Micky Arison, the owner of the Heat and CEO of Carnival Cruises, engaged with a Seattle fan through Twitter Direct Messages, apparently. And Arison defended his vote in favor of keeping the Kings in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the Sacramento group led by Vivek Ranadivé is being encouraged by the NBA to place the full $341 million into escrow in order to persuade the Maloof family to sign a deal with them.

In a projection that is likely to shuffle around many times between now and the NBA draft, Chad Ford's latest mock draft projects the Kings taking UNLV Forward Anthony Bennett.

Two of us consider whether Keith Smart should be retained by new Kings management.

Lil' Buckets had a rough 2012-13 in the aggregate, but his contract still looks rather fair and shouldn't be a burden.

Some in Seattle are trumping up the fact that while the relocation committee voted 7-0 to reject a Kings move, the NBA finance committee did not vote on Chris Hansen's purchase. But there's a twist.

A new report by the Sports Business Journals details the substantial lengths the potential Sacramento Kings ownership group has gone to in order to prevent the Kings from moving to Seattle.

A publication focused on sports facilities and fan experiences rated all 30 NBA arenas after 2012-13 visits. Sleep Train is at the bottom. Quelle surprise.

As was reported earlier this week, Vivek Ranadivé and his partners have put 50% of the purchase price of the Kings into escrow, according to reports.

It seems all but certain that the Kings will stay in Sacramento, and yet Chris Hansen continues to fight. And while it would be nice for us if he just conceded, I don't blame him at all.