NBA returning to Seattle?

May, or may not. It could all fall apart for either side pretty quickly.

Blitzer88":xoj4cz1t said:

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/seattle/Sacramento-mayor-to-present-counteroffer-for-Kings-186984201.html

And the roller-coaster ride continues.

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Don't sweat it. Too little too late. Sac has no arena, no billionaires.

The six week thing is meaningless if Hanson announces he has purchased the Kings, and this could happen any day.

Throwdown":2ff9jua2 said:

6 Weeks? to get that all together? Big task, wish we had KJ in 2008.

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They're lucky they have a mayor fighting like a crazed viking for them.

Doesn't do the NBA any harm in letting Sacramento try to save their team. Plus, with the Seattle group having to provide assurances that the arena will be built with two actions yet to be determined, not sure how they can accomplish that to the NBA's satisfaction? Who knows how a lawsuit will go and the Environmental impact statement could have some wrenches to throw into the works.

Sure sounds like Johnson has a fighting chance. Plus being able to bypass the owner to show the NBA the plan keeps emotions from getting into the works. If I am a Kings fan, I am more hopeful than I was as a Sonics fan with Mayor McCheese and his band of dunderheads.

And the plot thickens...

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020139304_arenalawsuitxml.html

A second lawsuit has been filed to block the city of Seattle and King County from carrying out a plan with the Chris Hansen-led investor group to help finance a $490 million Sodo sports arena.

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Damn it. I wish these people go back to the damn USSR where they belong.

I thought that the current MOU was I-91 compliant? Thats why this is more funny to me than anything.

It's is, just the Mariners, the port, and "the citizens with nothing better to do", trying to derail this, something they will all fail miserably at!

Hmm notice the timing of this, just at the point in the negotiations where the NBA will start looking at the fall out and benefits of pushing the Seattle proposal of Hansens and the Sacramento investor group thats coming together.

Sounds like the Mariners want to squash this badly before it gets more media attention and derails the spring traing hoopla. Fear of being upstaged already before the team is even here let alone next season if the deal is approved.

This suit was filed by the I 91 guy it says but Port authority is involved and who's backing them? Mariners.

The Mariners mostly Howard Lincoln is the one's trying to stop this. They don't want more competition for the sports dollar. If two more teams are there to compete with, it means if the M's want to compete locally against successful teams in their own market then they will have to spend the necessary dollars to compete in their division instead of the bargain basement teams they've been trotting out there of late. That is something that Montgomery Burns I mean Lincoln doesn't want to do. Howard is too stupid to see the horrible and permanent PR damage he is doing to the team he runs.

There has to be a viable plan for a new arena for the NBA to approve the move. That's what these asswipes are trying to do - throw up a tangle of legal technicalities to hinder the Sonics coming back any way they can.

KING 5 News ‏@KING5Seattle

RT @ChrisDaniels5: BREAKING: Source tells me deal on Kings-to-#Seattle to be announced soon, perhaps as early as Monday/Tuesday. #NBA

Please be true. My heart and emotions can't take it.

KING 5 News ‏@KING5Seattle

RT @chrisdaniels5: MT @ESPNSteinLine: Maloofs have struck deal to sell 65 % of Kings to Hansen group in Seattle for $525m, sources say

wait... only 65 percent?

Wow. 525m for 65%? Hansen is not bargain shopping.

If this is true, it's awesome news for us. I can't help but feel bad for the Sacramento fans, though. Nobody deserves an owner like the Maloofs.

Holy crap, if this is true itmakes this crappy day, Niners going to the Superbowl, a bit better!

Peter Vecsey ‏@PeterVecsey1
Source says almost living lock Phil Jackson will become front office face of Seattle-bound Kings' franchise. Won't coach. Will mentor choice

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Can't vouch for the validity of that tweet, but DAYUM! Make it so.

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