Not so fast, OKC: Microsoft's Ballmer heads investor group seeking to buy Sonics

Can they buy the Sonics if they aren't for sale?

Nope...but the Grizzlies are for sale.

The big issues are the facility in Seattle (which is supposedly not good enough) and the brand-new facility (which is empty because they suck) that ties the Grizzlies to Memphis for a long time.

I'd like to see OKC remain sport-less and SA to remain NFL-less after what they tried to pull.

The NBA needs Seattle more than the other way around. It's a much more lucrative market than any of the above mentioned.