There's 2 suits J-7. The suit filed by the City of Seattle is to get the final two years left on the lease out of Bennet, or the team stays in Seattle for those 2 years prior to leaving. What the city wants is a settlement of all lost income from the two years.

Then there is the suit filed by Schlutz (sic) that is trying to prove that Bennet did not act in good faith to keep the team in Seattle. There are a lot of ground, statements and crazy e-mails that the Okies made acting against them. Within 2 weeks of the purhcase the dumbest Okie, Aubrey McClendon sent a mass e-mail to the ownership group claiming they would rename the team the "Oklahoma City Sonic Boom". The suit is to hold the team in a trust until a new owner can be found. That part bothers me, because it would give Schultz, and the new ownership group, a lot more credibility if he had some skin in the game. I.e. he should have to hold the team until the new buyers came along, that would show he really cares, and is certain someone will step up to keep the team in Seattle.

I can't see how the NBA would want to see it's dirty laundry aired out in the court room, but Stern is too thick headed to try and work a solution.