With all due respect, do you really think that David Stern would tell Kevin Johnson that he will give him a chance to present his proposal at the BOG meeting in april, and then invite Burkle to meet with him to hear what his proposal is, and then pull the rug out from everyone by having the BOG vote on the sale at the all star break? You want to talk about a PR black eye, that would be it. I don't believe that BS for a second. There are too many irons in the fire right now, and if anything, it would be more logical for Stern to postphone the BOG meeting to give more time for all parties to work things out.
As far as expansion goes, if you apply logic to the subject, why would you take an extablished team, that has a comprable offer on the table, and the funding of a new arena, and pull them out of the city that has done everything the league asked them to do, and then give them an expansion team, when all you have to do, is give Seattle an expansion team. Which of the two things is simpler. If a city that already has a team, has done everything necessary to keep that team, is deemed unworthy of keeping that team, why then, would they be worthy of an expansion team. Where's the logic in that? If the BOG decides that Sacramento isn't capable of supporting the current team, they'll never see the light of day when it comes to an expansion team. So you might as well drop that daydream as an alternative. It will never happen.
We either keep our team, or we'll never have another team. Period!!!!!!! By the way, do you know why Kansas City lost the team? Because they had a fan base that was in love with the Chiefs and Royals. The Kings were an afterthought. One of the same reasons St. Louis, my home town lost the Hawks. Does that sound familar? Don't think for a second that the BOG won't take into consideration the fact that Seattle has the Seahawks and the Mariners, which is part of the reason for the Sonics departure in the first place. People only have so much money to spend on such things. The Kings are the only show in town. They command the market. Right now, the only thing lacking is the product, and new ownership would take care of that problem.
Right now, all of us have our eye on a prize. Only one prize. The Kings! We don't want to hear about starting over with an expansion team, which isn't likely to happen anyway. I'm not in the mood for a defeatist attitude, and thats what an expansion team would be. So I'm begging you, drop it, because frankly, your starting to irritate me.