OT:Kings Moving

[THE HCP]

After watching that documentary about the Sonics, now this?


Will NBA force Kings to move?
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According to Los Angeles ESPN 710 radio host and Lakers broadcaster John Ireland, the Kings will be "forced" to move the franchise out of Sacramento by the NBA.

"The people I have talked to in the NBA have told me that the Kings are going to be forced to move," he said on-air Thursday, according to Sports By Brooks. "They are not, especially in that political climate, going to get a new arena. No matter what the mayor says, no matter what the Maloofs say. Most of the people close to the team have told me they will try everything humanly possible to stay in Sacramento but that it's not in the cards.

"I don't know if Anaheim would happen, that would put three teams within 50 miles of each other, highly unlikely. But Kansas City has a new Anschutz (managed) arena, that's a very likely possibility ... and Seattle would like to get the Sonics back. You're looking at maybe 3-5 more seasons in Sacramento and then after they're going to have to find a place to play."

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Anaheim would outrage me, Kansas City would upset me and Seattle would delight me.

 

[THE HCP]

Nice post son. Have you done your chores yet?

 

[hasoos]

Why is it when a management team does so bad, that the answer is to move? It's like Major League all over again.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Vegas Kings!

Jordan could be the team president and Barkley the GM, the Maloofs could pay them in chips.

 

[THE HCP]

Move 'em to seattle!

 

[Entity]

Move the Kings back to Kansas City? I think only the Oakland Raiders have done that.

 

[Ed O]

Teams should move if cities can't support them. Sorry, Sacramento... the NBA is not a right, and if you don't pay you don't get to play.

Ed O.

 

[anonymous gambler]

San Diego will take them! (if we're to lose the Chargers, having an NBA team would ease the pain..)

 

[alex42083]

Hopefully it's not somewhere that forces the Blazers to fly even more that makes us even more isolated up here. Seattle needs to make a play here, or I wouldn't be surprised if Vegas is where Sterns wants it.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Teams should move if cities can't support them. Sorry, Sacramento... the NBA is not a right, and if you don't pay you don't get to play.

Ed O.

I admit, I am a little vague on the real issue here. I thought the Kings drew just fine - until the team fell apart in the won-loss column.

 

[Natebishop3]

Moving them to seattle would be cool.

 

[axs88]

I admit, I am a little vague on the real issue here. I thought the Kings drew just fine - until the team fell apart in the won-loss column.

I think he meant support as in a new arena, not attendance.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Moving them to seattle would be cool.

Move them to OKC, and move OKC back to Seattle. That'd be even cooler.

 

[hasoos]

Teams should move if cities can't support them. Sorry, Sacramento... the NBA is not a right, and if you don't pay you don't get to play.

Ed O.

Is that the real case though? They didn't seem to be having any problems when Cweb, Divacs, Bibby, Peja, Turkoglu and Christie were playing there. Then all the sudden it is a city problem once they start losing? Any team that plays like ass will struggle financially. That's just the way it is. It doesn't matter if it is there, or somewhere else.

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

Vegas is out of money.

Seattle won't get another team soon.

Unless they force the Maloofs to sell the team, they're not going anywhere.


Maybe they'll make them more of a San Jose team, with all the people in that part of the bay.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Is that the real case though? They didn't seem to be having any problems when Cweb, Divacs, Bibby, Peja, Turkoglu and Christie were playing there. Then all the sudden it is a city problem once they start losing? Any team that plays like ass will struggle financially. That's just the way it is. It doesn't matter if it is there, or somewhere else.

Frankly, the Kings aren't good enough to warrant the city spending millions on a new stadium. That's just not a very smart investment right now. And if that's true, then the Kings need to be located in a place that is willing to invest. A move is the result of two decisions that are beneficial to both entities...

...in the short term. It really feels short-sighted to make this move, on the part of both entities...

...but, how long-term can you look when the Maloofs are not guaranteed to stick around? Long-term is looking shorter and shorter. Until the ownership question is resolved, I think that the short-term decision of moving is about the best you can hope for.

 

[Natebishop3]

Move them to OKC, and move OKC back to Seattle. That'd be even cooler.

If you were OKC would you give up a team with Durant, Westbrook, Green, and Harden for a team with Kevin Martin, Tyreke Evans, and Sergio?

 

[oldmangrouch]

If you were OKC would you give up a team with Durant, Westbrook, Green, and Harden for a team with Kevin Martin, Tyreke Evans, and Sergio?

Didn't you get the memo? Durant sucks and is a detriment to his team!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

If you were OKC would you give up a team with Durant, Westbrook, Green, and Harden for a team with Kevin Martin, Tyreke Evans, and Sergio?

Is anyone showing up to OKC games enough to know who's who on that team?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Didn't you get the memo? Durant sucks and is a detriment to his team!

As part of the deal, Portland will take Durant off their hands. He'll make a good addition to the sweet bench lineup we have.

 

[Natebishop3]

Is anyone showing up to OKC games enough to know who's who on that team?

Even if they aren't, if you owned the Thunder would you make the trade?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Even if they aren't, if you owned the Thunder would you make the trade?

I'd sell OKC for a profit to the Maloofs, buy back the Kings, place them in OKC, and make myself a cool 7-digit profit on a team without adversely impacting my abysmal attendance (can't get any worse, right?). The Maloofs get a team good enough to keep them in the game, and I get a shitty team I can hawk to the losers in my city.

Of course, this would only be if I were the type of person who didn't give a shit about the people in the town where the team resided...

...which, if I'm the current owner of OKC, I am.

blazercaravan

 

[Natebishop3]

I'd sell OKC for a profit to the Maloofs, buy back the Kings, place them in OKC, and make myself a cool 7-digit profit on a team without adversely impacting my abysmal attendance (can't get any worse, right?). The Maloofs get a team good enough to keep them in the game, and I get a shitty team I can hawk to the losers in my city.

Of course, this would only be if I were the type of person who didn't give a shit about the people in the town where the team resided...

...which, if I'm the current owner of OKC, I am.

blazercaravan

Bad things happen to good people.... why can't bad things happen to bad people?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Just move them to Seattle and call them the Seattle Kings. This would be a chance to move a team, keep the name and have it actually make sense (unlike the Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies and Utah Jazz).

BNM

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

As much as I'd like to see a team back in Seattle (or even Vancouver BC), Kansas City makes a lot of sense.

Their new arena is freaking awesome.

 

[MARIS61]

I think he meant support as in a new arena, not attendance.

They go hand in hand.

Both come from wins, as Blazers history has demonstrated.

Attendance dropped when wins dropped and rose when wins rose.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Nice post son. Have you done your chores yet?

Screw chores! I DO WHAT I WANT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

San Jose has a group trying to bring an NBA franchise to their city.

It's only 30 min. from Golden State's arena. Like Anaheim, I don't see this happening.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

If they were to move, I hope Seattle gets 'em.