NBA seeks to be player in legal fray
Courts: Fight continues to keep Sonics in Seattle
Critics say former owner's lawsuit is ‘far-fetched' remedy.
The NBA has asked to join the legal fight to keep the former Seattle SuperSonics team in Oklahoma City .
The team's former owners signed away their legal right to contest the move to Oklahoma City when they approved a release and indemnification agreement as part of the team's sale in July 2006, league officials say.
Because of the release, "former owners are prevented from taking future legal action that cou...
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