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Around the League => Around the NBA => Topic started by: lightspeed5 on January 09, 2013, 04:23:31 PM
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3856192/steve-ballmer-led-group-to-buy-sacramento-kings-bring-basketball-back
A group led by the CEO of Microsoft has bought the Kings.
Demarcus Cousins tweeted one word "wow." lol
If I had to guess, itll be Windows Arena, Bing Arena, or Microsoft Arena.
EDIT: looks like the bid may have been rejected by the Maloofs.
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I'm really torn on this whole ordeal.
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You kill the Kings to get back the Sonics and the bobcats remain...
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How exactly is our chances of getting DMC affected by this?
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How exactly is our chances of getting DMC affected by this?
If the Celtics are willing to give up Rondo, the chances are increased.
If the offer is still Lee / Bradley + Sullinger and picks, then the chances are decreased (though they were neary non-existent to begin with).
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How exactly is our chances of getting DMC affected by this?
No idea. On the brightside, it will end the freeze that was likely going on because of the pending sale, but on the downside, we don't know whether the new owners will be as motivated to move Cousins right now, or not.
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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.
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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.
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Hate to see a city lose a sports team in any sport..Esp. Sac b/c its only pro team they have
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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.
This hurts a lot for Kings fans, but for the NBA as a whole this is definitely a good thing because that team clearly needed an ownership change. Teams tend to be much better run and more competitive (i.e. put a better product on the floor) when they have owners who have plenty of money to spend and the ability to focus their efforts on building a strong roster.
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Sad day and happy day. Similar to the creation of the Ravens. Sort of like your wife leaves you and a few years later your buddy's wife leaves him for you.
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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!!!!
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Hope they bring back the classic DJ/Gus Williams/early Kemp unis. Not those horrendous Frank Brickowski unis of the mid 90s.
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Supersonics are back
Somewhere dj is smiling
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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.
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as long as they bring this guy back i am okis with it
SQUATCH!!![move/]
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I'm happy for Seattle...bring back the Good Ole Days ;D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t9oBpIPYug
Somewhere, Ray Allen, Gary Payton, Kemp, Detlef Shrempf, Derrick McKey, Dale Ellis, Nate McMillan, Xavier McDaniel - are smiling.
And GP is a nominee for the HOF this year, too - one of..perhaps "The" best Defensive PG ever.
Good for Seattle!
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as long as they bring this guy back i am okis with it
SQUATCH!!![move/]
I mean those were tough days
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I do not feel bad for Sacramento at all. They have a team not that far away in oakland called the Golden State Warriors.
also, what about Kansas City fans? You realize the kings were there before Sacramento?
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as long as they bring this guy back i am okis with it
SQUATCH!!![move/]
Not sure why you want the little boy as a mascot, I'm sure he has prob grown up by now
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(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/259/977/squatch_kid_display_image.jpg?1315037811)
as long as they bring this guy back i am okis with it
SQUATCH!!![move/]
Not sure why you want the little boy as a mascot, I'm sure he has prob grown up by now
most likely hes the beer belly squatch in the other picture
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(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/001/259/977/squatch_kid_display_image.jpg?1315037811)
as long as they bring this guy back i am okis with it
SQUATCH!!![move/]
Not sure why you want the little boy as a mascot, I'm sure he has prob grown up by now
most likely hes the beer belly squatch in the other picture
You're right about that. Looks like a summer job that became permanent
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I'm really happy for Sonics fans, but sad for Kings fans. I can't even imagine losing the C's.
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Now the question is what team will end up with the 2nd pick in the lottery? :D
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Now the question is what team will end up with the 2nd pick in the lottery? :D
2013 NBA Draft:
1: Seattle Supersonics
2: Charlotte Hornets
3: New Orleans Pelicans
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Now the question is what team will end up with the 2nd pick in the lottery? :D
2013 NBA Draft:
1: Seattle Supersonics
2: Charlotte Hornets
3: New Orleans Pelicans
You're forgetting that as a condition of approving the sale, Stern will require the Sonics to send their 2013, 2014 and 2015 draft picks to the Lakers.
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I'm really happy for Sonics fans, but sad for Kings fans. I can't even imagine losing the C's.
Lets not mention such things.
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Sacramento had a million chances to get exported for a mew arena from the Maloofs, but didn't come through. So now their team is gone. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
Now the Portland-Seattle rivalry becomes juicier, with Paul Allen owning Portland and Steve Ballmer owning Seattle. Allen claims that Ballmer and Bill Gates worked to bounce him from Microsoft when Allen was battling cancer.
I'm thrilled for Seattle. The double whammy of losing your team and losing a future HOFer and possibly all timer in Kevin Durant was most cruel.
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I'm happy for Seattle...bring back the Good Ole Days ;D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t9oBpIPYug
Somewhere, Ray Allen, Gary Payton, Kemp, Detlef Shrempf, Derrick McKey, Dale Ellis, Nate McMillan, Xavier McDaniel - are smiling.
And GP is a nominee for the HOF this year, too - one of..perhaps "The" best Defensive PG ever.
Good for Seattle!
