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Schultz wakes up and smells the coffee

Well, glory be. Look who stepped up to take a stand against Clay Bennett and his thievery of the Sonics.

It seems former Sonics owner Howard Schultz is suing Bennett for failure to bargain in good faith, objecting to the fact that Bennett, if we are to believe certain ill-conceived e-mails recently published, had no intention to keep the team in Seattle, despite his repeated statements that he would try.

Schultz want the deal cancelled, saying Bennett hoodwinked him into selling the team. It's not known whether Schultz wants to keep the team himself if he gets it back from Bennett or take it and sell it to a different ownership group, but you have to give the coffee baron credit. Just when most of us thought he didn't give a tinker's tink about the area or the team, he files this thing in court.

Maybe I'll go back to Starbuck's now. Maybe.

My feeling is that Schultz believes many blame him for this mess even more than they blame Bennett (true) and that he probably is considered a dummy because of it (also true). How many CEOs like looking bad in public? Not many. So Howard's taking action.

Nice going, Howard. Never thought you had the marbles. Here's an iced carmel macchiato to your health -- with whip.