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Anaheim had voted to cover whatever relocation fees would be charged.

While I agree with your analysis, I didn't read it as a "play me/trade me" demand more than as a straight assessment of what he thinks the situation is. I didn't detect any rancour or anger or anything like that.

Time will tell on all those things... and while there is a significant fan base, why is it only now that there's a mayor that actually cares about keeping the team? Are you admitting that previous mayors didn't give a damn about keeping the team? It HAS taken much longer than it should have...

Not a new arena, but a ready arena and a more suitable one...I agree that there are other incentives that make the Maloofs focus on Aneheim as opposed to other arena-ready places like Kansas City or Louisville, but the main tangible non-inferred reason why the Kings are looking to move is...

My purpose in this argument is not about moving to ANEHEIM specifically, but about moving FROM Sacramento. I'm an internationally based fan, so I'm disinterested in the location they go to; I would prefer they stay in Sacramento but I can totally understand why they would move and I don't blame...

OOOOOOOH. Now you say that with an arena, they may not be allowed to move. Thus, who's fault is it that there is NOT an arena, so that the Kings would not be allowed to move/would not want to move? (Motive is irrelevant, what matters is that they woudn't be moving).

No, I've put down a range of what I think your behaviour is, and I note that you haven't declined those positions. If you are choosing to frame the arena issue around "luxury boxes" and what the "NBA wants", that speaks much more about your frame of mind, since you haven't even looked at the...

Your original response to me when I asked you why you think they are moving was: "Because the Maloofs are going broke and think Anaheim will solve their problems? I thought that was pretty obvious." Thus it's clear from that that in your mind, if the buck doesn't stop completely with the...

And your statement is based upon what evidence, exactly?

Plus one. Great post dude, I agree 100% with you.

I agree with you, but shhhh, don't tell Rookie just yet. I'm just checking to see if he is truly open to seeing all sides of the situation, or focusing solely on blaming the Maloofs for being robber barons.

So in your opinion, the fact that the team needed a new arena and for various reasons didn't get it hasn't played a role in this matter? Do you think that if a new arena had been built sometime in the past 14 years, the Kings would still be seeking to relocate right now?

Why do you think that the Kings will leave, if they leave?

you don't have to LIKE Celine Dion, but you can't ignore her voice either... and while it's more R&B maybe, you should have put Lisa Fischer's "How Can I Ease The Pain." Lady only released one album, and I agree that Whitney/Mariah/Celine are more successful, but that song is something else...

Say what you want about the Maloofs, but don't diss them and humanity by comparing them to Donald Sterling.

Having actually read the article, I admit that the OC people don't come off as dickish as I had thought. I don't get a feeling of "so what" from that article, but more like mild optimism...

I don't think you're seeing the fact that an areana in Sacramento is not for the NBA, or for the Sacramento Kings, but it's for the CITY OF SACRAMENTO (or at least it should be). The Kings woudl have benefitted from it yes, but the arena would be used for so many other things besides NBA...

It's a messed up motive indeed... OTOH, paying fans in a seat are paying fans in a seat. Doesn't make it right, but money talks and b.s. walks.

I was wondering about that last part, but wasn't sure if this was a good time to bring it up. Probably I'll wait until after April 18 to discuss that matter. FWIW, this board played a huge role in my remaining a Kings fan after I joined the 2002 bandwagon.

Not sure that being a fan of one sport precludes you from being a fan of another sport...I agree that money for games and things can be an issue but the only sport that would be more popular than the NBA is the NFL, and there aren't any NFL teams in the region...