Kudos to @ChrisDaniels5 for his continuing coverage of sale issues.
Today’s news: Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes has filed a motion to dismiss the ILWU’s lawsuit saying the arena plan violates I-91. Arguments were to be heard Feb. 22 in King County Superior Court. Holmes claims the lawsuit “has no merit.” As one who has been following the sorry saga of I-91 since its inception, I must agree.
And like Chris I also have to give a shout out to Sports Illustrated’s @McCannSportsLaw who has been answering questions on the ROFR story since it broke … well, as much of a part of the story you think ROFR can be, anyways. Have a great weekend everyone.
If they (sac) try to challenge the sales agreement good luck trying to convince NBA to approve local ownership.
Sac are just grasping at straws at this point.
If the NBA’s legal team has truly researched the contract which I have no doubt that they did and Sacramento or anyone on Sacramento’s behalf (limited partners) tries to seek a legal resolution it’s goodnight for Sacramento’s efforts.
Exactly, I just don’t see how threatening potential litigation really helps Sac.
So from that updated sacbee article we learn that the limited partners have refused to comment and that the guy in bankruptcy believes he has ROFRcopter. So I think non issue
I’m thinking so too.
Isn’t Jhande, Traven, Hamsun all one in the same from the Seattle Times’ comment section? Why are we letting this guy post here? Hasn’t he made personal character attacks against Brian Robinson along with numerous other lies?
Yes, they are all the same persona. I am not sure why the Mods have taken a hands-off approach with him here. I guess they are trying to let him dig his own grave.
I broke down and read some comments on SacTown Royalty’s latest post, man, do they hate Chris Daniels. I guess it’s only fair, I don’t care for CarpalTunnel Dave either.
But Chris actually is a real reporter and seeks out good sources and answers.
Trust me, I know. Chris Daniels has been breaking facts about this whole thing for almost a year now. It kills me when he’s silent. But it’s worth the wait because he nevers releases fluff. CocnutMichael on the other hand…
Yeah some posters from SacTown Royalty were giving Chris Daniels sh*t on twitter the past couple of nights.
Why would they hate Chris Daniels? He has done nothing but report the facts…that makes no sense
I think its the facts don’t line up with their perception of reality and thus they get angry.
Some if their comments about Chris:
So if the Seattle ownership group uses him as a microphone to dissemimate their agenda
we should be EXTRA critical of what he says.
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I don’t trust him
Already saw him intentionally misquote KJ to rile up Sonic fans. Very clear agenda.
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Those comments kill me…LOL.
Because they need to feel like he’s discredited so they can continue to believe their team is gone.
It’s not that surprising. He’s not reporting what they want to hear.
The Ziller guy (guy who runs sactown royalty)
tweeted this to Daniels
‘It’s pretty unfortunate that the v. smart @ChrisDaniels5 is citing only the anonymous SEA/Maloof sources re: right of 1st refusal.’
Chris has played this thing down the middle though. He’s been fair and honest to both the Sac and Seattle crowds. Their hating him now because the impartial info that he is sharing is not on their side.
Dave Carmichael on the other hand is invested in this fight because he’s fighting for his job. (No major league team, no need for a sports radio host) He’s biased as all can be
I agree Chris has been right down the middle the entire time. As for Carmichael Dave he was engaged in a twitter war with Sonics fans and Softy not too long ago.
I think Carmichael Dave just podcasts. Heard he got fired a while back from the actual radio gig.
I didn’t get that reading the Sactown Royalty…it seemed that a couple people were spouting off on him. The rest were reserving judgement.
No, you’re right, it was some. However, as stated above here, Chris Daniels took some hits on Twitter too. I wanna say I saw Dennis Bounds jump on Twitter in Daniels defense….LOL.
He has been down the middle on the facts for both sides and asking the right questions. One thing I have been happy with is that (for the most part) the Seattle media hasn’t been advesarial with the City of Sacramento like the OKC media was…
There were some jokes yesterday on Ian Fruness’ show that I didn’t really like…and it would be great if the media didn’t have to go to the OKC level for this…
Yeah Furness came off sounding like an arse.
The way Chris Daniels & KING5 has been on top of Arena/Sonics stories, I hope they’re rewarded with a tv deal similar to what they have with the Sounders - games on (mostly) KONG with replays on ROOT.
Would love to have the radio broadcasts back on KJR.
That would be cool
So, finally there’s no ROFR issue? Nothing to worry about?
