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NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad, the new real-life drama television series hosted and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Ahmad Rashad, lives up to its moniker as the series takes an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the recent trade negotiations by the Sacramento Kings for Ron Artest, in its second episode on ABC on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT.
The show's second episode takes viewers inside the "war room" during the on-again, off-again negotiations with the Indiana Pacers which led to the eventual acquisition of Artest for Peja Stojakovic, as it chronicles 72 hectic hours in the lives of Joe and Gavin Maloof, owners of the Sacramento Kings.
Last week in its premiere episode, NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad introduced the Maloofs to viewers. From courtside seats at Sacramento's Arco Arena to the streets of their home in Albuquerque, N.M. to the casino floor of the family-owned Palms Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, the Maloofs' glamorous life and passion for the NBA were revealed. In episode two, the blue-collar, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic taught them by their father is displayed as the brothers go through the odyssey of an NBA trade negotiation. Throughout the process, the tenacity of the brothers, as well as their vulnerability, are shown as they pursued their goal of acquiring Artest.
"That is the business we are in, sometimes not everything goes according to plan," said an exhausted and frustrated Joe Maloof after the deal was about to fall apart last Tuesday. "You are going to have some zig and zagging. To get to a title, there are a lot of roads you have to go through."
The show's second episode takes viewers inside the "war room" during the on-again, off-again negotiations with the Indiana Pacers which led to the eventual acquisition of Artest for Peja Stojakovic, as it chronicles 72 hectic hours in the lives of Joe and Gavin Maloof, owners of the Sacramento Kings.
Last week in its premiere episode, NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad introduced the Maloofs to viewers. From courtside seats at Sacramento's Arco Arena to the streets of their home in Albuquerque, N.M. to the casino floor of the family-owned Palms Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, the Maloofs' glamorous life and passion for the NBA were revealed. In episode two, the blue-collar, roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic taught them by their father is displayed as the brothers go through the odyssey of an NBA trade negotiation. Throughout the process, the tenacity of the brothers, as well as their vulnerability, are shown as they pursued their goal of acquiring Artest.
"That is the business we are in, sometimes not everything goes according to plan," said an exhausted and frustrated Joe Maloof after the deal was about to fall apart last Tuesday. "You are going to have some zig and zagging. To get to a title, there are a lot of roads you have to go through."