Nice post. I'm very happy for Seattle. An under appreciated sports town.
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I'm happy for Seattle...bring back the Good Ole Days ;D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t9oBpIPYug
Somewhere, Ray Allen, Gary Payton, Kemp, Detlef Shrempf, Derrick McKey, Dale Ellis, Nate McMillan, Xavier McDaniel - are smiling.
And GP is a nominee for the HOF this year, too - one of..perhaps "The" best Defensive PG ever.
Good for Seattle!
Nice post. I'm very happy for Seattle. An under appreciated sports town.
I feel for the Sacramento fans though. They basically got "Seattle'd" by the Maloofs.
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I'm really happy for Sonics fans, but sad for Kings fans. I can't even imagine losing the C's.
Lets not mention such things.
Well there is no chance it'd ever happen, but certainly an awful thought. I'd be on the bridge ready to jump
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I do not feel bad for Sacramento at all. They have a team not that far away in oakland called the Golden State Warriors.
also, what about Kansas City fans? You realize the kings were there before Sacramento?
Surely I'm not the only person on these boards who remembers the Cincinnati Royals. They became the KC Omaha Kings who eventually ended up in Sacramento.
Of course Cincinnati stole the Royals from Rochester NY.
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Ah yes, the Rochester Royals. Learn your history folks.
I wonder how many NBA fans actually know cities like Rochester, Cincinnati, Kansas City, San Diego, Buffalo, Fort Wayne once had real NBA teams? The Warriors used to play in Philly.
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I'm really happy for Sonics fans, but sad for Kings fans.
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. But hey, it's a business and if the product is not selling, owners need to act accordingly. It's tough, most of all for the loyal fans (and we know how loyal the fans are in Sacto, they're some of the best) but like KG would probably say, "It is what it is".
Ah yes, the Rochester Royals. Learn your history folks.
I wonder how many NBA fans actually know cities like Rochester, Cincinnati, Kansas City, San Diego, Buffalo, Fort Wayne once had real NBA teams? The Warriors used to play in Philly.
http://www.nba.com/history/team_history_index.html
http://www.tealdragon.net/sports/nbamoves.htm
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Interestingly enough, here's what I got while clicking "Hornets History":
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/hornets/media/Hornets404_450px_1.jpg)
http://www.nba.com/hornets/history/
;D
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I do not feel bad for Sacramento at all. They have a team not that far away in oakland called the Golden State Warriors.
also, what about Kansas City fans? You realize the kings were there before Sacramento?
Not to mention Cincinnati, and Rochester, that franchise has been everywhere.
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Interestingly enough, here's what I got while clicking "Hornets History":
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/hornets/media/Hornets404_450px_1.jpg)
http://www.nba.com/hornets/history/
;D
this alone makes you have 1000
ty
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I do not feel bad for Sacramento at all. They have a team not that far away in oakland called the Golden State Warriors.
also, what about Kansas City fans? You realize the kings were there before Sacramento?
Not to mention Cincinnati, and Rochester, that franchise has been everywhere.
At least they kept it "majestic" :D
When Seattle gets a team back, I really can't envision them being called anything else but the Seattle SuperSonics. Also, I think that fans in Portland will be very happy when this goes through. They get their Sonics-Blazers rivalry back, I'm sure the people up there (have) miss(ed) that.
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Interestingly enough, here's what I got while clicking "Hornets History":
http://www.nba.com/hornets/history/
;D
this alone makes you have 1000
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Gracias, seņor.
Reaching 1000, I have now transformed into Tequila Cat, just in time for the weekend. Salud.
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With sale finalized, NBA's Relocation Committee will approve Kings move to Seattle for next season, sources tell Y! "Formality," source says
/Woj twitter
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Very happy for Seattle. I always liked the Sonics growing up loved Payton and Kemp.
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With sale finalized, NBA's Relocation Committee will approve Kings move to Seattle for next season, sources tell Y! "Formality," source says
/Woj twitter
Im really hoping they bring back the Sonics name.
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The plan has always been for the franchise to reclaim the Sonics name upon returning to Seattle.
Wojo twitter
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Sonics are back
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DMC sure looks good in green and white.
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DMC sure looks good in green and white.
wrong shade of green ;D
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Boom!
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history of the Sonics part XXXIV
http://deadspin.com/5978111/a-history-lesson-for-sacramento-how-kansas-city-lost-the-kings
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The plan has always been for the franchise to reclaim the Sonics name upon returning to Seattle.
Wojo twitter
Love it.
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I think the gravity of trading Pierce is lost on a lot of posters in this thread. He's our leading scorer. Gasol might be able to put up similar numbers but not in the same ways. Pierce is truly a unique talent and I really think moving him for Gasol is a lateral move, much as I like Gasol as a player.
I'd way rather move Bass/Green/Lee for Gasol than move the captain. I know it's a lot of youth and future going away for a guy on his last legs but this team is in win-now mode and Pierce is a lot of the reason this team wins at all.
I'd probably rather make a play for Millsap or Smith than trade Pierce at this point. We need someone willing to play in the post. Sully has been amazing but we need another post presence.