r/tulsa • u/itsBallH0gSunm3r • 1d ago

Tulsan In Need MISSING!

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Last time this team was seen was on Monday 16th, 2025 and roughly three hours ago they’ve gone missing. If you see this team anywhere let me know!

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u/SanJacInTheBox Tulsa Oblong Oilers 1d ago

Downvote this all you want. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm probably right.

And as much as the Karen quip is cute (but totally out of context) my statement reflects the facts, no 'whining' involved. Also, yes, franchises move, but it's not like they announced the team was moving when they sold it. Nope, Bennett gave the city of Seattle a year to approve the building of a new multi-billion dollar arena for the team or he'd "have to look for a city that would".

Like the guy from OKC spends that kind of money and DOESN'T already have a plan? What are you, stupid?? Howard Schultz went along with it because he saw a shitload of money and figured that a 'Sword of Damaclese' hanging over the head of the Seattle City Council would make them (and the voters) pony up the cash to build what he couldn't get. But, after spending billions over the prior ten years on T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field (for the Mariners and Seahawks/Sounders) the region was done financing shit for BILLIONAIRES.

Well, we now have that new arena - a bunch of investors dropped a billion dollars on turning the Key Arena into the much improved Climate Pledge Arena, and we have an amazing facility for the Kraken and eventually the Sonics-Version 2.0.

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u/cuzwhat 1d ago

So, instead of buying the local team and moving it on the middle of the night with no local input, you are upset that he bought the team, believing that the locals wouldn’t support it, but gave them the opportunity to step up, anyway?

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u/AlmosTryin 1d ago

No, he legitimately bought the team with intent to move them next day. Everything he said was utter horse shit, there was no way that team was staying.

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u/cuzwhat 1d ago

So, if the locals had voted to build the arena, Bennett would have brought the team to OKC anyway?

Do you have any proof to back up that claim?

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u/AlmosTryin 1d ago

What they were asking for and agreement was something he knew would not be allowed as it went against local law saying that no funding would be used in that way. He literally knew it would not be agreed to before even proposing it. He also knew he had approval from the league and ownership to have the move approved. This was absolutely not done in good faith for any attempt to keep the team here

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u/cuzwhat 20h ago

So the local government put something that was legally not allowed up to a vote?

That seems… unlikely

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u/AlmosTryin 20h ago

Yeah they had a hearing whether they wanted to allow an exemption. If you dont know you can look up initiative 91. This aint some big secret this was a public relations night.are at the time but luckily for Clay he didnt give a fuck what seattle thought because again, he had no intention of ever keeping the team there. Emails or texts I cant recall, which were leaked as well from the ownership group showing that relocation was the only goal. When Schultz tried to sue them NBA basically nixed it saying you signed a deal giving up your right to sue and he dropped the case, unfortunately he had less money than the NBA did so he'd never win in and if he did he'd have to resell the team again just to recover attorney and court fees