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NBA returning to Seattle?
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chris98251":hdleg43g said:
That stuff is going to happen anyway, Sacramento will keep their history, and the history they stole from KC/Omaha/and where ever the hell else that franchise has been.
Anyway
I hope that if we get the Kings, that they just tear it down PC & JS style where everyones for sale, just one big ass fire sale. That team needs to be gutted, as much as I like Evans, he's not staying on a crappy team, and Cousins could carry a very nice price tag.
First things first though, the draft I'll be hoping for Burke, Oladipo, Smart, or Porter
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I would rather just focusing and getting a team, we aren't there yet people. Lots of twist and turns still ahead of us.
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Blitzer88":3gnnbhyc said:
Only if you believe the lies out of Sacramento.
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Throwdown":16xvojyw said:
Or believe that Stern is evil.......
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The bidding war sure turned out to be wonderful for the Maloofs. You'd almost think they orchestrated it with the demand to get an offer in writing from the Sac group.
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Lords of Scythia":185hflb9 said:The bidding war sure turned out to be wonderful for the Maloofs. You'd almost think they orchestrated it with the demand to get an offer in writing from the Sac group.
Pretty sure they did. They claimed they'd accept the same offer from Sacramento so that HBN would feel the pressure to up their offer. They also gained the additional bonus of looking a little bit less evil in the eyes of Sacramento.
It's aggravating, but hopefully the "bidding war" will end here so that the Maloofs don't benefit any more.
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I stand by my belief that the Maloof "put or shut up, come match and put your name on the dotted line" statement was done, if not by the direction of, with the full consent of Hansen. I also believe the $25m increase in valuation isn't a responsive move, but more or less a preemptive one. We are in the final stretch and Hansen basically fired a huge shot (and keep in mind he is under a gag order so his PR moves are limited) that made the statement that the Seattle group was going to outpay Sacramento no matter what. That trying to go dollar for dollar with this group is not going to be a successful strategy for Sac. He also showed "Maloofs told Sac to put money in the game, they didn't, I put even more." That's a big statement reaffirming that one side is invested and the other has just been talking about the idea of possibly considering toying with the thought of potentially maybe putting some money down if the right conditions arise, perhaps.The Outfield":2b0rfe7b said:Lords of Scythia":2b0rfe7b said:The bidding war sure turned out to be wonderful for the Maloofs. You'd almost think they orchestrated it with the demand to get an offer in writing from the Sac group.
Pretty sure they did. They claimed they'd accept the same offer from Sacramento so that HBN would feel the pressure to up their offer. They also gained the additional bonus of looking a little bit less evil in the eyes of Sacramento.
It's aggravating, but hopefully the "bidding war" will end here so that the Maloofs don't benefit any more.
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Is there anyway to petition the mods for Blitzer to get the moniker of ".NET Worry Wart"?
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While we're at it we can get you the "Thunder Fan" moniker
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Ouch, low blow! LOL!SacHawk2.0":3gk0hcw1 said:
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Throwdown":17ihxor4 said:
NO, I would prefer .Net Madden God though lol.
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SacHawk2.0":13fnvnbg said:
I'll just let this slide because we know you mad, bro
The Thunder don't bother me as much anymore, I just don't want them claiming what happened here. On top of that, I'm kind of a big ass fan of Ibaka.
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Blitzer88":1y1gn390 said:
You'd be that if you didn't keep duckin me on the xbox, sucka!
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Throwdown":1uge410x said:
Oh ok........say whatever makes you sleep at night :mrgreen:
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It's too entertaining to read Sonics Rising and then read Sactown Royalty. Each site puts their own spin on the news and the commenters from both sides agree :snack:
But I do think that Sactown puts more of an obvious spin/bias into the news.
But I do think that Sactown puts more of an obvious spin/bias into the news.
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I think part of the reason for that deadline was so that they could show that sacramento did get a chance to buy the team, we hear a lot from that side saying that for a couple of years that the Maloofs refused any local offers for the team and had looked outside of sacramento instead. That fact always scared me a little bit.
Now sarcamento clearly got a chance and didn't put up a bid that competes with the Seattle offer and I think that was a HUGE mistake that was caused by them not having their crap in order in time.
Now sarcamento clearly got a chance and didn't put up a bid that competes with the Seattle offer and I think that was a HUGE mistake that was caused by them not having their crap in order in time.
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I don't think they have the money to match or the desire to pay that much for a team in Sacramento, that's the biggest problem. If the Maloofs say "match it and put it in writing" and you know you can't and won't match, it's better to act like you're going a different direction than conceding where you're at financially. They're hoping the NBA will reject Seattle and push the Maloofs towards a smaller offer that reflects a small market with no hope of a big TV deal and lots of low ranking economic indicators. These guys might be disorganized a bit in Sac, but I don't think they're stupid.
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What is what with this report from someone in Sacramento that Stern already has 5 owners ready to vote no and at the drop of a hat could call others and get 5 more? I hate Stern!
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