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You could be their mascot, Tinkerbell.sludge_ducks_sick wrote:They should just call them the Disney Queens if you ask me.
Goddamn Electric wrote:I could be their mascot since I act like Tinkerbell.sludge_ducks_sick wrote:They should just call them the Disney Queens if you ask me.
They should just call them the Disney Queens
if you ask me.
crabfan wrote:That sucks. The Lakers own that market. Throw in Blake Griffin and the LAC's...Can 3 NBA teams really be supported in southern CA?
After 26 years, Sacramento bracing for life after Kings
Posted Mar 30 2011 8:12PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The trademark cowbells are just a faint echo.
A faithful following once considered among the best in American professional sports has only one thing left to cheer for now. They bring signs that read: "Save our Kings" and "Please Don't Go."
If this isn't the end of Sacramento's run, it sure feels like it.
All indications are the Kings are moving south to Anaheim after 26 seasons in California's capital. Anaheim's City Council issued the bonds needed to entice the franchise, new federal trademark rights have been requested and about everything else needed to put a simple majority vote before NBA owners is in motion.
Suddenly, Sacramento is on the verge of being wiped off the NBA map.
"It's a sad and sorry state," fan Nick Guero said at a recent Kings game with his 6-year-old son, Christopher, sitting next to him in a matching Tyreke Evans jersey. "I was hoping to share the Kings with my son for years to come. Now? I almost want to cry. Every game we go to might be our last."
There was a time not so long ago that Sacramento was the NBA's model of success.
A smaller-market franchise that thrived on being the town's only team, fans turned out in masses even when the Kings were terrible. The team sold out its first 497 games in Sacramento, still the fourth-longest streak in league history, and they had another run of 354 straight sellouts when the franchise peaked.
Chris Webber, Jason Williams, Peja Stojakovic, Vlade Divac and Doug Christie even graced the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2001 with the headline, "The Greatest Show on Court. Sacramento Kings: Basketball the way it oughta be."
Fans only added to the lore by clanking cowbells to deafening levels, especially behind the visitors' bench. Those bells were never louder than when Sacramento won an NBA-best 61 games in the 2001-02 season, losing to the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals at home in a decisive Game 7.
"When we were winning, the place was unbelievable," said Rick Adelman, the coach of those great Kings teams who's now at the helm for the Houston Rockets. "Now, for me, it's just really sad."
Even with success, the need for an updated arena was always there.
The building formerly known as Arco Arena lacks the moneymaking luxury suites that are in so many new facilities, the sightlines are poor and the 17,317-seat capacity is small by NBA standards. Cash-strapped Sacramento has refused for years to contribute public dollars to a new arena, which Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof argue is critical for the franchise to be profitable.
Some also have criticized the Maloofs for not pushing hard enough for a new arena when the Kings were in their prime and they had the chance. In 2006, voters crushed a measure that would have raised sales taxes by a quarter cent to help finance a new arena with a resounding 80 percent in opposition.
Now a new, different type of vote approaches.
And Sacramento won't be able to decide this one.
The NBA granted the Kings an extension until April 18 to file a relocation request, and a simple majority approval by owners would be all that's needed for the team to become the Anaheim Royals, one of the federal trademarks an attorney for the Maloofs filed for with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The team was previously the Royals in stops in Rochester and Cincinnati.
Tuesday night, Anaheim's City Council unanimously approved a $75 million bond deal to entice the Kings to relocate to Orange County. And Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA All-Star, is already preparing his hometown for the worst.
"It feels like a slow death," Johnson said of the Kings' possible move.
He has vowed that Sacramento will work to build a new arena with or without the Kings in hopes of luring another NBA franchise, a tough task for any city, let alone one out in the Central Valley of Northern California with enough budget issues to worry about.
"I can't imagine the team leaving," Adelman said, "because the likelihood of them getting anything back is not very good."
Some residents have increased efforts to push for a new arena, although even the most loyal fans have come to grips with the reality that Sacramento will likely join Seattle - whose SuperSonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008 - as the latest town to lose its team.
The Glass Agency, an advertising company in Sacramento, launched a billboard and social media campaign to generate awareness of the issue. One billboard on Interstate 5 had a deflated basketball with a sign: "Game Over. If the Kings leave, we all lose."
"You don't have to care about basketball to appreciate how a professional sports team impacts a city's ability to thrive, prosper and, frankly, be relevant," said Amber Williams, the agency's president. "It is a part of what makes Sacramento a great place to live."
Added former Kings standout Brad Miller: "I came to Sac because I knew how great of a place it was to play," he said. "It drew me in just because the team was so good. It would be really sad to see them go."
