewa da wannan zaben ne daga 28-2 a ranar 18 ga watan Afrilun 2008. A yayin da ake fatan zaben, Mayor Mick Cornett ya gabatar da wani shiri na haɓaka da Ford Center . Ya wuce da yawa, kuma birni ya kasance tare da 'yan Sonics a watan Maris na 2008 akan yarjejeniyar sayarwa.
Har yanzu akwai wasu matsala masu yawa na doka don masu mallakar Sonics. Birnin Seattle ya yi rajista a kotun {asar Amirka, yana fatan ya tilasta 'yan Sonics su yi wasanni na biyu, a kan titin KeyArena. Tsohon mai suna Howard Schultz ya kuma gabatar da karar da ake zargin Bennett ta rukuni bai yi shawarwari da kyau ba don ya zauna a Seattle. Bayan haka sai ya zura kwat da wando, ya yarda cewa ba zai yi nasara ba.
Yawancin mazauna birnin Oklahoma sun jira da ganin yadda suke da hankali, don sanin cewa akwai yiwuwar sake dawowa shine "lokacin" maimakon "idan." Duk da haka, an gudanar da shari'ar rikitarwa a tsakanin birnin Seattle da kungiyar 'yan Sonics.
A Kotun
Jam'iyyun biyu sunyi jayayya kan kwanaki 6 a karshen Yuni 2008 a cikin kotun majalisar alkalin kotun Amurka Marsha J. Pechman. Ma'aikatan sun ce dangantakarsu da birni ba ta da matsala kuma tawagar zata rasa dala miliyan 60 idan aka tilasta musu su zauna a KeyArena domin shekaru biyu na ƙarshe na haya. Birnin Seattle ya yi jayayya da kungiyar Bennett a duk lokacin da ake nufi da motsa tawagar zuwa Oklahoma City kuma suna da tabbacin cewa jinginar ya ƙunshi wani sashe na "takamaiman aikin" maimakon yiwuwar tsabar kudi.
Kafin fitina, jami'an Seattle sun saki wasu adreshin imel tsakanin 'yan ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu wanda ya zama wani ɓangare na tsarin binciken. Wadannan imel ɗin suna da alama sun nuna cewa kungiyar tana da niyyar motsawa daga farkon.
A lokacin shari'ar, lauyoyi ga masu cin zarafin sun kai hari kan birnin Seattle, ta hanyar yin amfani da bayanan imel don nuna cewa akwai ƙoƙari na musamman don cutar da ƙididdigar kamfani a matsayin mai yiwuwa, tare da bege na tilasta Bennett don sayarwa zuwa ƙungiyar yanki .
Menene shawarar mai shari'a? Abin takaici, ba zamu taba sanin abin da zai kasance ba. Jam'iyyun biyu sun cimma yarjejeniyar sulhu a cikin sa'o'i kadan kafin a yanke hukunci a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 2008. A cikin taron manema labarai bayan 'yan sa'o'i kadan, magajin Seattle Greg Nickels ya ce yana da tabbacin cewa sun samu rinjaye a cikin lamarin, amma da dama na masana shari'a a fadin kasar sun ji wani abu dabam.
Ko ta yaya, kawai abin da ya dace ga mazaunin OKC shine cewa NBA ta kasance mai kyau, kyakkyawar tsai da tsammanin babban ƙarfin Oklahoma City wanda ya fara a farkon shekarun 1990 kuma mai mahimmanci mai mahimmanci cewa mun kai ga babban lokacin .
Gyarawa
A yayin taron manema labarai na 2 ga watan Yuli, Clay Bennett ya ce za a sake dawowa ranar da ta gabata. Akwai aiki mai yawa ga kungiyar su yi a cikin ɗan gajeren lokacin lokacin wasanni na farko na NBA da suka fara a Ford Ford a watan Oktoba na 2008. Tare da 'yan wasan motsa jiki da ma'aikata, kungiyar ta mayar da hankali kan inganta ingantawar Ford, ma'aikatan ma'aikata, gwagwarmaya da yawa.
Wannan shiri ya hada da dolar Amirka miliyan 45 don saya sauran shekaru biyu masu zuwa a kan gidan sayar da KeyArena da karin dala miliyan 30 a cikin shekaru 5 idan Seattle ya sake tsara sabon tsarin fagen shiga ko kuma shirin KeyArena amma ba a sami kungiyar NBA ba. Har ila yau, yarjejeniyar ta ƙayyade takardar shaidar za ta bar Markmark, launuka, da tarihin Sonics a Seattle.
Ranar 3 ga watan Satumba, 2008, tsohon kyautar Seattle SuperSonics ta zama Oklahoma City Thunder .