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Should the NBA Bail Out George Shinn?

By Bethlehem ShoalsDec 6th 2010 – 10:44AM

Soon, the NBA will own an NBA team. When the league purchases the New Orleans Hornets outright, it will put them -- however temporarily -- in charge of a franchise that's made a habit of tempting fate. For one, there's the ongoing dance with Chris Paul. Now that LeBron James is gone from Cleveland, Paul holds the dubious...

Playoff Talking Points: Game On, Baby!

By Bethlehem ShoalsApr 26th 2010 – 2:00AM

No one with a wife and kids, or the need to eat leafy greens, has time to watch all this basketball. But we do. So, as a service to the public, here are the Playoff Talking Points you need to fake it at the water cooler: • Perfect Strangers: Dirk Nowitzki is not an unrestricted free agent this summer. He has a player...

Tip-Off Timer: After 41 Years, Sonics Leave Seattle for Oklahoma

By Tom ZillerSep 16th 2009 – 10:00AM

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 41 days remaining.When Clay Bennett trucked his Sonics off to Oklahoma City in the summer of 2008, it was unprecedented. That an NBA team moved wasn't new -- that happens, unfortunately. But no team had ever left behind...

The NBA May Be Dead in Seattle

By Gary WashburnMay 12th 2009 – 8:25PM

While George Karl is on the verge of leading the Denver Nuggets to their biggest playoff victory since Dikembe Mutombo was seen clutching the ball on his back chanting "Yes! We win!" in leading Denver to a shocking first-round win over the Sonics in 1994, Karl's former NBA city may be without basketball for good. When...

Will Clay Bennett Steal Golden State's Mascot?

By Matt WatsonSep 3rd 2008 – 8:40PM

Clay Bennett and his cronies officially confirmed the league's worst kept secret today by announcing that his franchise has been dubbed the Oklahoma City Thunder. So does this mean after stealing basketball from Seattle he now has his sights on Golden State's mascot? After all, Thunder, seen above destroying Harry the Hawk...

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Background on Clay Bennett

Clay Bennett (born January 20, 1958 in Clinton, South Carolina) is an American editorial cartoonist. Currently drawing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Bennett is the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

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