To be fair the article says that Seattle people don’t think they have it. But everything seems like people’s opinions at this point
Maloofs don’t think they have it, either.
More importantly, none of the lawyers for the Maloofs, Hansen, or the NBA think they have it.
The big question is what a local judge might think.
Case in point: when the Raiders were planning to move to L.A. in the early ’80s, Oakland city government came up with a ridiculous resolution to claim the Raiders under eminent domain laws (you know, the ones that allow them to force sale of property needed for a new highway), thus forcing Al Davis to sell them the team so they could be kept in Oakland. People throughout the league laughed their heads off over the resolution…but the first judge to hear the case, based in NorCal, upheld it and ordered the team to be sold. Of course, the decision was overturned on appeal — but much time was wasted before the judicial process had run its course. And that was just the case of a move, not a sale and move.
What I’m saying is that it is quite possible that a sympathetic judge could throw a roadblock in the process that might prevent a sale before it’s too late to move for another year…or even longer, if the appeals process gets bogged-down. At that point, Seattle hopes would ride on a) Hansen and Ballmer are willing to wait another year or more, or risk owning a team required to play that long a time before 12,000 empty seats in Sactown, and b) the league being willing to carry on such a sustained fight. Remember, Stern will be gone in a little over a year, and I doubt Silver shares Stern’s desire to “repair his legacy” by restoring a team to Seattle. Everyone talks about how the NBA resists legal challenges, but isn’t that more a reflection of Stern’s pugnacious personality? Who’s to say that Silver, once in charge, might not say “the hell with this hassle — sell the team to local owners and let Seattle wait for another franchise”…?
The NBA has been looking at ways to get rid of the Maloofs for YEARS now. Do we honestly think a brokered deal with the Hansen/Ballmer group would be derailed by the ROFR!?!?! The NBA legals probably have the King’s ownership contract points MEMORIZED and have for a couple years by now as they have been at this for years.
1)Stern and Ballmer have had a relationship for a while as know as fact. Stern wants Ballmer.
2)It has been reported that Stern is determined to get a team back to Seattle before he rides off
3)Hansen/Ballmer’s legal team is the creme de le creme
4)Sacramento people are flailing…(it’s hack a Shaq time with a minute left problem is Shaq is now on the bench and they trail by a dozen..hey that is only 4 threes to tie)
5)KJ never saw this sale coming?? The team wasn’t for sale??? NO. HE JUST DIDN’T HAVE HIS OWN VERSION OF CHRIS HANSEN. IT WAS KJ HIMSELF LEADING THE CHARGE FROM DAY ONE.
As much as I hate to see Sacramento fans get hurt. It is probably going to happen.
Sonics are coming home.
Well… Hansen will still have gotten rid of the Maloofs if somehow the NBA convinces them to sell to Burkle…
My small concern all along is we would become to the NBA what LA is to the NFL: the permanent threat to all teams - causing local markets to bend over to the NBA.
I doubt Hansen would allow himself to be used like that but it’s a worry…
You know we’ve all been talking about Squatch coming back, Kevin Calabaro doing play my play, what the the uni’s might look like, etc. But we haven’t spoken a word about what the Sonics dance team might look like? Come on guys lol
Hopefully the break dancers are back
I’m probably a minority but no more “Boom Squad” was good for one thing only… bathroom break.
Should have been:
I’m probably a minority “Boom Squad” was good for one thing only… bathroom break.
The last game I attended, probably in March or April of the last season, featured a couple of the dancers trying to dunk along with the dunking ushers at halftime. The first dancer led off by slipping and falling on her face at the very start of her run. She got back up, ran down the court, bounced on the trampoline, and finished about 3 feet short of the hoop. Then the dunking ushers started their routine - and none of them could make it to the hoop! I think the trampoline was set too far out. Anyway, I have been hoping to find video of that on youtube for years with no luck.
I can NOT understand how these Sac fans can look past the facts to create their own reality. They’ve read an article in the local paper that says “Mastrov and Burkle in serious talks” “KJ to meet with Ellison” and they’ve arrived at Mastrov and Burkle will buy the minority owners stake, and Ellison and Cook(?) will be buying he Maloof’s majority stake. Insane.
They’re looking for something to hang their hat on. We Weren’t much different 5 years ago. The Ballmer group and Howard Schultz’s lawsuit were things we thought were going to save the team.
