Maloofs Reportedly Won’t Sell Kings to Sac Group If Seattle Demands Aren’t Met

May 11th, 2013 by Ethan Grant Leave a reply »

Another day, another piece of drama surrounding the Sacramento Kings' potential relocation to the City of Seattle. 

This time, the Maloof brothers are pulling the one trump card out of their bags that ultimately could force league owners to approve a move to Seattle: The NBA can't force the Maloofs to sell the team. 

By the sound of things, current Kings ownership will milk that fact for all it's worth. 

According to a report from Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com, the Maloofs have made a deal with the Seattle-based firm interested in relocating the Kings to the upper Northwest, this time in "backup" fashion if NBA owners try to block the move again at the league meeting next week in Dallas. 

If the owners do not approve the Kings' move to Seattle, the Maloofs will be in no hurry to sell the team to the group trying to keep the team in Sacramento. Instead, they are more likely to try to sell a small share to the Seattle group to further complicate this growing issue.

Here's an excerpt from the report:

Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, the deep-pocketed Seattle-based investors tryi ...

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