Although this century-old problem seems unsolvable for now.
It shed a ray of possibility in the darkness for SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz, who had completely despaired of the Washington State Government.
Historically, there have been many conspiracy theories about Schultz's eventual sale of the Supersonics.
But one of those conspiracy theories logically fits reality the best.
It claims that as Schultz was unable to persuade the Washington State Government to fund the renovation of the then-rundown KeyArena, which was rented by the Supersonics…
Stern, in collaboration with Schultz, introduced the Oklahoma Consortium led by Clayton Bennett.
Schultz used the reason of a team sale to threaten by relocating the Supersonics to Oklahoma, exerting extreme pressure on the Washington State Government and those Seattle residents who disagreed with renovating the arena.
The evidence for this conspiracy theory comes from a legislative hearing on February 24, 2006.