We’re scheming to steal the Kings
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/25/5139964/ailene-voisin-scheming-to-steal.html
Wow! That is all. This is the most bs and irresponsible piece I have seen
The thing is, she’s completely right: the fairest thing WOULD be for Seattle to get an expansion team and the Kings to stay in Sactown. Hell, the fairest thing would have been for OKC to get an expansion team right after the Hornets moved back to New Orleans. But, clearly, the NBA has no current intention of doing so.
Fairness has absolutely nothing to do with this.
Zero.
Zip.
Nada.
Synopsis: Seattle billionaires are bad and doing private deals. Bad! Also this writer is an idiot. Sacramento is also one of the dregs of the league and is a revenue sharing recipient. Also says clay Bennett doesn’t want another team moving on his watch. Umm…clay doesn’t really care about that. This whole thing is trash
You can only feel sorry for them at this point. When they’re looking to the BoG, and especially Clay Bennett for “mercy” and expansion so the league can continue to subsidize the Kings, you really have no hope.
That writer kind of looks like a younger Alice Cooper. Haha.
LMAO, I wonder if she’s singing “Welcome to my nightmare” or “Billion Dollar Babies” ;) lol
I was thinking Howard Stern
Pathetic. These poor souls in Sac are deers caught in the headlights about to be run over.
She was on either KJR or 710 not too long ago, saying it was impossible that the Maloofs would ever sell the Kings to Hansen’s group. Also that the Kings moving here would never happen and then listed a bunch of cities that the Kings could move to. So I’m not really taking her too seriously at this point.
She is jobless if the kings leave. So I get her motivation
You know, that always amazed me, Sacramento media and fans seemed to consider Virginia Beach more of a threat than Seattle. I never understood why. I don’t even think the national media batted an eye at the whole V.B. Kings thing. Anyways, delusional-denial.
Virginia Beach…LOL.
I remember that. She acted as if Seattle would be the LAST place the Kings would end up.
Yes, let’s all forget how a certain Kansas City Kings owner told Kansas City council that weren’t leaving, but did anyway.
Makes me wonder what the reaction would be if Hansen was from KC and wanted to move the team there!?
Interesting point.
The meltdown will be epic to watch
To be honest, most of that column isn’t too bad. I agree with everything, except the following…
First, this isn’t stealing.
Second, she makes the point of saying the NBA should consider the E word, if a Sacramento W word steps up, for Seattle. I agree with that, except Sacramento should get the E word in that scenario.
And yes. I realize the E word won’t happen.
Ian furness is making fun of KJ and wondering when’s the next press conference
I don’t see how Sacramento saw this as a surprise. In 2011, even the casual NBA fan knew that if the Kings weren’t going to Anaheim then Seattle might be a alternative. In 2012, when the arena deal fell apart… they should of been aware of a threat coming from Seattle.
Remember the letter from “Think Big” from Sacramento towards Chris Hansen. They kinda knew back then.
HIGH NOON DEBATE WITH JEREMIAH JACKSON BABY!!
For anyone saying the league could approve a sale and reject a relocation, a sale requires 75% approval but a relocation only requires simple majority.
Ailene has been around long enough to know better than to waste words on the expansion canard.
“Sacramento is also one of the dregs of the league and is a revenue sharing recipient. ”
That’s a little harsh. Everything in sports is cyclical. What goes up eventually comes down.
Remember, Sac fans and writers are not the enemy here. They’re people just like us, who are about to repeat first-hand what happened here between the day Bennett bought the team and the announcement of the settlement, except all over a period of six weeks instead of months. There is nothing anyone can say to them that will make them feel better or lessen that blow.
Don’t feel disrespected by stuff like this. It’s not personal. It’s business.
I just meant currently the lowest from a financial perspective. No malicious intent
No worries barely, I know you didn’t have malicious intent. Just feel it’s an important point to reiterate.
@ChrisDaniels5: RT @CarmichaelDave: Being told Burkle/Mastrov would be working w/KJ Cook brokering Ellison who would partner w/min owners as separate entity
@ChrisDaniels5: RT @dakasler: Will Ellison bid on #NBAKings? Can lim partners intervene?@TonyBizjak @Ryan_Lillis & I have update in Bee http://t.co/vn9Jw8eQ
This article really doesn’t say anything about these bids. Also says Ellison link to sac is uc Davis hospital. That’s a stretch
I had lunch at a Hardees in Sacramento while driving to SoCal. Guess I have a connection to the city also.
