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Kings & Hansen saga
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:41 pm
by Det the Threat
Woj is reporting that Stern wants to get a team back to Seattle before he's retiring on Feb. 1st 2014 and that the league wants the Maloofs to sell to Hansen.
Between now and his departure, Stern is determined to get a franchise back into Seattle, league sources said. He has become a strong ally of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's group to bring back the NBA there. Ballmer's group has been trying to get the Maloof family to sell the Sacramento Kings, so that the franchise can eventually play in a new arena in Seattle.
From the league office, pressure on the Maloofs to sell has been growing, sources said – just as hopes for a new Sacramento arena have been fading. Seattle Sonics fans will never forgive Stern for his complicit role in Clay Bennett's deception to move that franchise to Oklahoma City, but make no mistake: Stern desperately wants to return the NBA to one of its great markets and wants it for his own measure of vindication before he leaves office.
As one source involved in the process said, "Stern has enough time to get a team back to Seattle, but he'll let Silver deal with the crowd [booing] on opening night."
NBA wants Maloofs to sell
Re: NBA pressures Maloofs to sell Kings to Hanson?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:40 am
by jenn_gp
It's HansEn...gotta spell our heroes name right!
And I've got no comment about the Kings situation. I feel completely devastated for their fan base.
Re: NBA pressures Maloofs to sell Kings to Hanson?
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 4:45 pm
by Det the Threat
jenn_gp wrote:It's HansEn...gotta spell our heroes name right!
And I've got no comment about the Kings situation. I feel completely devastated for their fan base.
Just corrected that mistake...
BTW: Yeah, the folks in Sacramento are going through the same thing we did and even tough I want a team back in Seattle, I wouldn't mind if it weren't an expansion instead of the Kings or another existing franchise.
Re: NBA pressures Maloofs to sell Kings to Hanson?
Posted: Tue Nov 6, 2012 9:13 pm
by Shronk
jenn_gp wrote:It's HansEn...gotta spell our heroes name right!
And I've got no comment about the Kings situation. I feel completely devastated for their fan base.
Re: NBA pressures Maloofs to sell Kings to Hansen?
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:18 am
by ATTL
The Maloofs are running the Kings into the ground and pissing their fans off left and right.
Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:56 pm
by EB2
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA
The Maloofs are finalizing an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to the Hansen-Ballmer led Seattle group, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:04 pm
by a_sensei
Congrats guys! I can't wait for the return of the I-5 rivalry. Sorry you get stuck with such a dysfunctional roster, but at least you can blow it up and start from new.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:21 pm
by Sweezo
Sports radio in Seattle is exploding...I am trying to contain myself because nothing's been explicitly confirmed at this point, but man. I don't know what to do. This is very emotional for me, and a lot of other people. I couldn't be more excited.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:21 pm
by Baby Bop
Mabrouk Seattle
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:39 pm
by Det the Threat
Sweezo wrote:Sports radio in Seattle is exploding...I am trying to contain myself because nothing's been explicitly confirmed at this point, but man. I don't know what to do. This is very emotional for me, and a lot of other people. I couldn't be more excited.
Yeah, it's pretty emotional and would be awesome for all the people who fought so hard for and never gave up on the Sonics.
Still, it would be bittersweet because of the great fans of Sacramento, who supported their team very well and deserve better.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 7:55 pm
by dockingsched
having family in seattle and having just been there this past summer, i'm very very happy to hear this news. i text my uncle right away and he's ecstatic.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:18 pm
by yearsago
Sweezo wrote:Sports radio in Seattle is exploding...I am trying to contain myself because nothing's been explicitly confirmed at this point, but man. I don't know what to do. This is very emotional for me, and a lot of other people. I couldn't be more excited.
This is huge...I can't believe it. Wojo is the top guy in the biz so I am jumping in.
Ian furness was talking about we are 8 months away from training camp. But we are what 3 months away from NBA Draft Lottery, and 5 months away from NBA Draft.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:26 pm
by Prodigy416
Seattle is my favourite American city and I've never even been there. Just something about it and the people who come from there. I grew up a Raptors (hometown) and Sonics fan (Gary Payton). I am beyond excited and when the Sonics are back I'm buying a Cousins jersey. I really hope Cousins matures and becomes the cornerstone of the (potential) Seattle franchise.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:44 pm
by bennith13
This is awesome news! I am beyond excited. However, I think it is important to remember the way that the Sacramento King's fans are going to be feeling. I will never forget the way I felt the day I heard that OKC had bought our team, and then when the team was finally moved there was a pain there that I had only felt on a handful of occasions in my life. We do not want to be like how the OKC fans were to us in regards to the King's fans. We are capable of being excited, yet classy at the same time. Let's go Sonics!
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:54 pm
by Sweezo
Holy ****...the headline on NBA.COM is...
Breaking News
Report: Maloofs to sell Kings, move team to Seattle
If anyone was wondering if this is real, I think that cements it.
bennith13 wrote:This is awesome news! I am beyond excited. However, I think it is important to remember the way that the Sacramento King's fans are going to be feeling. I will never forget the way I felt the day I heard that OKC had bought our team, and then when the team was finally moved there was a pain there that I had only felt on a handful of occasions in my life. We do not want to be like how the OKC fans were to us in regards to the King's fans. We are capable of being excited, yet classy at the same time. Let's go Sonics!
I couldn't agree more. I would urge all Sonics fans/well-wishers to be as respectful as possible to the Kings fanbase because this is a terrible feeling. Anger, sadness, helplessness...all real and justified emotions.
One thing that did not make the Sonics' move any better was the sheer lack of any empathy whatsoever from the OKC fanbase. That is something I will never forget, and I have no desire to pile on Kings fans in any form of fashion. Taking another city's team is a lousy feeling that should be experienced by any person in this situation with a shred of human emotion. I wish an expansion team had been a possibility but in the modern NBA it was never a legitimate possibility.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 8:59 pm
by yearsago
So can we talk about players right now and in the future?
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:00 pm
by wiff
Looks like we're back!
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:03 pm
by Sweezo
yearsago wrote:So can we talk about players right now and in the future?
If I said "NO" that would be a little weird.
Re: Maloofs are selling to Hansen's group
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:10 pm
by Sweezo
Now on KJR they are indicating a Sacramento beat reporter is saying the offer was rejected by the Maloofs. *sigh* So much info right now...
So if you bought the Kings?
Posted: Wed Jan 9, 2013 9:14 pm
by wiff
First to any and all King fans I'm sorry.
So how would reshape this team?