I cannot find the link. I guess we will have to see what the e-mails say. What I wonder is why Slade Gorton, just a couple of days before Schultz filed his lawsuit, said he was willing to talk to the NBA about an expansion team because he was quite sure the Sonics were moving. He'd seen all the e-mails. If he thought they were so damning, I'm not sure why he would have said that.

However, if there are truly e-mails stating that the arena deal was overblown on purpose, that would be a massive problem. It would also be stupid, since the Orlando arena will cost at least $450 million, the Muckleshoot estimate was over $400 million, the Brooklyn arena is over $600 million as well. There's no reason to think a new arena in Seattle wouldn't have cost that much.