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#NBAKings - Kevin Johnson's message to Seattle Sonic fans: "I wanna say this for the folks in Seattle. When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in all the NBA and no different than Sacramento - incredible fans. When they lost their team a couple years ago, it was devastating to me. Because those fans fought like crazy, they were rowdy, but they cheered on the home team. And I strongly believe, they do deserve an NBA team at some point - just not ours."
He continued after a brief break to applause. "And I would also caution the folks in Seattle - don't celebrate too early. And because we as a community, we've had the emotional roller coasters. It's hard and it's tough. And I would hate for them to be misled. And at the end of the day, if they don't get a team in the time frame that they want, it's going to be very hard. And I just think for the fans in Seattle, be cautiously optimistic, be smart. This isn't about our city against their city or one mayor against another mayor. We have something that's ours, we want to keep it and we're gonna do everything we can to make Sacramento the final resting place of the Sacramento Kings." — Jonathan Santiago (@itsjonsantiago) January 23, 2013