Fan blogger Lisa works through grief and anger as Storm fans organize to keep their team.

Lisa gets it right: "The Storm are a strong franchise but the Sonics aren't. And, unfortunately in this case, the Storm is going to pay for the sins of their big brother. The only way these teams can stay in Seattle is with a new arena or a redesigned Key. And I am not sure [Seattle-area] taxpayers"-- stung as they have been by baseball and football deals-- "are willing to foot that bill."

Could a non-NBA owner buy the Storm alone? New owner Clayton Bennett claims that he wants both the Storm and the Sonics; his group seems to like the women's game. (Maybe Oklahoma could get an expansion team.)

The Storm on their own would command maybe $10-20 mil, far below the nine-figure asking price for the men's team. Without a replacement, Key Arena won't soon be demolished (neither will the University of Washington), so the women would have places to play.

Rallies and letter-writing campaigns and suchlike won't keep the Storm in Seattle without the Sonics unless a very rich purchaser shows up. But rallies and such might help convince some wealthy fan to do just that. Fan activism might also turn taxpayers, or elected officials, into supporters of the arena deal which the new owners claim-- with aggrieved fervor-- really would keep the Sonics in town.

Fans might also look into public, quasi-public, or collective ownership, on the Green Bay Packers model. More on how fans and cities can own teams, and on the Packers model in particular, here, and here, and here, and here.