This is not a Ball Don’t Lie endorsement of the Sacramento Kings’ move to Seattle, an idea that we’re all sick of even though it’s clear a properly run NBA team should be thriving in Seattle. The Maloof brothers deserve severe condemnation for their work in working against the NBA and especially the city of Sacramento to refuse any attempts at deals to create a workable new arena for the team, or finding local buyers. What is likely , though, is a move to Seattle for the Kings in time for the 2013-14 season. There are still many things to overcome — including a Sacramento-led drive to find local ownership that could very well be in place by the NBA-enforced March 1 deadline to file for relocation — but currently all significant signs are pointing toward a completed sale, a filing before the beginning of March, and the NBA approving a move at its Board of Governors meeting on April 18. A move that would see the Kings become the Seattle SuperSonics (please don’t become just the “Sonics”) and play for two seasons at Key Arena while the city and all manner of public funding puts together a massive new stadium in time for the 2015-16 season. A new stadium with updates on Key Arena’s quaint and outmoded notions of “deafening home-crowd cheering” and “intimacy” and “lack of luxury boxes.”
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