Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA
Feel like this deserves a second tweet: Less than one year ago the Maloofs were WEEPING of joy at coming to an arena agreement. WEEPING.
The Maloofs are a complete joke...Sacramento deserves better than this.
The problem is, the Maloofs couldn't afford the team. They just needed to sell. So, I can't blame them for this too much, since I am not sure there were many buyers that would keep the team in Sacramento.
From a business standpoint, you're right, they did what they had to do. But it was their incompetence as an ownership group in the first place that created this mess. Just a really crappy deal for Kings fans and the city of Sacramento that don't deserve this.
As a resident of Seattle for the last 3+ years, I think its safe to say California can give up ONE OUT OF ITS FOUR TEAMS so that Seattle can have a team back.
Go BingSonicSpacemen!!!!
While I'm happy for the city of Seattle, those fans more than anyone should know how heartbreaking it is losing a franchise that you love. Just because your team was "stolen" from you in the past doesn't make it OK for you to do the same. Not Seattle's fault of course, but it's not something I would necessarily rejoice in if I were them.