#maloofs

[herveyherrera]

The maloofs!!! #maloofs #seattle #sacramentokings #seattlesuperkings (at San Francisco Zoo)

[theballdropnews]

The Maloof family is asking NBA owners to approve the sale of the Kings to a Seattle group, saying there is "significant distance between us and the Sacramento group."

[maneatingbadger]

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[thebasketballmachine-blog]

The Kings are not moving to Seattle, LeBron James is buying the team and keeping it in Sacramento.

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[timothyjamarbrown]

Corporate America Wins Again (or, How the Sacramento Kings Got Shafted)

Smiling faces sometimes.......

Allow me to tell you a heart-wrenching tale. The Maloof brothers, Joe and Gavin (as pictured above), principal owners of the Sacramento Kings, proclaim to the people of Sacramento: "If you wanna keep the Kings in Sactown, we NEED a new arena". They then resume talks with civic leaders in Anaheim to secure a deal to move the Kings there. The NBA offers the brothers $74 million to help cover the cost for the proposed $75 million estimate to build a new arena in Sacramento. Mayor Kevin Johnson and the city raise $800000 to make up the difference, plus up to an additional $10 million from local businesses, and the NBA grants them a year to draft a feasible plan to build a new arena. The NBA urges the Maloofs to keep the team where it is. The city does everything they're told to do, and present the plan to the Maloofs and David Stern.

With me so far?

The Maloofs say, "Hey, you know what? Fuck that deal! We ain't doin' it. We DON'T need a new arena after all. Just some renovations". Stern and KJ shake their heads in disgust. The Maloofs start turning an ear toward civic leaders in Virginia Beach, trying to establish a move there, though nothing came of it. The Maloofs continue saying "Don't worry, Kings fans! We're not going anywhere!" The Maloofs then look to finalize the selling of the team to a Seattle-based investment group, with plans to move the team there. Stern says league officials will do everything in their power to make sure the team moves to Seattle, if that is the plan....essentially robbing one of the loudest, most loyal fanbases in the NBA of their team. ........

Rejoice, Seattle basketball fans. The business dealings which granted you a new team are just as shady as the ones that took your beloved Sonics away.

The Kings, with Sonic colours. It's my own creation, a prediction on the new team logo, but it feels.....so wrong.

[nbaoffseason]

After threatening to move their team to Anaheim, selling off their beer distributorship, getting an arena deal from Sacramento, expanding the Palms casino, selling the Palms casino, signing Lindsay Lohan's sister to a record deal, backing out of the arena deal, and worst of all, drafting Jimmer Fredette, the Maloofs have sold the Kings to a Seattle ownership group, led by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and a Chris Hansen who doesn't catch predators.

This has to be disappointing for Kings fans, who have continued to come out to games despite an economic downturn and some truly terrible post-Webber teams, while living under the threat of franchise relocation. Seattle fans have to be psyched to get basketball back, though they are going to have to stop complaining about Kevin Durant and the Thunder now that they've also stolen another city's team. Of course, Kansas City and Rochester probably have very little sympathy for Sacramento.

Pour out some rakia into the river for Vlade Divac, listen to some Wayman Tisdale albums, and hang a Mitch Richmond jersey from the top of that weird ziggurat, for today, the cowbells clang a song of mourning. 

[theumpires]

In September 2012, Tom Ziller broke down the relocation math of moving the Sacramento Kings to Seattle. Remember that nothing is signed and Maloofs are not to be trusted.

[urbsindomita]

A Record In Jeopardy

It was late in 1846.  The weather had grown harsh, and the plan had gone awry.  The Donner Party was in the midst of what has become one of the most well-known tales in American history.  Disease, murder, and cannibalism would follow, but they made it to Sutter's Fort and established our great city. 

That resilience is what our region was built upon, literally- because as many know, the adversity didn't stop there.  The devastating floods of 1861 and 1862 forced locals to raise Sacramento's streets, literally building a city on top of a city.  The American River was rechannelized, and the Sacramento area saw unprecedented growth, eventually being named California's permanent capitol in 1879.

The name of this website, our city's official motto- Urbs Indomita, is a tribute to this resilience.  It translates to "The Indomitable City".  Take a moment to ponder what that means.  "Indomitable", by definition means difficult or impossible to subdue.  To this point, we have honored that name.  At no particular point in our history have we been subdued or controlled, but our perfect record is in serious jeopardy.

Our region's most recent challenges are not so, life-and-death, but they are challenges nonetheless.  Do to Sacramento's dependence on government jobs and real estate, double-digit unemployment and a struggling business climate are an inevitable outcome after an economic downturn like the one we have seen in recent years.  But even in the face of such a difficult time, we must honor our name.  A failed developer with a very bad haircut is trying to take 1,000 jobs, millions of dollars, and an opportunity to revive the heart of our region away from us.  What's the worst bit of it all- we are allowing him to do it.

George Maloof, co-owner of our Sacramento Kings has taken every opportunity to burn bridges with his customers, business partners, and our local government in an attempt to move the Kings to a city that will bail him out of the debt he and his brothers have accumulated doing lousy business.  He's been at it for two years now, it all came to a head on April 13th, 2011, when the Kings played their hated rival from Los Angeles in what many thought would be their last game in Sacramento.  Down by 20 points, and literally on the brink of extinction, a team and its fan-base told themselves "Not tonight, and not like like this." They may not have won the game, but they forced an overtime, and in the coming weeks they would manage to keep their team in Sacramento.  Both the Lakers, and the Maloofs had met the same challenge that the cold Sierra Nevada Mountains did when the Donner Party passed through, the same obstacles the American River hit when it tried to flow through Old Sacramento.  They had met the will, and determination of the indomitable city.

Perhaps Derek Fisher, then starting guard for the Lakers said it best. "I just think that every time you played here (in Sacramento), you knew who you were playing against.... I don't think the fight and spirit of this community will allow the Kings to leave and have that be the final story."

To this point Fisher has been proven right, our team is still here, and we are still pressing on.  But in recent months I have seen something that I have never seen in regards to the Kings, or the future of our region- apathy.  The community has become so exasperated with the situation, they are almost completely resigned to the idea that we might lose this battle.  I for one, do not approve of such resignation. 

Everyone meets challenges.  Sometimes we may experience things that for simplicity's sake, get chalked up as "losses", but as of now Sacramento, for all intents and purposes  has a perfect record.  We may have lost some on the journey here, the floods and fires may have hit us hard, and we just missed that NBA championship back in 2002, but we have managed to keep moving, we have never been subdued.  As Derek Fisher said, the opposition knows who they are dealing with, and we force them to respect us.

Whether it's a difficult path through a freezing mountain range, the wrath of mother nature, or a sleazy business man trying to dampen our spirits, we must not be subdued.  When the Kings take the court tonight, and throughout the course of this season, they will be wearing "Sacramento" across their chests.  We have a responsibility to defend what it ours.  So buy a ticket, watch a game on TV, or get involved with Crown Downtown.  At the very least take time to educate yourself on the issue. Don't let empty seats and an apathetic community be George Maloof's excuse when he goes to the NBA and asks them to support his request for relocation.  Let's do it again, 1,000 times more if we must.  Because this team is ours, and we will not be subdued.

Written By Jorden Hales