So Howard Schultz’s lawsuit news a little over a week ago was met with the usual rhetoric of this is just a PR stunt. I even spoke to a family member who knows Schultz personally over the weekend, and he said among many things that if he ever does file it, it’s only a publicity stunt to try to win back a region that has, for lack of better words, HATES HIS GUTS for “selling out”.
Well, breaking news tonight has Schultz filing the lawsuit. And guess what? It’s got some real teeth. Not just little candy-corn sized baby teeth either. We’re talking “WOW” teeth. Think John Elway.
Somehow, Schultz and his lawyer, Richard “I’m going to DESTROY YOU” Yarmuth, has unearthed some pretty damaging e-mails. One floated thus far has an exchange from Clay to his boys, saying two days BEFORE the sale was announced, that they could simply buy the team and then do a “sweet flip” all the way to OKC when the arena fails! Whoops. Um, yeah, you see, that’s not EXACTLY good faith. Schultz has already given some information for the suit under oath that this thing was a fraudulent deal from day one, and the interesting part of all is that Schultz isn’t even claiming that he wants back in to NBA ownership! In reality, Schultz and his legal team are asking that the Bennett group simply be removed as owners, and they get their money back. Then, the team is turned over to an independent party, which would then seek out LOCAL ownership in Seattle (Ballmer…Steve Ballmer).
But hey, what the heck do I know? Don’t take my word for it. Check out what a legal analyst at ESPN.com had to say about it in a very quick, yet informative, read that will outline exactly why Schultz could have Bennett on the run in a major way. Maybe the best part of the ESPN piece has that they at least believe that this is very, very serious for Bennett and the words “historic” were mentioned. And that most of all, you haven’t seen Schultz giving a press conference/talk show tour on this thing. In fact Schultz and his attorney refused to comment for ESPN. If it’s a PR move, you make the rounds. If it isn’t, you keep your mouth shut and let the suit do the talking.
Just keep piling it on. Back this scumbag and the NBA into a corner and see what they offer. This is knee-buckling stuff here. The NBA and Bennett in particular are going to have absolutely no choice but to offer the ultimate sweetheart deal to make this go away. They cannot allow Bennett and his morons to testify under oath.
I think it was Conan the Barbarian who said it best:
Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
CRUSH these guys!
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