George Shinn keeps getting worse

We kinda called this way back like a few days after Katrina, and frequently thereafter, not that it was a hard call to make.

The Hornets’ owner is pretty much like one of the most worstestest people in sports, both on a moral and business level.

Operation: Stay in the OKC is now in high gear, with Shinn’s lawyer stating the team will leave if a new practice facility isn’t built next to the Hornets’ arena in New Orleans.

“I want you to understand I have a home here. I have a business here. I have great friends and family here. If my heart wasn’t here, I wouldn’t be frustrated,” Shinn said. Currently 11 Hornets employees work in New Orleans full-time, team officials said.

LIAR. Whoop – sorry. Moving on.

In addition, Shinn said the approaching hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, “is frightening. … It’s going to scare us all to death.”

Such a dick – like you really needed to drop that in there?

We know PJ Brown needs to bench press on new equipment just like everyone else, but c’mon. Don’t you think the city has more important things to build than a new state-of-the-art sauna for the Hornets?

Like, say…everything?

We’ve said some horrible things about you before, but this is super-horrible. And filtering it through your lawyer while you go give presents to newborns in Oklahoma City and pretend you’re looking for New Orleans investors doesn’t make it any better.

Everyone knows you weren’t selling enough tickets even before Katrina, and that The OKC is freaking in love with the team, okay? So just say it. Say you want to stay in Oklahoma – we all know it. In fact, most NBA fans probably want you there too, at least from a basketball standpoint.

Just say it, and everyone will look at you and at least know you’re being honest for once. In fact, you’d gain support in many places (including here), because you could lay out the business rationale in a reasonable way, perhaps with charts or graphs. Preferably of the pie or bar variety.