I somehow just now came across this great Deadspin post by Barry Petchesky from January. All along I have felt somewhat guilty about "taking" a team from a one horse town. I understand the argument of this being the only way to get a team back, but it wasn't until after reading this article did that guilt fade away.

I've provided the key paragraphs to bring to light on just how Sacramento got the Kings. Clay Bennett has some company on being a lying scumbag owner..

"The Kings have been vagabonds for longer than the NBA has existed. Twelve years in Rochester. Fifteen years in Cincinnati. Six seasons split between Kansas City and Omaha, and then seven more in just K.C. On June 8, 1983, an investment group from Sacramento purchased the Kings. The same people had tried, and failed, to buy the Pacers the previous year."

"But from the start, the new owners insisted they had no designs on moving the team. These people are making it possible for this team to remain in Kansas City, [outgoing owner Leon] Karosen said. ''It's just that simple. I want to emphasize that we are not selling the team with the idea that it be moved. They have assured us that their goal is to provide a quality NBA operation in Kansas City with continued improvement on the playing floor as their primary goal". Sound familiar Sonics fans?

"It should go without saying that in 2011 one of those owners would recall that the plan to move a team to Sacramento came well before the purchase of the Kings." Will we finally get the same admission from Clay Clay in 2036?

"Two weeks before the start of the 1984-85 season—the Kings' last in Kansas City—the Sacramento Bee reported that Lukenbill had obtained a building permit to put up warehouse in Sacramento. The warehouse was designed so that it could be turned into a 10,000-seat arena. Lukenbill again denied plans to move the team, but for the first time he tied the Kings' future to their attendance, saying there would be specific targets to meet."

"Our commitment to the people of Kansas City remains the same," Lukenbill said. "Our primary goal right now is to make the team succeed in Kansas City." Again, sound familiar?

"There would be no future discussions about keeping the Kings in Kansas City unless a new, more favorable lease was offered. A new lease would come. Kansas City offered a generous, perhaps unprecedented lease to keep the Kings at Kemper Arena for five more seasons. According to the Kansas City Times, it would charge the Kings just $1 a year and give them percentages of concessions and parking."

"The lease offer was officially extended on Jan. 21, 1985. That very same day, the Kings filed paperwork with the NBA to move the team. Lukenbill called it "a joyous day in Sacramento." Second-year commissioner David Stern said he had "no qualms" with the announcement."

"The season finale saw more venom, directly largely at GM Joe Axelson, who had repeatedly said, "I don't know what else we could have done [to stay] in Kansas City."

"The day after the season ended, the NBA's owners voted unanimously to approve the Kings' move to Sacramento—on the condition that a new, full-sized arena be built, or the team would be relocated again. (The ARCO Arena, now Sleep Train Arena, would open in 1988.) David Stern said he was "delighted."