Is the Sacramento Era nearing an end?

by Chris The Greek on Feb 14, 2007 4:22 PM PST Comment 4 comments

[editor's note, by louismg] Bumped due to significance. Speculation is fun, but this has more weight.

Last night on the Local Fox 40 news, and again in the Sacramento Bee this morning, reports are coming out about David Stern making a huge announcement about Las vegas.

Lord Stern said that he is NO LONGER OPPOSED to having an NBA franchise in Las Vegas. He even went as far as to say that if the 30 current NBA owners voted to move a franchise to Las Vegas, he would not veto it.

A big part stopping it is the Sports Books, but a pro team in Las Vegas would most likely come under the "UNLV" rule, where a team would be off the books while playing there.

Now Stern and the Maloofs both say that it wont be the Kings, because the money to be made from an expansion franchise is much greater than moving a team; however, I dont see Stern wanting to dillute the NBA talent pool any more than it is. Guys like Jake Tsakalidis should not have an NBA home.

What I dont know is if this is Stern playing the ultimate of hardball with the city of Sacramento, espeicailly since the city government of Las Vegas is scrambling to organize a location and financing plan for a new arena.

I really think that peices are in place now, and if a new Arena is not built, we might be ushering in the Las Vegas Kings. (Shudder)

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/123201.html

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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Re: Is the Sacramento Era nearing an end?

For what it's worth, that story says Las Vegas would be a better fit for an expansion team than an existing team like the Kings. My feeling is that the NBA already has too many teams, and should wait for one to move there instead.

Kings-obsessed. A's obsessed. More ramblings: louisgray.com

by louismg on Feb 14, 2007 8:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs