Comments on: Kings to Seattle: It’s not done. But don’t be shocked if it is soon.

By: lionsplayoffs

lionsplayoffs — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:58:00 +0000

You’re right that an expansion team would make people feel better, but there are too many teams as it is. When guys who shoot 40% from the free throw line are making $10M per, you’ve got a watered down league.

By: ccraig232

ccraig232 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:21:51 +0000

I am around the Kansas City area. We took losing a team in stride. Unlike Seattle where they have done nothing but act bitter and cry and moan about losing the team. If you want to go down that path then you could say half the league doesn’t belong to the fans and city the team is currently in. The NBA has a history of relocating franchises. Seattle fans should have known it was a possibility that the team could be moved once the team was sold. It is the city and fans own fault for buying into what Bennett was saying. They should have acted with a little more class about it rather than cry and moan and show up to Thunder games wearing Sonic jerseys and holding up signs saying “we were robbed” If they were so outraged over that team being “stolen” from them then they should not be ok with cheering for a team they want to steal from another city. Sports is filled with hypocrites and Seattle is about to be the latest and newest example of it.

By: philtration

philtration — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:04:06 +0000

Gotta have your Washington Generals of the league

By: angelchica

angelchica — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:23:50 +0000

Sac has loyal Kings fans. Get it straight. We love the Kings. We hate the Maloofs. There is no easy solution. But Sacramento should be given a chance to match any offer that comes from Seattle. Otherwise, its just the Maloofs getting back at Johnson for not bowing to their demands last year.

By: fcoprado

fcoprado — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:33:06 +0000

Seattle needs an NBA team,not expansion.The Kings are better off in Seattle than in Sac town.

By: greghandle

greghandle — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:26:24 +0000

The Seattle Douchebags are in OKC. The Sacramento Douchebags are selling to a group of investors from Seattle.

There is no happy ending for any city forced to play musical chairs with their team.

By: blueintown

blueintown — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:08:04 +0000

How would a dictionary help anyone interpret the context of a statement? Regardless, losing a bad basketball team in a market that cannot support it isn’t sad, it’s inevitable. They’ve been at or near the bottom of the league in attendance for some time now. I’m sure the good people of Sacramento will survive.

By: echech88

echech88 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:24:32 +0000

But by your own logic, then the Kings don’t really belong to Sacramento either. What about poor Kansas City or Rochester?

The Kings have never belonged to one city. If there is a team that should move in any professional sport, it’s one that has already done so 4 times.

By: echech88

echech88 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:21:20 +0000

Apples and Oranges. The Sonics entire franchise history was in Seattle. The Kings have gone from Rochester to Cincy to Kansas City to Sacramento. The Sonics were in Seattle twice as long as the Kings have been in Sacramento when they were moved.

I agree it is sad for their fanbase in Sacramento but there is a difference between a team that has never been anywhere else getting taken away and a city that is the 4th stop in the franchise’s history moving again.

Let’s not act like this is the Cubs leaving Chicago or the Packers leaving Green Bay.

By: MyTeamsAllStink

MyTeamsAllStink — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:41:20 +0000

It’s called sarcasm if you use your dictionary once In a while you might understand that.

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:18:19 +0000

The new franchise and city should keep the records. Pretty sure OKC pulled an Indy Colts in regards to keeping another cities history.

By: fanofevilempire

fanofevilempire — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:02:54 +0000

Sac has no fan base, the stadium is empty, just like Seattle when they get a deal like what is going down they can get a team to return. Seattle didn’t have any commitments before the move to OKC. Mariners are douche bags, they will never win anything!

By: kenyanteg123

kenyanteg123 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:13:43 +0000

The Seattle Douchebags.

By: canadabaseball

canadabaseball — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:54:28 +0000

What about Vancouver? I know that stern says this is on of his biggest regrets
And will they stay as the sonics?

By: mazblast

mazblast — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:19:31 +0000

Add Boston to that list.