There’s no auction. He can’t bid on anything.
bid? theres nothing to bid on, the team has been sold. WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP TALKING ABOUT BIDDING? THIS IS NUTS.
It’s like trying to place an eBay bid after someone has pressed ‘buy it now.’
The article talked about bids but I agree
It appalls me how many reporters just glaze over the fact that there is a signed agreement in place.
Hmm so they are gonna try to claim RORF?
Ellison is a non-factor. And as I’ve said in previous threads if they want to keep a team in Sacramento Larry Ellison is the LAST guy they want in their corner.
I wouldnt say hes a non factor. But it just doesnt make any sense. Are they going to whipe their brows and say “whew” when they move to San Jose instead of Seattle.
In terms of this transaction he’s a complete non-factor.
He could be perhaps useful to Sac down the line when they apply for the next franchise be it expansion or something else, but even then it’s pretty obvious that A) Larry Ellison doesn’t want to own a team in Sacramento and B) he needs to figure out whatever it is he’s screwing up with the NBA. This would be what, his sixth or seventh attempt to try to buy a franchise?
The only way KJ would align with Ellison is if he agrees to a 30 lease that is extremely prohibitive to move.
Is it just me or is it odd that Ellison would align himself who took out a loan using the Kings as collateral, welched on the loan and got his stake in the Kings taken away?
I bet the NBA would love that!
For the first halftime show. I want Red Panda
Would you rather have them raise GP and Shawn’s jerseys at half time of the first game? Or is that more of a pregame thing?
Thats always a halftime thing. Maybe Red Panda can kick up their jerseys into the rafters.
I would have their jerseys retired at a later date.
The first game is going to be so big by itself that it deserves it’s own attention and GP and Shawn deserve their own day too.
Maybe wait until the first game at the new arena..?
That’s a thought. Do we really want to wait a couple of years though?
I think the reason you do it this year is it might draw out those fans who swear they’ll never go to another game. Maybe they come out for that ceremony.
I can see that point too. If you’re going with that point then it would make more sense to do it at the first game back.
You can just have a big ceremony raising all the banners at te new arena. Hopefully they have a cool idea for displaying them
While we’re at it, Detlef should have his #11 hoisted alongside #20 and #40. The value he brought as an area resident in addition to being the 3rd option on the 90′s teams makes him worthy.
I know #24 is already retired, but I really think they need to put a Dennis Johnson banner up.
I don’t think Detlef is jersey retirement worthy. He only played for Seattle six years.
They’ll want to do it at a game that normally wouldn’t sell as well.
Tuesday night vs. Charlotte, for example.
My son’s only 4 so never got to go to a Sonics v1 game. I was trying to get him excited by showing some clips of Squatch on YouTube. There was one clip where Squatch came out on his Motorbike.
My Son….”I didn’t know Monkey’s could ride bikes”
He’s grounded for the next month
My grammar has apparently gone out the window!
Hope you live on the first floor or she’s gonna get hurt.
Ha!
Mike McCann is going to be on the Furness show up next
Ugh, he just brought up the E word! Banned!
I don’t see how Sacramento saw this as a surprise. In 2011, even the casual NBA fan knew that if the Kings weren’t going to Anaheim then Seattle might be a alternative. In 2012, when the arena deal fell apart… they should of been aware of a threat coming from Seattle.
Remember the letter from “Think Big” from Sacramento towards Chris Hansen. They kinda knew back then.
If this deal somehow gets rejected (-which I do not see happening), I can envision the Maloofs taking the $30 million and just keep the team there, knowing they’ll be getting another $20MM per year from revenue sharing. Then squeeze more out of the minority owners for a new arena.
New? No, think cheaper, remodel the current building.
I brought this up a couple days ago. It is a more likely plan B than selling to locals, if the NBA screws Seattle for a market burning second time (extremely unlikely).
Bottom line is, the only way the NBA gets rid of the Maloofs is to approve the sale/relocation.
When is the ASG weekend? Didn’t someone say Feb 17-18? I agree, if they approve the sale then, it’s over. ballgame.
Feb 15-17
So in 3 weeks then, not too bad
If NBA lawyers have vetted the ROFR clause and say it’s a “non-issue”, then that should tell us that they are not going to force a local sale, and fully support Hansen. IF the NBA was going to try and force a local sale, it seems ROFR would be the avenue they would use.
Was reading James Ellroy’s “American Tabloid” at lunch today and one phrase in regards to the Kennedys caught my attention.
