NBA votes NO to Kings move to Seattle

[starbigd]

So do they just issue refunds to all the preordered season tickets the new owners were selling? What about the new arena they were building?

 

[Tubbs1518]

Sucks for Seattle. I'm happy for Sacramento though. They love their Kings.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Glad they're staying

 

[shitsho]

Now all they have to do is get some good management in there.

 

[starbigd]

Sucks for Seattle. I'm happy for Sacramento though. They love their Kings.

I think the NBA will have to expand at some point to get Seattle another team. Or move someone like say, the Bobcats or Hornets.

 

[MarkOU]

Seattle wont support a loser. Don't see them getting another team for awhile.

 

[UTVolCountry]

I like that they're staying, but I would also like to see Seattle get a team back someday.

 

[gobigred]

Sucks for Seattle. I'm happy for Sacramento though. They love their Kings.

They do? They have been ranked 27th or worse out of 30 teams the last 5 years in attendence.

Year/ Rank
2013- 30th
2012- 27th
2011- 29th
2010- 29th
2009- 30th

 

[rmilia1]

They do? They have been ranked 27th or worse out of 30 teams the last 5 years in attendence.

Year/ Rank
2013- 30th
2012- 27th
2011- 29th
2010- 29th
2009- 30th

Not really fair since its the smallest arena in the NBA at only 17K seats. Most other teams are 18500+ with alot being 19K plus.

 

[thehoorse]

Not really fair since its the smallest arena in the NBA at only 17K seats. Most other teams are 18500+ with alot being 19K plus.

good point.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

This is bad news for Milwaukee. The Bucks are already for sale & are likely to lose their backcourt in the offseason to free agency.

 

[Jims_Doors]

Not really fair since its the smallest arena in the NBA at only 17K seats. Most other teams are 18500+ with alot being 19K plus.

People used to say the same thing about the Penguins attendance 10yrs ago (using the ranking against them) when their old arena only held about 16,700.

 

[Tubbs1518]

They do? They have been ranked 27th or worse out of 30 teams the last 5 years in attendence.

Year/ Rank
2013- 30th
2012- 27th
2011- 29th
2010- 29th
2009- 30th

All you have to do is look back at the Webber days and the battles with the Lakers to see how much they love them. The Maloofs are ruining that franchise. They need to be taken away from them and given to someone who really cares.

 

[wildturkey]

NBA owners must really dislike Seattle folk. The Seattle deal was better but they vote it down because Sac fought for its team and found a deal. But back when the Sonics were leaving and Seattle fought for its team and scrounged up a deal, they all voted for them to move.

 

[Robotech]

They do? They have been ranked 27th or worse out of 30 teams the last 5 years in attendence.

Year/ Rank
2013- 30th
2012- 27th
2011- 29th
2010- 29th
2009- 30th

The Kings were routinely selling out the arena back when the Maloofs weren't sabotaging the team.

 

[Destroydacre]

Funny how when Bennett wanted to move the Sonics back in 2008 that whole process was streamlined, but now when Hansen tries to move the Kings to Seattle, the whole mess gets bogged down and there's delays and delays, just long enough to get a deal done, which frankly, still doesn't even compare to the deal Seattle has had in place for months now.

I'm glad for the fans of the Kings I really am. I lived in Seattle when the Sonics were stolen, so although I don't watch the NBA, I saw how devastated some of the die hards were. But Bennett and Stern can go fuck off.

 

[TexasMan]

Wilbon said something about the Bucks might move there?

 

[Robotech]

Funny how when Bennett wanted to move the Sonics back in 2008 that whole process was streamlined, but now when Hansen tries to move the Kings to Seattle, the whole mess gets bogged down and there's delays and delays, just long enough to get a deal done, which frankly, still doesn't even compare to the deal Seattle has had in place for months now.

I'm glad for the fans of the Kings I really am. I lived in Seattle when the Sonics were stolen, so although I don't watch the NBA, I saw how devastated some of the die hards were. But Bennett and Stern can go fuck off.

Sacramento was able to mobilize a lot faster and stronger than Seattle was able to do, thanks in large part to seeing what happened in Seattle five years ago.

 

[Jets201]

I see an NHL team coming to seattle before NBA.

 

[Robotech]

Wilbon said something about the Bucks might move there?

They can become the Seattle StarBucks.