George Shinn
George Shinn
George Shinnis the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets as well the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams along with the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football. He purchased the Hornets for $32.5 million in 1987. In 1997, he lost his bid for a potential National Hockey Leagueexpansion franchise to be called the Hampton Roads Rhinos...
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Some people have asked, particularly from New Orleans, do I think that the fact that it's going to be a sellout is reason enough to go back there? My feeling is that these three games couldn't be like a referendum. Supporting one, two or three games is not akin to the whole season.
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Right now, I think everybody's got to accept the fact that New Orleans is not ready for this coming season. They're not ready, so we should play in Oklahoma City next year, and then start working and putting everything together to come back.
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It's not even real. It's unreal what they're going through. I want to try to give them hope and to let them know our goal is to come back.
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These people deserve something with the money they're guaranteeing,
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This is just the beginning of our commitment to provide relief to our family, friends and fans who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, ... New Orleans is our home, and we are focused on helping to rebuild and revitalize our great city.
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On behalf of his teammates, coaches and the entire organization, we wish him well and hope he learns from this experience.
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The NBA said we'll be announcing it at the end of the month, and I'm predicting a few days after that. The end of the month is not until Tuesday, I think, so just hold your breath until then.
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I'm not going to be crazy about it but our goal is to get better.
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I just want the best to happen to this city. Everybody politically or business-wise, whatever, wants us to come back, so that's good. But the bottom line is, it's got to make sense. What would be bad is ... if we come back and three years later have to leave. That doesn't help anybody.
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I've got to be very careful. I've got to keep my options open, and I don't want to make (NBA commissioner) David (Stern) mad. I've got a lot of things I've got to do. Our goal and plan is to go back.
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I've got all the confidence in the world New Orleans is going to be back. The question all of us have is when.
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I've got a fine line and I've got to be very careful because if these people have no hope, they don't want to support it. If the people in New Orleans have no hope, then they're not going to come. So it's a situation that I've got a very delicate balancing act here to try to make it work.
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There is no self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.
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You have been absolutely incredible and we are so grateful. Tonight is a celebration for Oklahoma City with what you have done for us. We will never forget this. We are so grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you.