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I saw last night on News10 that Brian May said he heard from a league source that the owners were "getting creative" in coming with a solution that would satisfy both cities. Any leaks on that?
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The only thing that supports any of those rumors is the fact there’s a guy in a big market willing to pay $550 million for an NBA team. The league can’t just say “thanks, but no thanks” to that. Now, the annoying part is the timeline that would be applied in order to “satisfy” both cities. Because that is going to takes a few years (as I’ve said, five years).
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Nah no leaks. Just a lot of assumptions and hearsay from sources.... like the Montemayor tweets two days ago claiming expansion is being discussed and Hansen is against it.... which makes no sense because as recently as October there are quotes him saying things like this:
"We're not going to go around saying, 'Please sell us your team,' "he said. "We're not going to pry a team away."
Here's the article from October if you have nothing else to do with you time
The recommendation comes in on Monday, highly doubt anything big or solid (pause) will come out before that.
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Just in time, the Bee enacts a paywall. I'm sure the timing of this was completely coincidental.
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The more I think about this............. if, in fact, expansion is being discussed for Hansen.... with the team getting there as soon as they can either put shovels in the ground (and play at Key Arena in the mean time), which is unlikely, or as soon as the can open doors to their new arena which could be anywhere from 2016-2018 (probably 2016, I highly doubt those reports of Hansen claiming they could open the arena by 2015 because that would make him a Maloofing liar).
There is absolutely NO WAY he turns it down. He is a smart and capable businessman, on top of me a loyal and dedicated fan of the Sonics.
In what world would he turn down something that would be 100% certain, as well as legitimately, would bring back the Sonics?
Like even the business side of him would say to take it.
Why jeopardize devastating and letting down the entire state of Washington for the need to to do Sacramento as OKC done unto them? Selfish reason? Impatience?
I just don't get it.
Because after all, Chris Hansen is no Maloof.
There is absolutely NO WAY he turns it down. He is a smart and capable businessman, on top of me a loyal and dedicated fan of the Sonics.
In what world would he turn down something that would be 100% certain, as well as legitimately, would bring back the Sonics?
Like even the business side of him would say to take it.
Why jeopardize devastating and letting down the entire state of Washington for the need to to do Sacramento as OKC done unto them? Selfish reason? Impatience?
I just don't get it.
Because after all, Chris Hansen is no Maloof.
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I don't think it's impatience. I think it's the fact the opportunity presented itself, and he's made it this far. Getting turned away would be a huge letdown, and set his efforts back at least 3-5 years. Also, the NBA better guarantee expansion in writing (with blood) to go along with that new arena. Because he's not breaking ground with anything less.
Of course, all of this mess could have been avoided if Stern and the league hadn't so willy nilly let franchises move in the past decade-plus. But that's why we're here now. If Stern is fretting over it, he only has himself to blame.
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Interesting read. Hansen sure had a quick change of heart in prying away a team.
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But expansion would cost less than relocation, he'd be jumping into the time frame where no teams would be losing money, and the team could play in the new arena immediately as opposed to playing in Key Arena. Expansion would be much more logical and business sound...if it were offered.
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Ehh I don't know if expansion would be cheaper since he'd be buying into 100% of the franchise rather than the 65% he's buying from the Maloofs. Plus if expansion happens after the sale, what would the fee be compared to the $525M price tag the Kings just went for? $400M? $500M??
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Not if he got business partners involved. Since Vivek is bringing in 3 other owners, it's not like they're each buying 65% of the franchise, They'll each get 15-16% if split evenly.
I'm sure that's part of the "creative" part of this whole thing. In exchange for the promise of relocaction, Hansen would require them a discount on the expansion fee assessed so it would turn into a win-win for all parties involved. In that case, the ROI on his investment would be much greater once Seattle gets a team. Perhaps with more leverage in expansion areas too. Just a hunch though, but since Seattle was screwed so badly last time, I can't imagine he wouldn't ask for significant cocessions from the NBA in exchange for the promise of relocation.
Since Stern is retiring in February, I can't imagine he wants to continue the trend of constant relocation since Seattle & Charlotte had otherwise solid fan bases before their teams were moved.
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For the overall price it won't be cheaper anymore (since the article was written months ago). But what expansion does is it gives Hansen another opportunity to add major players to his ownership group to lessen the cost for everyone involved. We know he's passioniate about getting the NBA back in Seattle, but according to dmbrhs he's nearly a recluse when it comes to speaking, so he might let a local investor take the lion's share of ownership so long as it means pro basketball back in Seattle.
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Why does he need any more investors when he's got crazy *** Ballmer
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crazy to think that, if the Kings stay, it will be the first time in over 20 years that the Kings are truly safe..... and to think of all the sellout seasons Kings fans gifted to Jim Thomas
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my critical thinking skills aren't quite there yet today
what does CD mean "can the Kings stay"? Why is that in question?
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He might've phrased that wrong. In this case "can" is too misleading, CAN the Kings stay? Yes. CAN the Maloofs renig their intent of selling if Hansen is denied? Yes. Maybe CD meant "will?"
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I should have included his next tweet.
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Local group as in the ~25 local investors or Vivek/Mastrov/Jacobs and crew?
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I'm not sure, but I'm assuming he's talking about Vivek's group. I think he's pretty much saying they're crossing their t's and dotting their i's. I think this is what the extra time is for.
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So the decision to make a recommendation on Monday was to allow Vivek and co. to finalize on their end?
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Thats a possibility but I don't think we'll get a reason for them moving it so I'm not gonna make any assumptions
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