“Compete, but don’t go public unless you know you can win. ”
It just made me think of how public Sac has been without knowing that they can win.
Looks like Burkle met with Stern yesterday in New York
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Sam Amick @sam_amick
At @USATODAYsports: LA billionaire & prospective owner of Sacramento Kings Ron Burkle met with David Stern in NYC on Friday. Story coming
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Sam Amick @sam_amick
Correction: they met on Thursday. Story coming.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in that meeting.
And the mayor of Columbus was sending stern letters saying they want a team. This doesn’t mean anything other than someone who has expressed interest in a team a while ago had met with stern. Stern could even say don’t bother if you want to have. Team later. Shoot maybe they want Pittsburgh to have a team….
Sam Amick @sam_amick
At @USATODAYsports: LA billionaire & prospective owner of Sacramento Kings Ron Burkle met with David Stern in NYC on Friday. Story coming
Sam Amick @sam_amick
Correction: they met on Thursday. Story coming.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in that meeting.
If he said “fair and competitive offer” he probably was ushered out the door.
Burkle can meet Stern all he wants. Let Sactown royalty rejoice all weekend, it’s not going to change the game at all. The league will approve the sale to Hansen, Hansen will file for relocation, and then the league will approve that request. Then thank Sacramento for all their hard work towards getting a plan together, and we will keep you at the top of the next NBA ready city list.
They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.
I wish the NBA would make some type of statement about this.
Or just vote to approve the sale at the All Star Break. Then it would be game over.
“The NBA received an executed Purchase and Sale Agreement for the transfer of a controlling interest in the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family to an investor group led by Christopher Hansen,” the statement read. “The proposed transaction is subject to the approval of the NBA Board of Governors and has been referred to the Board’s committee process for review.”
Chris Daniels @ChrisDaniels5
RT @Ryan_Lillis: Source also tells The Bee that Ron Burkle advocated for a new #NBAKings arena at the Downtown Plaza site
The reality is that this is working out exactly how the NBA likes the musical chairs game to work.
Which is also why the team will go to Seattle. Because the threat of moving doesn’t work when you start voting no.
I like this logic
So that would probably make it even more unlikely to be a ready arena plan. They would have to do a lot more review on that site to make sure everything pencils out. Even of they can resurrect the past deal the site change would have to be examined. Not really worried since we have the PA but just an ibservation
one kings fan on twitter is claiming that downtown plaza arena was done years ago before the railyard.
…. yea right if it was done years ago then why wasn’t that even mention last year during the local arena talks.
Yeah, I just read it is inevitable that it is over and sac is keeping te team. Apparently the other guys are more desirable than our guys
was that sarcasm? barelyable
Burkle thing not a big deal. He has no ownership group, no fully fleshed out and funded arena plan. Sac will get a team in a few years when they get their arena and ownership group sorted out.
We don’t need to advocate, we have a team, and a new arena already bought, and planned for. Just needs the NBA’s blessing. Ron Burkle doesn’t have a team, has no arena plan as of yet, nor how the public-private split is going to pay for said arena.
Exactly
That and even if Hansen was advocating he doesn’t leak out his daily schedule to the press.
Did I miss Today’s presser from KJ?
Yes you did. He had 2 things to do so he had to roll.
Love it!
From the LA Times
“Which NBA team is most in need of a nickname change?”
“Barry Stavro, Los Angeles Times
David Stern is ready to give whoever buys the Sacramento Kings a get-out-of-jail-free card and bless their move to Seattle. With an inevitable change in ZIP codes coming, it’s also time to ditch the Kings as a name.
Truth is this franchise, in existence since 1949, has hardly been Kings-like. This will be their seventh straight losing season and it’s been more than a decade since Sacramento was a title contender (Chris Webber-Mike Bibby). And after previous stops in Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas City, Mo., this franchise has only a single NBA title, back in 1951 as the Rochester Royals, on their ledger.
The NFL has already shown you can revive a forgotten city by resurrecting an old team name (Cleveland Browns). So once the Kings’ moving van arrives in Washington state, let’s rename them the Seattle SuperSonics.”
What a great idea, how about we put that in some kind of agreement, beat the agreement to near death for 7 months.
There is going to be people way outside the bubble waking up over the next 2 weeks that will write some head scratching stuff, they are not going to know any of this to the level of detail that fans do.
