Such a Sad day....

[pshn80]

It isn't a sad day until the Kings are actually moving. Keep the faith, folks, and spend money at STA on the Kings until it' really time to mourn.

[LWP777]

It isn't a sad day until the Kings are actually moving. Keep the faith, folks, and spend money at STA on the Kings until it' really time to mourn.

Co-signed!

[VF21]

can you imagine the impact that it could have if sportscenter was talking for the next 3-4 weeks about angry/determined sacramento fans selling out sta? Booing the maloofs and cheering the players like none other? If every shot felt like a game winner (whether we win or lose?) this could only encourage gun shy investors on taking a chance with a fanbase that loves their team but is disgusted by the gross mismanagement of the maloof era.

this!!!

[gatoradeSD]

I thought there was supposed to be some press conference in Seattle this morning?

[VF21]

I thought there was supposed to be some press conference in Seattle this morning?

That was posted in error, as the press conference was held yesterday. The person who posted the info didn't notice that it was stale.

[HereWeVivek]

All things considered, if today was the worst day of your life, then you've lived a pretty good life.

ya i should have used a *

it didnt end up being too bad YET. IF there is a day where the Kings end up being sold to Seattle or another town, then it will be the worst day

[Kingster]

wrong. it proves nothing, except that the maloofs have chosen to negotiate with a potential buyer in seattle. it's their choice. people keep acting like we live in a fair world, where the good guys win and the bad guys lose. but the maloofs don't have to do anything, which includes extending courtesy towards kevin johnson and the city of sacramento. yes, they're *******s. we all know that. unfortunately, it is still their franchise. they can seek buyers wherever they please. david stern and the nba's board of governors threw sacramento a rope last year by blocking the kings' move to anaheim, a city in an nba-saturated southern california market. blocking a sale and eventual move to seattle--a popular big market searching for a new nba team after losing one--is another thing entirely. if johnson can rally up a buyer who can deliver a competing offer, then that's great. i'm all for it. but, with the march 1st deadline for relocation around the corner, i'm betting that the seattle group bends over backwards to sweeten the pot for the maloofs to stave off potential northern california buyers. i'm simply trying to emphasize what i see, and what i see is a committed (and identified) group of buyers in seattle actively negotiating the purchase of the sacramento kings from the maloofs. if david stern decides he's still on board with sacramento, however, and if kevin johnson truly has a serious buyer waiting in the wings to save the day, then we shall all rejoice upon hearing that the kings will stay in sacramento under the banner of new ownership. but these remain big ifs at the moment, and until i see the northern CA buyer(s) materialize, counteroffer(s) in hand, i am choosing to be cautious with my optimism...

BULL ****. It's always a "choice" to be spiteful. And it doesn't even take indisputable evidence to see what is going on here. Add in the news that they'll never negotiate with Burkle and the spiteful picture is quite clear to anyone that wants to take a look.

And no, you're wrong again. The Maloofs do have to do something - they have to listen very carefully to what the NBA tells them to do. As a franchisee, the Maloofs only have as much discretion as the NBA allows them to have.

[Padrino]

BULL ****. It's always a "choice" to be spiteful. And it doesn't even take indisputable evidence to see what is going on here. Add in the news that they'll never negotiate with Burkle and the spiteful picture is quite clear to anyone that wants to take a look.

And no, you're wrong again. The Maloofs do have to do something - they have to listen very carefully to what the NBA tells them to do. As a franchisee, the Maloofs only have as much discretion as the NBA allows them to have.

tell that to clay bennett...

[VF21]

Or maybe a different movie:

Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Sacramento, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Fans of the Kings!*

Well played.

[Čarolija]

I've been trying to argue that all year. But now it just HAS to be. This is a sprint now. A few weeks, maybe 4-6 weeks at most since it needs to be done for the Seattle group before Mar 1st so they could file for relocation. This is all happening NOW. A huge loud turnout for just a few weeks is allIi ask. There are only 9 home games between now and when they would have to file. 9 games! Fill the damn place up and be loud and you might actually influence events. You could actually save your own team, not for a season, but for decades. And then we wouldn't have to worry about this crap anymore.

These could be your last 9 games of thinking of this team as your own. Make them count. Its your last best argument for keeping your team. Its also your last best moment to argue for ever getting another one. If you let Seattle just stroll off with your team, the place WILL be a tomb after Mar 1st. Eveything will be lost then. Its not lost yet. Get out there now. Bring some friends. Make the Maloofs look like utter fools for all the world. Its not their team. It never was. Its yours.

THIS!!!!

Stay united guys and keep the Kings!!! Now is the time to rise as one and beat the clowns at their own game. This is all coming to an end and you guys still have control over the ending of this saga! Give KJ and Sacramento more pull but doing what you have done for 19 out of the 27 season....SELL OUT THE PLACE!!!!

[kennadog]

I've been trying to argue that all year. But now it just HAS to be. This is a sprint now. A few weeks, maybe 4-6 weeks at most since it needs to be done for the Seattle group before Mar 1st so they could file for relocation. This is all happening NOW. A huge loud turnout for just a few weeks is allIi ask. There are only 9 home games between now and when they would have to file. 9 games! Fill the damn place up and be loud and you might actually influence events. You could actually save your own team, not for a season, but for decades. And then we wouldn't have to worry about this crap anymore.

These could be your last 9 games of thinking of this team as your own. Make them count. Its your last best argument for keeping your team. Its also your last best moment to argue for ever getting another one. If you let Seattle just stroll off with your team, the place WILL be a tomb after Mar 1st. Eveything will be lost then. Its not lost yet. Get out there now. Bring some friends. Make the Maloofs look like utter fools for all the world. Its not their team. It never was. Its yours.

D*mn right its our team and I'm going to keep fighting to keep the Kings right here. Nothing is final yet. KJ isn't giving up. We need to stand as a huge block of fans so everyone who watches the NBA on TV will see that we are undoubtedly some of the finest fans there are or have ever been. We need to be present, we need to be loud!

We are fighting an injustice. We are fighting for our city. We are fighting to get a new arena for the 250+ events every year. We are fighting for the jobs of all who work at the arena. We are fighting to keep the NBA and their school reading, nutrition and exercise programs right here. We are fighting for those kids at the Shriners hospital to have Kings players visit them every year. We are fighting for the families and children that get food, clothing, Thanksgiving and Christmas every year, in because of the team. We are fighting for the jobs that will come with building a new arena and all the companies who will provide construction materials and their employees. We are fighting for the Sacramento Kings, our team, our joy, part of what binds us to family friends and even to people we don't know. This city has bled purple for 27 years. I will bleed more fighting to save our Kings. This is it. Make no mistake. We are almost surely down to the final battle. Lets stand together, stand tall, stand proud and roar our fidelity.