Gary
All-Star
Personally I don't think we have to match to win. Remember, Seattle has to prove that Sacramento is a bad market, lacks fan support and does not have an arena on the way in order to take our team. It's unheard of to pull the carpet out from under a city like this, and I don't think it has even been done since Cleveland went to Baltimore. I don't think it's ever been done in the NBA.
Just ask yourself if the NBA would approve a deal to move the Lakers to say Vancouver if Buss went behind the NBAs and LA's back and sold to someone that wanted to move the team to Vancouver. Would the league approve that if there was someone in the waiting in LA to buy the team from Buss, but only paying 900mil instead of say 1bil? Hell no. LA IS the Lakers. Just like SACRAMENTO IS THE KINGS. There won't be anyone taking this team. I wish you people would get that through your skulls
Just ask yourself if the NBA would approve a deal to move the Lakers to say Vancouver if Buss went behind the NBAs and LA's back and sold to someone that wanted to move the team to Vancouver. Would the league approve that if there was someone in the waiting in LA to buy the team from Buss, but only paying 900mil instead of say 1bil? Hell no. LA IS the Lakers. Just like SACRAMENTO IS THE KINGS. There won't be anyone taking this team. I wish you people would get that through your skulls
