- Katie Scaff, Staff Writer
There was plenty of basketball blog chatter on Monday about deals to sell the Sacramento Kings, but no confirmation.
Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the NBA discussed deal points on the proposed sale of majority ownership of the Kings to a Seattle-based group during a conference call.
Meanwhile, NBA.com reporter David Aldridge quoted an unnamed industry source saying of the Kings, ?They?ve got a clear path? to Seattle.
?There is never any joy in writing about a team that's about to break a city's heart by leaving,? Aldridge wrote Monday. ?But the truth is the truth, and unless there's some kind of amazing change of heart or desire, the Kings are leaving Sacramento for Seattle. It's just a matter of when the announcement comes.?
But the announcement has yet to come.
These rumors have kept basketball fans on the edges of their seats for almost a week, but no one has found a source close to the proposed dealmakers willing to speak on record.
A spokesman for San Francisco hedge fund manager Chris Hansen ? who wants to build an NBA arena in Seattle and is said to be part of the deal with the Kings' majority owners, the Maloof family ? declined to comment on the situation.
Aaron Pickus, spokesman for Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, said City Hall assumes that Hansen is working to acquire a team, "but that is not something the city is directly involved in."
?We?re watching the rumors and stories fly around just like everyone else,? Pickus said
The deal reported by Wojnarowski would have the Kings sold to Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. The group would have until March to file for relocation to bring the team north for the 2013-14 season.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bizj_seattle/~3/E2kx45KQn10/nba-blogger-sees-clear-path-for.html
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