Few to Blame in Sacramento Kings Arena Quandary

by Tom ZillerFiled under: Kings, NBA Fans, NBA Rumors, Sports Business and MediaLast week, the latest idea to get a new arena suitable for the Kings built in Sacramento crashed and burned. Literally dozens of previous blueprints have gone down the same way. More troubling, the NBA, which had stepped in three years ago this month to help the Maloofs find a solution, this week announced that it more or less has washed its hands of the situation, effectively giving the Maloofs a green light to relocate, if they so choose.

Will they so choose? Are the Kings on rails out of Sacramento?

It's unlikely there will be an answer to that question until late February 2011, which is the league's deadline for teams to file for relocation ahead of the 2011-12 season. Joe Maloof told Sacramento sports anchor Jim Crandell on Thursday that the brothers aren't discussing relocation, but admitted that cities have courted the Kings in recent years. Those advances will only increase as the Sacramento situation continues to look bleaker by the day.

Perhaps most difficult for fans to accept is that it will be pretty darn difficult to blame the Maloofs if they do decide to leave. But what about the NBA, who after three years of trying now appears to be abandoning the market? Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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