Maloofs Sued Webber for ..... $65,000

[Peter_Gibbons]

Kings owners drop suit against former star Webber

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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/20/2690428/kings-owners-drop-suit-against.html

Maloof Sports & Entertainment LLC, the ownership group of the Sacramento Kings, dismissed its lawsuit against its former star-turned-restaurateur Chris Webber on Monday, a week after it filed the complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court.


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The suit was dropped later but are they serious? For $65,000 against the former player that you supposedly want involved with your team? I'm sure they dropped the suit because they worked it out privately... but did it have to get to that point? Did C. Webb refuse to pay? I doubt it. No matter how they spin it, this puts a strain on the relationship between C Webb and the Kings/Maloofs.

 

[DocHolliday]

This is business not personal. If the Maloofs and Webber had a contractual agreement where they promoted Webbers Restaurant, or had a Center Court with C-Webb night and Webber agreed to pay $65,000 then Chris is obligated legally to pay it.

I look at it from the other side. Webber has the money to pay this, and for whatever reason he is not meeting his obligations. That does not speak highly of him as a person, and I don't blame the Maloofs one bit. They are owed the money. This has nothing to do with the time Webber spent playing here. It is an easy assumption that if Chris had not refused to pay it, or had responded to requests to pay the amount, a complaint would have never been filed.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

This is business not personal. If the Maloofs and Webber had a contractual agreement where they promoted Webbers Restaurant, or had a Center Court with C-Webb night and Webber agreed to pay $65,000 grand then Chris is obligated legally to pay it.

I look at it from the other side. Webber has the money to pay this, and for whatever reason he is not meeting his obligations. That does not speak highly of him as a person.

Yes there is the business side to things. But if the Maloofs' people called up Webb and said "Nothing personal, but business is business... if you don't pay by _______, we'll have to file the papers to sue you."

Do you really think Webb is someone that would say "No I'm not going to pay you, sue me then."?

I guess I'm assuming that they could have avoid actually filing with the court if they told him yes we are going to sue you next friday if you don't pay.

 

[DocHolliday]

Yes there is the business side to things. But if the Maloofs' people called up Webb and said "Nothing personal, but business is business... if you don't pay by _______, we'll have to file the papers to sue you."

Do you really think Webb is someone that would say "No I'm not going to pay you, sue me then."?

I guess I'm assuming that they could have avoid actually filing with the court if they told him yes we are going to sue you next friday if you don't pay.

I edited my original post to add some more of my POV. But, yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Whoever handles Webber's finances I'm pretty sure was notified many times to pay this amount. Apparently no response was given, or not in a satisfactory amount of time otherwise a complaint wasn't filed.

It's an easy assumption to make that the Maloofs don't want to HAVE to go to court.

 

[Bricklayer]

People sue too often. Good for me. Bad for society.

This should never happen. I would interpret such a quick dismissal as a sign that somebody, either the Maloofs or Webb, realized it should never happen and quickly yanked it/talked. Could the suit have inspired action? Sure. Alternately the suit was ordered/filed by some bureaucratic numbnut with no perspective, and yanked when the Maloofs heard about it.

 

[PurpleHaze]

With downtown club brawl and shooting having two Kings as backdrops, plus C-Webb facing possible lawsuit from Maloof's, perhaps we should just start a combining thread under heading:

(TDOS) comments that don't warrant their own thread

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

I edited my original post to add some more of my POV. But, yes that's exactly what I'm saying. Whoever handles Webber's finances I'm pretty sure was notified many times to pay this amount. Apparently no response was given, or not in a satisfactory amount of time otherwise a complaint wasn't filed.

It's an easy assumption to make that the Maloofs don't want to HAVE to go to court.

Yes I know all that could've happen. But... for one this does not look good for either party, the Maloofs or Webb.

There will be Webb and Kings fans that think the Maloofs are jerks for taking Webb to court for $65K... whether its fair to think that or not.

There will be people who think Webb is not handling his business correctly.

Bad for both sides. The article says they cancelled the suit but they still want the money. Meaning they might have just decided it looks bad to have this out in the public but they still haven't worked something out. If Webb just flat out declined to pay, then yes sue him. But I just can't believe that Webb would want this in the public over $65k.

 

[DocHolliday]

Yes I know all that could've happen. But... for one this does not look good for either party, the Maloofs or Webb.

There will be Webb and Kings fans that think the Maloofs are jerks for taking Webb to court for $65K... whether its fair to think that or not.

