Kings owner looks to transform side into 'India's team' (Reuters)

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By Will Robinson SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - In January, the Sacramento Kings appeared to be erased from the NBA after the owners, the Maloof family, agreed with a Seattle-based investment group to sell and relocate the team. By May, the NBA voted against relocation and helped usher in a new ownership group led by tech developer and philanthropist Vivek Ranadive, retaining the team in California's capital. In six months, the former minority owner of the Golden State Warriors has overhauled business and basketball operations to realize his vision of making basketball and the Kings the world's game and team, respectively. Former NBA executive Chris Granger, now the Kings president, was lured to the city when the Maloofs flirted with a possible Anaheim, California, move in 2011 and during Ranadive's initial visits earlier this year.

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