Kings fans have, perhaps unsurprisingly, stayed steadfastly loyal.
While crowds have been sparse for the past few seasons, the attendance of late has swelled. In a Feb. 28 game against the Clippers, efforts to keep the Kings in town created a rare sellout with fans even jeering at the Maloofs - sitting courtside - not to relocate the franchise.
The Maloofs, except for firing back at Sacramento officials who were trying to sway Anaheim not to issue bonds for the Kings, have remained publicly silent on relocation. The current players and coaches also are reluctant to say much about a possible move.
"(Fans) still love us," Kings forward Donte Greene said. "They want to keep this team here. They keep coming to the games and showing that they want the team to stay here."
Fans might not have the chance much longer.
Sacramento's season finale is April 13 at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, and days later the franchise's future could become official.
"It's an empty feeling," Guero said. "Who will we cheer for if the Kings are gone?"
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Subhuman Yeti wrote:Keep your fucking east coast hockey stupidity out of the NBA threads, shitface!
no especially if its a shitty team, and the Kings are shitty.crabfan wrote:That sucks. The Lakers own that market. Throw in Blake Griffin and the LAC's...Can 3 NBA teams really be supported in southern CA?
I read the only reason the do not is because dipshit Sterling doesnt
want to make the drive down the 5.
No way you just said that.Subhuman Yeti wrote:I read the only reason the do not is because dipshit Sterling doesnt
want to make the drive down the 5.
Sterling is just a sad wanna-be LAKER.
just because he owns property in San Diego, doesnt mean he lives there.Subhuman Yeti wrote:I read the only reason the do not is because dipshit Sterling doesnt
want to make the drive down the 5.
He still owns some property in San Diego, doesn't he?
So he's probably still driving up the 5 to get to the Staples anyway...
Sterling is just a sad wanna-be LAKER.
The fact that you site TOURISTS means I win. Later.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Brooklyn better than Anaheim?
Almost 600 million tourists alone, many saving their money for years (sometimes a lifetime) and then traveling 1000s of miles around the world to get specifically to this city for the past half century would definitely disagree and then spend a few minutes laughing at you...
You got what? Signs around that fucking cesspool of almost 3rd world human filth that say a scene from "Welcome Back, Kotter" was filmed here?
I've said that since the Pond was opened and the Clippers would play a couple games there. The Clippers are the JV team as it is. Bring another team to the market and we may as well call them the freshman team. That will especially be so if like the Ducks, several Royals games end up airing on KDOC between spray-on hair infomercials, The Andy Griffith Show, and decade old "E! True Hollywood Stories" episodes.yeahbuddy wrote:no especially if its a shitty team, and the Kings are shitty.crabfan wrote:That sucks. The Lakers own that market. Throw in Blake Griffin and the LAC's...Can 3 NBA teams really be supported in southern CA?
How stupid are the Clippers for not moving down to OC.
I read the only reason the do not is because dipshit Sterling doesnt
want to make the drive down the 5.
They'll sell tix (and as mentioned, the all important luxury boxes) with no problem.Tenacious_Dio wrote:Of all the places to move. Talk about dead on arrival.
Still hard to believe. We were cleaning out our garage and we found my old Shawn Kemp Seattle Sonics notebook.Rainbow Bright wrote:Its sad watching any NBA team pack up and move. Shit the Sonics debacle still makes me sad.
That just gives places like Pittsburgh and KC chances to put alluring plans together...Subhuman Yeti wrote:So the Kings are being stupid (no surprise) and are believing the Sacramento lies (kind of a surprise) and they are staying for another season (Meh...)
The Supersonics sucked too.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Pittsburgh or KC can have the "Kings", they suck.
Throw in the fact there may be a hard salary cap coming.Skate4RnR wrote:The Supersonics sucked too.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Pittsburgh or KC can have the "Kings", they suck.
We had Kemp when he cared about balling and Payton.Skate4RnR wrote:The Supersonics sucked too.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Pittsburgh or KC can have the "Kings", they suck.
I KNOW! Did you see my post about finding my Kemp notebook?Rainbow Bright wrote:We had Kemp when he cared about balling and Payton.Skate4RnR wrote:The Supersonics sucked too.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Pittsburgh or KC can have the "Kings", they suck.
Oh Kemp did his fair share of a different type of "ballin"Rainbow Bright wrote:We had Kemp when he cared about balling and Payton.Skate4RnR wrote:The Supersonics sucked too.Subhuman Yeti wrote:Pittsburgh or KC can have the "Kings", they suck.
