I am officially starting to lean away from being a Maloof apologist. I can understand their panic and as emotional as I get, I can see myself behaving like they are except for maybe demanding a tape from a media outlet. Just the same, as with me, it is bad business. Would I like to have a beverage with them? You betcha! Do I want them owning the Kings? Hell no.
So that's what I mean by leaning. In a normal economy, a little sloppiness would still result in profit. In this economy, only the bright come out the other end. I have had questions enough on how they may have tied Petrie's hands especially with the MLE signings. The immediate idea was to keep fans but it missed the long term plan of blowing the team to hell to have an opportunity to be great. They don't know how to run a basketball team or at the leat, turn it over to someone who knows what he is doing.
I really think they are blowing it and the cat with the Cheshire grin is Burkle as he watches the madness play out like a soap opera.
Why do they want the tape? Is it slander? Tampering (whatever that is)? Hell no. Jackson stated a common perception. There is no law suit here and I doubt the Maloofs could afford one.