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Clay Bennett

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The Resume

    (1960- )
    Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    Chairman of Dorchester Capital Inc.
    Majority owner of the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2006- )

Why he might be annoying:

    He is arguably the most hated man in Seattle.
    Former Sonics owner Howard Schultz felt that he breached an agreement to negotiate a deal with the city for a new arena.
    It is speculated that he never intended to keep the team in Seattle.
    He refused to sell the team to a local business group who planned to keep the team in Seattle.
    The speculations of his plans to relocate the team were revealed after the city obtained emails between him and his partners talking about negotiations with Oklahoma City officials about a lease agreement on the Ford Center.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a partner in the San Antonio Spurs ownership group in the 1990s.
    He helped arrange the agreement of the New Orleans Hornets to temporarily use Oklahoma City as their home base in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
    His wife Louise Gaylord-Bennett's family were minority shareholders in the Texas Rangers.
    He is the chairman of the Oklahoma Heritage Association committee.

Credit: Ricky


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3233 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 299 Votes: 88.63% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1097 Votes: 78.40% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 213 Votes: 62.91% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 145 Votes: 64.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 2797 Votes: 75.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 699 Votes: 69.81% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 2311 Votes: 67.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 4799 Votes: 72.81% Annoying