More Sonics Emails Reveal Owner Duplicity

Some of Aubrey McClendon's emails to his fellow SuperSonics owners have been revealed in a transcript of his April deposition, and they don't appear to help his case. The inquiry into whether the Oklahoma City-based investment group made good-faith efforts to keep the team in Seattle turned up two relatively damaging messages, reports the Seattle Times.

In one, McClendon discusses his contributions to an anti-gay marriage group, and suggests that the resulting public anger in Seattle "just improves OKC's chances of getting them [the Sonics] here year after next." In the other, he writes to owner Clay Bennett that, regarding the team, "the truth is we did buy it with the hope of moving to Oklahoma City." (More Clay Bennett stories.)