It’s just crazy how Sacramento doesn’t get that the owners are shooting themselves in the foot if they don’t approve this sale. We were gullible 5 years ago on how the NBA is run, so it’s surreal seeing the false hope kings fans are having right now. Kind of sad in a way. The news in Sacramento that Burkle just met with Stern has created a whirlwind of hope for them.
Just reporting though we have heard this. Just look at the phrasing. Bid and offer shouldn’t be mentioned. Maybe if thrusday ownership group for Sacramento team it would be okay. Glad there is silence on Hansens end.
@ChrisDaniels5: RT @SHowardCooper: Hearing Ron Burkle bid for Kings is gaining momentum — he went to New York to meet with David Stern.
burkle’s bid means squat.
since we have a signed bidding agreement
Also, a meeting doesn’t even mean momentum. Mr Hansen met with stern before any if this was even close to reality. Maybe Burke knows if he wants in in the future he should make the contacts now.
If Burkle wanted a arena in a downtown plaza, wouldn’t Sacramento have to rework the plan that was placed at the Railyard?
I would think it would have to be a new plan. That would still have to be approved by their councils and possibly state legislature depending on the funding.
And KJ expects this to be done by March 1?
March 1st 2014 is much more likely.
Burkle can meet with God if he wants. Neither God nor David Stern are selling the team.
Seattle arena proponents respond to longshore union’s lawsuit
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/01/25/seattle-arena-proponents-respond-to.html?ana=twt
Seattle arena proponents respond to longshore union’s lawsuit
http://bit.ly/W5hpqc
@ChrisDaniels5: “Love to talk to you, however the NBA has precluded me from talking to the press.” writes #NBAKings minority owner: http://t.co/Ct5maBIt
NBA gag order? Have not read it yet. But I will have a crazy over reaction: this means the deal is approved because the minority partners can’t talk! That must be why!
Basically its about how Cook used a Sports Attorney to reach out to Ellison and the attorney told Cook he hadn’t been able to reach him. Cook thinks he will hear from Ellison on Monday or Tuesday. But I have repeat Ellison hasn’t contacted them back. Then Cook goes onto explain about how he told KJ about his idea to have Ellison buy his share which KJ ‘Absolutely’ reacted in favor of. Then it goes on to explain that Cook is part of a 4 member group that owns the remaining 35%.
“Cook is part of a four-member group that controls 35 percent of the Kings. The others are the Benvenuti family, businessman David Lucchetti and Santa Clara developer John Kehriotis. Members of the group are trying to get together sometime next week” to discuss the idea of having Ellison involved, Cook said.”
In an emailed response to a query from this newspaper, Kehriotis said, “Love to talk to you, however the NBA has precluded me from talking to the press.”
Cook is no longer involved since he filed for bankrupcy.
…. bleh silly moderation.
I don’t think cook has a right to be involved anymore since his share is in bankruptcy protection
He was one of the guys that moved te kings to sac. He is just being boisterous to maintain his legacy IMHO
Well that would explain why they wouldn’t mention ROFRcopter but you would think they would get that leaked via “sources”
If any mention of ROFR wouldn’t that gone to directly to the league itself.
Chris Daniels@ChrisDaniels5
“Love to talk to you, however the NBA has precluded me from talking to the press.” writes #NBAKings minority owner: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22451903/oracles-larry-ellison-asked-help-keep-sacramento-kings …
Sac fans better not read this. Says they haven’t even made contact with Ellison. Yet they are reporting it as a meeting is going to take place?
Daniels is really getting knocked around on twitter by sac king fans. Just read the twitter response to that.
Making the ROFR a issue if they were allowed to talk.
Besides the fact that Ellison hasn’t made contact with anyone. It also shows that KJ is trying to interfere with a binding sales agreement.
So at least now we (supposedly) know who the other minority owners are.
Cook is part of a four-member group that controls 35 percent of the Kings. The others are the Benvenuti family, businessman David Lucchetti and Santa Clara developer John Kehriotis. Members of the group are trying to get together sometime next week” to discuss the idea of having Ellison involved, Cook said.
In an emailed response to a query from this newspaper, Kehriotis said, “Love to talk to you, however the NBA has precluded me from talking to the press.”
The only one allowed to talk is the bankrupt one.
I love the fact that Kings fans should be excited about the fact that Burkle met with Stern, but choose to comment on how we may be feeling. Again, the sound of desperation…this is a post from Kingsfans.com:
“That sound you hear is thousands of Seattle-ites typing furiously and cursing David Stern.”
