Article: BARKLEY TAKES HIS CUTS, CALLS SONICS MOVE A 'TRAVESTY'.(Sports)(Column)

Byline: JIM MOOREP-I COLUMNIST

STATELINE, Nev. -- Charles Barkley feels bad for Sonics fans and doesn't think Seattle will ever get another NBA team.

"The NBA doesn't need to expand," he said. "If they get a team, it will be somebody else's team. It's a travesty the way it went down.

"They always talk about the players being greedy; the owners are the greedy ones. It's really sad for me. They had the best fans. You were intimidated at that place when you went in there, and it's a great city, too."

Barkley was surprised when the settlement was announced but thinks it worked out the best way possible.

"It would be stupid to stay the next two years," he ...

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