According to ESPN, the new owners of the Seattle Supersonics hopes to move the franchise to Oklahoma City where Majority owner Clay Bennett lives.

“They’ve got 60 days to make some decisions they haven’t been willing to make in the past year,” Aubrey McClendon told The Journal Record, “and if they make them in a way that satisfies Clay, then the team will stay there. If they don’t meet the requirements he’s laid out, the team will move, and Clay has indicated they’ll come to Oklahoma City.”

Looks like Kevin Durant might get to place closer to his alma mater Texas than he originally planned. College hoops is HUGE in Oklahoma and North Texas, so there’s no reason to believe that the NBA can’t succeed there for the long term.

Seattle really needs to get their shit together. If the lose the Sonics, they won’t ever get an NBA franchise again. I feel that Seattle needs an NBA franchise, their citizens tend to disagree.

“They take pride in Seattle not needing an NBA team to be considered a world-class city. That’s probably true — they don’t,” McClendon told The Journal Record.

“But I think for Oklahoma City to distance itself from other midsize cities, I think enthusiastic support of a well-run, successful NBA team says a lot about the spirit of this community. We’ve got a can-do spirit, and we’ve got a fan base that’s turned out. This is a sports town; nobody ever knew it was a pro sports town. I think it is.”