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Originally Posted by Midtowner
I HIGHLY doubt the NBA could do that.
You can't just snap your fingers and make a multimillion dollar entity vanish. There'd be an anti-trust suit filed against the NBA and the plaintiff would win. This is why voting whether to "allow" relocations is more of a formality than anything else. If a relocation were denied, off to court we go, and the plaintiff will win because the NBA is pretty much a per se violation of the anti-trust Act.
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If the team can't negotiate a lease, where do they play? Do they only play away games? Can the team negotiate contracts with players? Who signs the contracts? A judge?
I'm beginning to lean toward Schultz's law suit being thrown out. The trust would just put the whole team in limbo with no end in sight. Plus, what do they do with paying back Bennett's group for what they have been out so far? Does Schultz give them back their money? If not I can bet you that would go to the Supreme Court before it's settled.