Steve Kelley, Bob Whitsitt, Key Arena, Free Association

SEATTLE - Why did Steve Kelley spin around in his chair and choose to write a Save the Sonics story unless something prompted him? To this point he hasn't been very supportive of the situation. He stopped short of calling for local money to buy the team.
In prior stories Kelley has waxed poetic about the skills of his friend Bob Whitsitt.

In an unrelated story, I think Bob Whitsitt was part of a group that wanted to buy the Sonics.

In another unrelated story, remember the story about Bob Whitsitt bringing lacrosse to the Key Arena.

See this story from just over a year ago, remember, the lacrosse thing:Whitsitt: After 39 years, Sonics belong in Seattle

"The trouble with KeyArena is with the lease, not the building," Whitsitt said. "I can tell you, I still talk to a lot of people in the league when they come to town, and they love playing in KeyArena. It's a great venue to watch a game. And it can be a great venue for the lacrosse team. I believe fans enjoy watching events there."

In another unrelated story, last week mayor of Seattle said he was still willing to talk to the Sonics owner, if they could put up 100 million than he should be able to find local support for funds to help renovate the Key Arena or find a solution for a new arena. Clay Bennett didn't get past the Key part apparently, before dismissing the mayor and the Key Arena. Bennett, you idiot, there was more to the quote than just Key Arena.

In another unrelated story, off topic, sometimes parts of a picture are shown to you over time so you put them together and make an assumption, even though there's not overt connection to the events. That happens to me once in a while.

So, speculating, likely very wrong, let's say for the sake of conversation that mayor got the rough treatment from Bennett last week, some group of local business people stepped in and said they would take another crack at owning the team, and maybe they are willing to put up some money to remodel the Key Arena because, maybe, they like the venue, and maybe they have some other sport they could use to fill the open dates with, and maybe they want better lease terms (Like Schultz originally asked for) and now maybe the mayor and city council members see the Key turning into a while elephant, and maybe Frank Chop and the restaurant association will not play along with a remodel of the Seattle Center using state approved/county administered taxing authority to the extent the council wants if it means driving a major tenant out of the state and, maybe they want more local investment, say, 100 million dollars.
Just sayin'.

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BTW, I mentioned Scotty Brooks as a potential assistant for P.J. over a month ago, I guess they are catching up on back issues of my blog.
"Another coaching candidate, Scott Brooks, was released by the Sacramento Kings (just sayin', he's out there). "