Sacramento Kings can stay, no move to Honda in the Center, according to the report

Saturday, April 23, 2011

It seems that the Kings not be the Royals in Anaheim after all, at least not next season.


Despite speculation that the Kings had all but packed their bags for Southern California, the NBA now thinks that the team will stay in Sacramento next season, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, quoting executives in the League.


However, long term of the Sacramento Kings remains uncertain beyond 2011-12, the Times reported, quoting executives in the League.


Meanwhile, co-owner of Kings Joe Maloof said that his family is still to decide if you want to move the franchise to Anaheim or stay in the capital city of California.


Maloof told The Associated Press Friday that has not taken any decision and is "so anxious as someone" to find out if Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson can deliver on its promise of more support from sponsorship and finally finance a plan for a new arena.


Johnson was wrapping up two days of meetings with the Chairman of the Committee of relocation of NBA and owner of Oklahoma City Thunder Clay Bennett and other officials of the League in Sacramento.


"We hope the results of the visit of research to the NBA in Sacramento over the past two days," the Kings said in a statement Friday night. "They have not taken a decision with regard to the presentation of relocation and it will not take that decision until we have more information of the NBA."


In the Board of Governors NBA meetings last week in New York, the NBA granted the Kings an extension until May 2 to file paperwork requesting relocation to Anaheim.


Johnson attended the meetings of April 14-15, so that a tone desperate to keep the Sacramento Kings, and persuaded the League to send an investigation team to Sacramento. Johnson believed that he made another welcome when they arrived. He presented $ 9.2 million, up $ 7 million initially cited last week - in commitments for the new advertising, purchase of tickets and other financial support of the regional companies and other supporters to prevent the team to Anaheim.


Johnson and other political and business leaders emerged from meetings with officials of the National Basketball Association optimistic Thursday about their efforts to keep the Kings of the city.


Johnson, a former all-star "If again makes a week today, we think that it was almost more", said Thursday. "And it not only prevented the team out, have a chance to show them that we are." And when we said that $ 7 million and the Commissioner said, 'well, try it', he sent a team and us over-delivered. In other words, it's Sacramento. "This is what makes us great."


The Kings probably won't make a long-term commitment to stay in Sacramento without a new arena.


After years of failed attempts to replace the old flag of balance of power, formerly called Arco Arena, Sacramento officials are using the extra time before the application of transfer of Maloof to show NBA that finally there may be agreement on a plan to finance a new facility.


A new plan of feasibility of arena - the main stumbling block in previous efforts - not completed until a few weeks after the date limit of relocation. Majority approval by owners would be required to approve the transfer, and political leaders in Sacramento believe that there is still time to convince the NBA should not leave the Kings.


"I don't think that their minds have invented" city councilman, said Rob Fong.



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