I ain’t mad bro….makes them look sad.
Carmichael Dave@CarmichaelDave
As we said yesterday, Burkle won’t like reading in the paper that he “failed” at a bid. If he’s announced, that means Stern mtg went well.
And the fact that the entire world knows he met with Stern won’t show that he “failed” at a bid if the meeting doesn’t go well?
…. it doesn’t matter if he announced or not. He got a way, way ways to go.
How the hell does he k ow what Burkle feels? Or what the meeting was about. For all he knows Burkle is happy failing and looking like the white knight.
And of course Hansen, Balmer, and the city of Seattle would be so overjoyed and ready to keep going if we don’t get the team an agreement was signed for…
well on sonicsarena.com they certainly emphasize that they signed a BINDING agreement to buy the kings. the maloofs have also acknowledged that agreement which indicates that this sale is fully their intent as well. i thought the only thing that could potentially break up that binding agreement would be if a current owner excercised their ROFR. burkle is not part of the current ownership group so IF the maloofs were to reverse course and sell to burkle would that not be a breach of contract with hansen/ballmer??
206er,
If they actually have that right to a ROFR.
Maloofs would be liable for breach of contract if he tries to sell to Burkle.
thanks, that’s what i thought. so burkle is either interested in talking the nba into rejecting the sale to hansen or the prospect of the forbidden “E” word.
So apparently kj facilitated this meeting? No source I think that was made up. Also if he did you think he would have spiked the football during the presser instead of saying sometime next week….maybe…
That’s from sactown.
Sonicsman @sonicsman
From Sac Bee: The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private, said the focus of the discussion between Burkle and Stern was the “future position of Sacramento as an NBA city.” Could Stern be looking at Sac as future Expansion City??
Figured it was the white knight possibility.
So sounds like a done deal kings to seattle if it was “future position of sacramento as an NBA city”
This is the one time I’d love the SacBee to be right.
It means that Sacramento will be “stealing” the Bucks in a couple of years. ;-)
Softy and Mitch talked about the Sonics. It seems Mitch is most confident in one thing above all else in regards to the Hansen deal….The egomaniac Stern wants the NBA back in Seattle. He has more power than anything or any one person by far in all of this and it is HE that wants this to happen.
Sonicsman @sonicsman
From Sac Bee: The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private, said the focus of the discussion between Burkle and Stern was the “future position of Sacramento as an NBA city.” Could Stern be looking at Sac as future Expansion City??
Well Carmichael Dave is staying classy……
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave
@sonicsman Haha. Civil. I’m civil. Ill be civil when you get your grungy rainy hands off my team. Hippie.
Hey, CD, after the team moves, you can come up here and follow them as you dish out the Seattle-hate as “Ellensburg Dave.”
Um. No. That’s only 30 miles away from me.
He seems more like a “Burien Fred” to me…
Oh this is getting good!
Wow Sac/Carmichael Dave fans are now attacking Sonicsman on Twitter.
This is why there is nothing constructive to be gained by dialoguing with Carmichael Dave or other Sacramento fans.
Have some class and leave them alone.
Come on, the comedy theater is priceless…
“Legal battle could keep Kings in Sacramento next season”
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2184983/Legal-battle-could-keep-Kings-in-Sacramento-next-season#.UQMX6-2stRI.twitter
This is assuming there even can be a legal vattle
True.
“When pressed, the sports law professor still thinks it’s “more likely than not” that the sale to Hansen’s group will go through and the team will move to Seattle for next season.”
and a legal battle could move Kings to Seattle.
Here’s quite a theory regarding the upcoming vote, made me LOL..I read on Kingsfans.com a tweet Carmichael Dave posted:
“Burkle of course has his known AEG connection and AEG is involved in Sac discussions. Well, nine other owners have teams which play in AEG arenas. Should help with any possible vote.”
Like this would ever be possible? AEG may be involved with the arenas around the league, but they AREN’T NBA owners…
Yeah, and AEG runs the key so they would say big whoop. That’s like saying Nike could block a vote to Baltimore because under armor is there.
Wow, I wonder how many Sounders fans know the Key is being managed by the owners of the L.A. Gals?
AEG also runs Key Arena. You would think having a team playing in Seattle next year would also help them
I agree, Burkle is setting SAC up for a future team, much like Ballmer did for us 5 years ago. When this is over, SAC will be “next in line”.
