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It's hard not to feel like a hypocrite right now. Christopher Hansen, our arena fairy, is working diligently to try to build a palace that could lure the NBA and NHL, and as intriguing as it sounds, there's an inner conflict because Seattle can't succeed without doing harm to another city.
Four years ago, we were robbed, right? That's what the popular never-forget-the-Sonics T-shirt says. ROBBED. A group of Oklahoma businessman bought the Sonics from Howard Schultz in 2006, and two years later, the moving vans were breaking the speed limit. Forty-one years of civic pride, gone. Thinking about Oklahoma City is like eating cold oatmeal now. It makes Sonics fans want to gag.
Here we are in 2012, though, trying to get in position to do the same to the NBA's...
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