Sources tell ESPN a committee of NBA owners voted against moving the Kings to Seattle

[Chrispy]

 

[Goober]

Seattle Bucks 2014!

 

[JeremyHight]

How dumb. They approve the Sonics moving from Seattle even though Seattle was at 90%+ capacity nearly every season for home games. They disapprove this move even though the Kings were below 80% for the last few seasons for home games.

You can build a new stadium in Sacramento, the fans don't care. A new stadium doesn't make people care about a team, plain and simple. Now Sac will keep their team for a decade longer, have a stadium at 70% capacity with its brand new taxpayer funded luxury boxes, and then move before the lease is up.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Dumb move Sacramento doesn't give a shit about the NBA.

 

[FedEx227]

Chill on the Seattle propaganda boys. Sacramento still cares about basketball. They just don't care for their garbage ownership so they've stopped going to as many games as they did only a few years ago, sound familiar?

They've no doubt had a rough few years attendance wise but lets not act like Sacramento "doesn't care about basketball", that's just nowhere near true. Unless of course, you want to readily admit that Seattle stopped caring about basketball when they stopped going to Sonics games.

 

[JimLeavy59]

True I remember that 2002 Kings team now, and those fans really cared about it, I really can't think of any NBA team to move to Seattle.

 

[Argath]

How dumb. They approve the Sonics moving from Seattle even though Seattle was at 90%+ capacity nearly every season for home games. They disapprove this move even though the Kings were below 80% for the last few seasons for home games.

You can build a new stadium in Sacramento, the fans don't care. A new stadium doesn't make people care about a team, plain and simple. Now Sac will keep their team for a decade longer, have a stadium at 70% capacity with its brand new taxpayer funded luxury boxes, and then move before the lease is up.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here but wasn't one of the big reasons the sonics left because home attendance was hitting all time lows?

 

[JimLeavy59]

Forgive me if I'm wrong here but wasn't one of the big reasons the sonics left because home attendance was hitting all time lows?

That was a "Fuck you" to the ownership though kinda like what the Kings are doing right now.

 

[Golden Taters]

Well I guess we can still get a NHL team, I don't see the NBA expanding with all the money they've been losing.

This is a bummer but I can't really be mad at Sacremento. They have a good deal to keep their team in California, even though Seattle's arena deal is much better, the Kings will still have a quality NBA arena.

It's just disappointing right now, the proposed arena in Seattle is state of the art and very unique, I would really like to see that completed with a basketball team again.

 

[Golden Taters]

Message from Chris Hansen.

While we are disappointed with the relocation committee’s recommendation, we just wanted to let you all know that we remain fully committed to seeing this transaction through. As you are all well aware, we have a binding transaction to purchase the Kings for what would be a record price for an NBA franchise, have one of the best ownership groups ever assembled to purchase a professional sports team in the US, have clearly demonstrated that we have a much more solid Arena plan, have offered a much higher price than the yet to be finalized Sacramento Group, and have placed all of the funds to close the transaction into escrow. As such, we plan to unequivocally state our case for both relocation and our plan to move forward with the transaction to the league and owners at the upcoming Board of Governor’s Meeting in Mid-May.

When we started this process everyone thought it was impossible. While this represents yet another obstacle to achieving our goal, I just wanted to reassure all of you that we have numerous options at our disposal and have absolutely no plans to give up. Impossible is nothing but a state of mind.

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ―Muhammad Ali

http://www.sonicsarena.com/news/to-the-sonics-faithful

 

[JimLeavy59]

So if Chris Hansen does buy the Kings could he just run the team into the ground until its not viable to keep the team in Sacramento?

 

[Golden Taters]

Chris Hansen adds $75 million to Kings offer

http://www.king5.com/news/arena/Chris-Hansen-75-million-to-Kings-offer-206957551.html

SEATTLE - Chris Hansen just raised the stakes in the effort to bring the Sacramento Kings to Seattle.

Seattle's lead investor told the NBA Friday he will raise his bid on the Kings franchise to $625 million, an increase of $75 million on his previous bid. Hansen had already raised the valuation of his bid to $550 million in an attempt to sway NBA owners.
He is attempting to purchase 65 percent of the franchise from the Maloof family. Hansen's group had already placed $357 million in escrow for the majority share. This is the third time his group has raised his bid.
Photos: Meet the people who voted against Kings move to Seattle

The move comes just days before 30 league owners are scheduled to vote on his purchase of the Kings franchise, and relocation to Seattle.

Multiple reports now suggest a competing Sacramento group is still trying to put together a matching offer for the franchise, that be used as a backup bid to keep the team in Sacramento.

NBA owners are scheduled to vote on May 15 in Dallas. The league's relocation committee already voted to deny the move of the franchise.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Chill on the Seattle propaganda boys. Sacramento still cares about basketball. They just don't care for their garbage ownership so they've stopped going to as many games as they did only a few years ago, sound familiar?

They've no doubt had a rough few years attendance wise but lets not act like Sacramento "doesn't care about basketball", that's just nowhere near true. Unless of course, you want to readily admit that Seattle stopped caring about basketball when they stopped going to Sonics games.

I also believe Sacramento holds two of the five longest home sellout streaks in NBA history.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also keep in mind that aside from the Webber/White Chocolate/Peja years, the Kings have almost always been dreadful during the Sacramento era.

 

[NAHSTE]

Also keep in mind that aside from the Webber/White Chocolate/Peja years, the Kings have almost always been dreadful during the Sacramento era.

:walker:

Wasn't no "White Chocolate Era" that Sacto fans associate with those years.

TEAM DIME BRUH

 

[FedEx227]

They weren't as successful, but White Chocolate/Webber really brought the Kings back to the forefront. They were one of the more entertaining watches for those Thursday night late games and although he was a turnover machine he was the perfect marketable star for a small market team in the beginning of the "And1" era.

Bibby made them legit but White Chocolate brought them the attention.

 

[NAHSTE]

They weren't as successful, but White Chocolate/Webber really brought the Kings back to the forefront. They were one of the more entertaining watches for those Thursday night late games and although he was a turnover machine he was the perfect marketable star for a small market team in the beginning of the "And1" era.

Bibby made them legit but White Chocolate brought them the attention.

All about #playoffwinz bro.

 

[FedEx227]

Oh trust me, I agree. 14 year old me fucking loves White Chocolate because who gives a shit if you have 9 turnovers LOOK AT THAT BEHIND THE BACK OFF THE ELBOW PASS!~!!

 

[NAHSTE]

Oh trust me, I agree. 14 year old me fucking loves White Chocolate because who gives a shit if you have 9 turnovers LOOK AT THAT BEHIND THE BACK OFF THE ELBOW PASS!~!!

14 year old me loved him too. But 27 year old me looks back on those Sacto teams and the point guard that pops in my head is Bibby. I associate WC more with the perpetually swept in round 1 Grizzlies teams, and his hilarious locker room confrontation of a writer after completion of one of the said first round sweeps.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Just expand and water down the league some more.


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