I'm not as knowledgable as others on this board about all the dynamics, but I still see more reasons why this could end up favorably at the end of the day. The key question seems to be the willingness of the NBA to go along with the Kings in a move to somewhere. Well, unequivocally, we know that's not going to happen in the near term. Stern made that clear. Moreover, we know that the Maloofs are initiating legal shannigans that threaten an anti-trust move. That tells me that the Maloofs are not confident in their ability to move elsewhere. They obviously don't think the NBA is going to go along; hence the threat. Stern also made comments that he wasn't exactly worried about the Maloof's initiating anti-trust action. Then, of course, we know the NBA wants Sacto to have a team. They know the fan support. They know that we were ready to go with this arena. It would be a terrible pr black eye for them to allow the Maloofs to move the team. Lastly, Stern and the owners know what incredible clowns these guys are. I firmly believe they'd love to get rid of them. Well, the way to get rid of them is just ignore them at this point. Just let them have a lousy team, with the knowledge they are never going to be able to win. If you play a game and know you're never going to have a chance to win, eventually you're not going to want to play anymore. Anyway, there are probably some good reasons to take the more pessimistic road, but given the choice between the two, I'll take the positive road. I think there is still hope.
