About half an hour ago, Mitch Levy from KJR started releasing Tweets about a possible big break for the basketball fans in Seattle. It having to do with of course the whales that are trying to keep the King in Sacramento.
Here is the complete series of tweets:
Would be unfair for me to disclose tonight but my best guess is this info will start to leak out sometime tomorrow.
— mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
To be clear -- encouraging for Seattle NBA fans. — mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
Ok, I can now say that the news involves the "level of competitiveness" of the Mastrov (Burkle) offer for Maloof's 65%. — mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
When the number becomes public (maybe tomorrow but not from me), keep 1 thing in mind.KJ continues to insist that ...
— mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
...someone would owe Sacramento the $75M balance of a loan given to the team years ago if the team moves.
— mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
He (and Sac would-be owners) are undoubtedly trying to convince NBA that this outstanding loan... — mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
...should allow for their offer to be substantially lower than that of Hansen/Ballmer. — mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
I don't think NBA will completely buy-off on this theory simply b/c the higher the actual sales price, the better off all other owners are.
— mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
Lots of chatter about this tomorrow morn.Please tune us in.Goodnight.
— mitch levy (@kjrmitch) March 6, 2013
Looks like a lot of us are going to be listening to KJR all day tomorrow and refreshing Twitter about every 7 seconds. I'll also do my best to keep the site updated tomorrow with anything that is breaking.