There will be people who think Webb is not handling his business correctly.

Bad for both sides. The article says they cancelled the suit but they still want the money. Meaning they might have just decided it looks bad to have this out in the public but they still haven't worked something out. If Webb just flat out declined to pay, then yes sue him. But I just can't believe that Webb would want this in the public over $65k.

I understand what some of the general public opinion might be..I call those people dumb people. If you'd like to meet them they routinely post about articles on sacbee.com

But, for people who look at this objectively I'll call Webb the jerk for not paying an agreed upon amount for services rendered.

 

[Superman]

Do we know exactly what the dispute is over? I mean, there's a whole lot of "this person was supposed to do this, and that person was supposed to do that," but there's likely a lot of facts and details that we are not privy to. There's also the bankruptcy that might be the big problem there, as in, Center Court filed BK last year and may not owe past due invoices. I don't know exactly how all that works. I'm just saying, why not reserve judgment for when we know a little bit more?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Do we know exactly what the dispute is over? I mean, there's a whole lot of "this person was supposed to do this, and that person was supposed to do that," but there's likely a lot of facts and details that we are not privy to. There's also the bankruptcy that might be the big problem there, as in, Center Court filed BK last year and may not owe past due invoices. I don't know exactly how all that works. I'm just saying, why not reserve judgment for when we know a little bit more?

Agreed, it is way to easy to rush to snap judgments about who should have done what without knowing the facts. I do think it is unfortunate it had to occur and hopefully it won't sour the relationship between the Kings org and one of our all time greats but I'll hold off on fingerpointing and hope that this is really more of a beef between the business entities and the personal relationships of Webber and the Maloofs brought it to a swift resolution.

 

[Larry David]

Webber either tried to play hardball with no grounds and/or somebody at MSE filed a lawsuit that really wasn’t needed yet. Instead, the lawsuit was filed to shame him into paying, which will leave a little residual hard feelings. Now this goes away.

So most likely. Webber acted tough but folded when the pressure mounted … hmmm, that sounds familiar.

 

[Spike]

Alternately the suit was ordered/filed by some bureaucratic numbnut with no perspective, and yanked when the Maloofs heard about it.

Considering the size of Maloof Enterprises and the fact that Webber made over 165 million during his NBA career, this seems the most likely reason. People with a lot of money generally don't go over every fine point. They have people. And those people have people. And neither the people, or the people who have people, are giving me any money.

 

[juicij36]

Webber acted tough but folded when the pressure mounted … hmmm, that sounds familiar.

cute.

 

[D13]

This may or may not be a Webber thing... he was in with other partners on that venture as well... and the Maloof suit was pulled anyway... Probably the only ones that called off the dogs. I'm sure there are a number of people standing in line suing them for folding like they did.

I'd gone to Centercourt over a dozen times, mostly in the bar area, watching games, hanging out. Gotta say, it wasn't a surprise they pulled the plug. IMO, it was managed terribly.. slow service, so so food, expensive, and started attracting the wrong crowd at the end. That general little area, all around there, has a number of restaurant/bars that aren't having any trouble with good business and attracting customers... Webbs kinda did it to themselves.

 

[Arco Arena]

so most likely. Webber acted tough but folded when the pressure mounted … hmmm, that sounds familiar.

lol.

 

[Sluggah]

The maloofs are cutthroat business men who'd step on their own mother for a buck. Par for the course. I have storrries!

 

[Telemachus]

The maloofs are cutthroat business men who'd step on their own mother for a buck. Par for the course. I have storrries!

Most businessmen who "play nice" end up bankrupt and looking for a job.

 

[Sluggah]

Most businessmen who "play nice" end up bankrupt and looking for a job.

Yay humanity?

 

[Kingster]

so most likely. Webber acted tough but folded when the pressure mounted … hmmm, that sounds familiar.

Hilarious!

 

[fighttodeath]

this may or may not be a webber thing... He was in with other partners on that venture as well... And the maloof suit was pulled anyway... Probably the only ones that called off the dogs. I'm sure there are a number of people standing in line suing them for folding like they did.

I'd gone to centercourt over a dozen times, mostly in the bar area, watching games, hanging out. Gotta say, it wasn't a surprise they pulled the plug. Imo, it was managed terribly.. Slow service, so so food, expensive, and started attracting the wrong crowd at the end. That general little area, all around there, has a number of restaurant/bars that aren't having any trouble with good business and attracting customers... Webbs kinda did it to themselves.

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