Struggling NBA Sonics get support from senators, report

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SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) — American senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have made an eleventh-hour effort at keeping the Seattle SuperSonics from moving with a letter to the NBA head office.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Wednesday that in a letter to commissioner David Stern, the senators, from the state of Washington, said a move away from Seattle would be "a breach of trust and set a damaging precedent for the NBA."

They ended the letter with a plea to Stern to give the franchise a chance to stay in its current home and not move to Oklahoma City, where new SuperSonics chairman Clay Bennett has proposed to relocate the club.

On Tuesday, Governor Chris Gregor wrote a similar letter to Stern, asking him to postpone a vote by the NBA owners...