SEATTLE BASKETBALL IS BACK: Maloofs sell to Hansen group

[dunksby]

Great news!

[devin112]

Warriors bullet train is taking passengers if any of you Kings fans want to jump on board.

must have a death wish if you gonna hop on train in OAK

[All Net]

Love the key arena

[Da KO King]

I'm confused as to how any of this talk of cities/fans "stealing" teams is even relevant. Its not. Teams aren't "stolen" they are either a) relocated or b) sold by their owners with the blessing of David Stern and the rest of the NBA owners. These decisions are made by businessmen with a financial stake in the team not by fans who have an emotional investment.

That said any "Bring back our Sonics" activists will be mighty hypocritical if they welcome this latest incarnation of the Sonics with open arms given how strongly they felt screwed over by Clay Bennett and Stern.

You clearly have no grasp of how Seattle lost the Supersonics.

[Salazaar]

Bryan May: George Maloof tells News10 a deal to sell the Kings to Seattle group is not close. Twitter

Wonder if he's just afraid to admit publicly that they're gonna sell the team or the news yesterday was way overblown...

[33teeth]

You clearly have no grasp of how Seattle lost the Supersonics.

And you probably have no idea what's been going on in SAC.

[west_tip]

You clearly have no grasp of how Seattle lost the Supersonics.

By all means enlighten me.

I was looking back at this Kings timeline here produced by the local newspaper (Sac Bee). I still have not had it adequately explained to me why the Maloofs were on board with the City council plan (in fact they pushed it hard) on March 6 but pulled the plug on it in April. http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/09/510...#storylink=cpy

March 6, 2012: By a 7-2 vote, the Sacramento City Council approves the financing plan for a downtown sports arena now costing $391 million.

March 29, 2012: The NBA offers to advance initial payments after the Maloofs balk at paying $3.26 million to help launch arena pre-development work.

April 13, 2012: The Maloofs pull out of a plan to finance a $391 million sports and entertainment complex, suggesting instead that city officials help them renovate Power Balance Pavilion in North Natomas.

[west_tip]

And you probably have no idea what's been going on in SAC.

With that said I found this googling:

April 15th 2012

INTERVIEWER: So what's different a year later? A lot of people still suspect your plan is to spend next season in Sacramento and then file for relocation in March.

JOE MALOOF: "That's not true, that's not true. I swear that is not going to happen. I don't care what rumors are out there. It's our team. We're not selling, and we're not leaving. Our identity is the Sacramento Kings. That's how we're known".

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/15/441...#storylink=cpy