Sacramento/Seattle Kings Update (2 Viewers)

[HailBlazers]

My take on Seattle losing it's team -- you can't fault the state and city government for rejecting Bennett's ridiculous deal. And you could only partially fault them for not stepping up for Howard Schultz. The timing was pretty bad and Schultz was hemorrhaging. Economy's in the tank and he wants a new arena despite the fact that the renovation was less than 10 years old. He bought the team 6 years after the rebuild had happened. If he thought he was going to need a new arena, he should have factored that into his purchase price. That's primarily Schultz's fault (a CEO of a huge corporation who should know better) for not realizing what he was buying. Now, why did Stern bend over backwards for an ownership group that the owner did not want to sell to in the Sacramento situation, but would not revive efforts to keep the Sonics in Seattle when Ballmer stepped up in March of 2006?? Kevin Johnson was given every extension and benefit of the doubt. Face it. Stern is two-faced and only cares about people who owe him favors. He basically is the godfather/puppet master and it's a good idea for him to retire. There only three ways out of the mob-life. Retirement, prison, or getting whacked.

Good take.

 

[BBert]

I'd love to have MLB in Portland, but has Portland ever been a real enough option to even be used as a tool?

Portland Expos.

 

[jlprk]

Weird. Hansen declined refund from the league of the $30 million deposit.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...Non-Refundable-Deposit-From-NBAs-Other-Owners

Just listened to a Chris Hansen interview and it had a few interesting things...

-Hansen and crew never refused the return of their $30MM deposit...they'd like to get the money back.

That makes Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated and NBC wrong.

 

[mobes23]

That makes Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated and NBC wrong.

19:41 of the interview and it's pretty clear. Mannix is WRONG.

The full interview is here for now: http://www.sportsradiokjr.com/pages/softy_page.html?article=11330217

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Small glimmer of hope possibly (eventually) for SEA or any other city looking for a team.

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/227949/Sacramento-Could-Lose-Kings-If-Arena-Doesnt-Open-By-2017

 

[mobes23]

Good summary of the current state of affairs: http://www.si.com/nba/2014/09/25/seattle-nba-return-supersonics-chris-hansen

 

[THE HCP]

Just read it as well, great article!

 

[jlprk]

It says nothing has changed, right? I just skimmed it.