Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times
The phone call was impulsive, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn calling the New York office of NBA Commissioner David Stern last Wednesday.
Stern wasn't in town. But McGinn's exuberance was uncontained. Details of a proposed basketball and hockey arena were leaking out, so McGinn left a message: "We're serious here."
He wanted to reinforce that the city's support for a complex deal was more than an obscure millionaire's dream.
Stern didn't call back. But the league's president — Joel Litvin — contacted McGinn's office and received a detailed briefing on a proposal that has gone beyond a pipe dream and come to resemble an actual plan.
And on paper, it's a heck of a plan.
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