Actually, Little Caesar doesn’t want ALL the teams in the league to be in the biggest markets, just all the WINNING teams. Someone has to serve as cannon fodder and farm teams for the Designated Winners.

By: ubermartimus

ubermartimus — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:53:26 +0000

There is one thing to remember here; Hansen, and the others from Seattle are trying to buy the Kings with the express intention of moving them to Seattle. When Schultz sold to Bennett, we all knew the team was going to wherever they went. Bennett said words and acted like he wanted to stay, the price being a 500 million dollar, publicly financed stadium that he knew he wouldn’t get, and everyone said words about what a great market Seattle was, but it was all B.S. This is different. Everybody knows whats up, and Sacramento is seeking local ownership, and as a former Sonics fan, I hope they get it, and the Kings stay there. The NBA doesn’t deserve to be in Seattle.

By: iamjimmyjack

iamjimmyjack — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:52:42 +0000

In other news, the San Diego chargers are moving to Los Angeles…I. Sure u won’t mind tho, right?

By: blueintown

blueintown — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:44:23 +0000

Please explain the benefit of having all the teams in six cities. I would love to hear it.

By: glink123

glink123 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:39:52 +0000

To the clown who said Seattle has a sucky basketball reputation, they’ve won more NBA championships than over half the league.

By: saint1997

saint1997 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:34:20 +0000

thanks I’m not sure if they should use it though, maybe make a fresh beginning

By: ruffridin

ruffridin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:33:45 +0000

Make this happen!

By: mazblast

mazblast — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:28:13 +0000

The name is available. IIRC part of the agreement that allowed the previous Seattle team to move to OKC was that the name SuperSonics stayed in Seattle.

By: imthewiz77

imthewiz77 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:18:15 +0000

Or Warriors as its geographically close. Don’t really see a need for two teams that close anyway

By: saint1997

saint1997 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:15:59 +0000

Do you think they will still be the supersonics??

By: dls612

dls612 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:09:10 +0000

now that it seems the kings are leaving, Looks like the clippers picked up a few more fans! Woulda been the Lakers but, well u know!

By: seattle2013

seattle2013 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:04:09 +0000

I live downtown in Seattle. I don’t want Sacremento to lose their team. I saw what happened here. It left a bad taste in the city that is still here. There’s a lot of people around here that won’t go to another NBA game no matter who they bring in and what they build to house them. Thank Stern, his buddy Clay Bennet and Howard Schultz for that. I respect what Hansen and Balmer are trying to do here but I hope it’s not at the expense of a city that supports their team. An expansion franchise would be a better option but would further deplete the already watered down talent pool in the NBA. So I don’t know what to say about Seattle. I live here… I know people want the NBA back. I don’t think we’re the type of city that will support poaching a franchise from Sac. after what we’ve been through though. Maybe I’m wrong… I don’t know.

By: MyTeamsAllStink

MyTeamsAllStink — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:47:34 +0000

If the Kings move its sad because its one less “small market” in pro sports.If Stern had his way all the teams would be in New York LA Chicago Houston Philly and Miami.

By: MyTeamsAllStink

MyTeamsAllStink — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:46:11 +0000

You don’t have a baseball or football team either

By: jtylert

jtylert — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:36:36 +0000

The difference between this purchase and the Clay Bennett/OKC purchase, is that Hansen and Balmer are going into this say “Hi we want to buy a team and move it to Seattle.”

Bennett said “Hi I want to buy your team. What? Of COURSE I want to keep it in Seattle!! Don’t be silly!! I’ll do everything in my power to keep your team where it belongs!!”

There’s nothing underhanded about this.

By: tomtravis76

tomtravis76 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:24:49 +0000

Do the fans of Sacramento feel bad for the fans in cities that this franchise has already left( Kansas City, Cincy and Rochester)? This is professional sports, almost all teams move around. You can’t get attached to an entertainment product. Leagues and Owners don’t care about the fans/community they are in unless they are getting everything they want, and when they don’t they go where the grass is greener.