Nice summary.
http://NBA.com writer RT @SHowardCooper: A few points / on the Kings / SuperSonics in Sacramento / Seattle http://sulia.com/my_thoughts/c00ce064-03fc-4912-9cab-688bdd4b14ee/?source=twitter …
“A few points / updates on the Kings / SuperSonics in Sacramento / Seattle (but you’re on your own for the aspirin):
A few points / updates on the Kings / SuperSonics in Sacramento / Seattle (but you’re on your own for the aspirin):
*Ron Burkle, one of the big-money guys Sacramento has been hoping to get, as opposed to those 20 paupers who only had $1 million handy, flew to New York to meet with David Stern. That is obviously a definitive statement of interest. (Sam Amick of USA Today reported the meeting was Thursday.)
*Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson needs to be very careful. There is a potential drawback to having too many whales interested, if Burkle does commit to the project to keep the Kings in town and speculation proves true that Mark Mastrov could partner with Burkle and speculation also proves true that Larry Ellison is also interested. Johnson does not have unlimited time to consider options. He is on the clock with the league. He is also on the clock with his own comment that he will have a majority investor in place by the end of next week, but it’s not a big deal to walk that back.
*There is a lot of uncertainty on the arena front as well. I said before that the location is not set, despite the incorrect assumption among many that Sacramento would simply pull the plans out of the drawer for the complex it had in place a year ago in the (brief) agreement with the Maloofs. The location was never set. The Sacramento Bee backed that up with a report today that Burkle will advocate a different site. It is very close to the land that was plotted in 2012, but different plans will be needed. It’s something that will take time when Sacramento doesn’t have a lot of it. Mayor KJ will need to come to the league with a locked-in proposal, not a couple ownership possibilities, not showing two different arena drawings. It’s his Game 7 fourth quarter.
*Today’s developments are an emotional boost for Sacramento. Nothing more. Seattle is still in the lead with a bid that appears sound on every level. Finding investors and kick-starting the arena project was never the biggest challenge. It was, and still is, convincing the Board of Governors not to be in Seattle. If the Board approves the sale to the group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, Sacramento has lost.
*For the second time in three years, the Kings will play their final game with the possibility that it is their last game of the season or that it is their last game, period. It happened when a move to Anaheim was within sight. Now, the calendar is rapid-fire tense for Sacramento fans: vs. Clippers on April 17 at Sleep Train Arena, Board of Governors on April 18-19 in New York.”
Burkle meet with Stern supposedly lasted 2 hours..
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/kings/2013/01/25/sacramento-kings-seattle-david-stern-ron-burkle/1865501/
This again still means squat just cause they had a chat doesn’t mean it increases Sac chances at keeping the team.
Sonicsman @sonicsman
From Sac Bee: The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private, said the focus of the discussion between Burkle and Stern was the “future position of Sacramento as an NBA city.” Could Stern be looking at Sac as future Expansion City??
my comment was mostly based on those that think it will increase the chance that Kings are staying.
Yeah I know it messed up my reply, it was suppose to be a reply to the link posted not your specific comment
Yes, that would require a lengthy discussion.
Discussing the “E” word for Sac that is
Future could mean in 3 months. LOL
I’ve heard April 1st for the relo vote, and now april 18-19. I just hope they vote on the sale ASG weekend. they pretty much have to in order for Hansen to take control of the team before filing for relocation March 1st deadline.
Art Thiel, seriously man? He just said on KJR that he had said yesterday he thought it was 60-40 they would be in Seattle next year. After today those odds went down.
He’s just a festering pit of negativity
Hes blowhard, don’t worry about him.
He just noticed there was a Sonics parade going on and remembered he had a full bladder
Says MS won’t like Ballmer embroiled in this fiasco. Sounds like a big stretch to me.
Microsoft wouldn’t like being threaten by a california state senator.
Agree. Could backfire.
California State “Mobster”
Could Art Thiel be the “Dan Rather” of NW sports writers? He had his day. He is no longer relevant but thinks he is. That’s why he offers these oddball opinions to keep his name out there?? Strange
i respect art theil but it does seem like his opinions are based more on conventional wisdom than inside sources.
Art has its moments both positive and negative.
His website is shitty.
I think it is more that he is the pessimistic Seattle sports fan.
I’ll admit that I’m 95% sure the team is going to Seattle. That 5% has nothing to do with what we’ve been hearing and everything to do being a Seattle sports fan.
So to me Art is that 5% but with a voice.
New thread is up.