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Sacramento Kings

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    May 24, 2012

    Sonics History: How's This Gonna Work?

    With all the hubbub about the access for the Port of Seattle aside (and thank you KING-5's Chris Daniels for the traffic report this week!), it really does seem possible that we here in Seattle may be getting an NBA team back here within the next five or so years. The Sonics! . . . MAN. That would b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Another Reason Why the NBA Belongs In Seattle: It Skews Democratic

    As Seattle faces another setback in the slow march to regaining an NBA team, local basketball fans can take comfort in the knowledge that their favorite sport's politics line up with those of the region. OpenSecrets.org recently looked at the political donations from players, owners, and executives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Sacramento Kings Will Stay: No NBA Team for Seattle...Yet

    In "Old Yeller" the lovable golden retriever's original owner learns Yeller is more needed at his new home, so the old man lets the stray stay. If only Seattle were so lucky with our wayward basketball team, the Sacramento Kings.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    The Arena Dream - Now the Reality: Where Can Investors Buy NBA Team for Just $200 Million?

    If there's anyone rising to the level of beating Mike McGinn for mayor in 2013, it's the man who is suddenly making a second McGinn term seem feasible. Mayor? Hell, if Chris Hansen can pull off building a new Seattle arena and buying an NBA franchise with just a $500 million investment through a fin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Updated: Chris Hansen, Mystery Millionaire, Rises from Shadows with $500M Arena Deal

    Update : The proposal calls for a $500 million NBA and NHL arena, with $300 million paid by ArenaCo investors and $200 million by the city and county, which would be repaid. It's all dependent, however, on getting a team to move here. More after the jump. Earlier post: Unshaven, slouched in a chair ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Mayor McGinn Looks to Hit a Long Jumper to Bring Back the NBA and Perhaps Save Himself

    ​Author and basketball nut Sherman Alexie pondered recently what it would it mean for the city's psyche to bring back an NBA franchise. "The thing is if we get a team," he wrote on Sonicsgate, the official site of the 2009 documentary on how Seattle lost its team, "it's going to be somebody el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Exhibition Game Billed as "Seattle vs. the League" Will Not Bring the NBA Back to Seattle

    ​On July 23, KeyArena is slated to host some serious homegrown NBA talent--the first NBA talent to grace its hardwood since the Sonics skipped town three years ago--in an exhibition game for charity that is being marketed at "Seattle vs. the League." Seeing Aaron Brooks, Brandon Roy, Martell W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Sonic Karmageddon: Howard Schultz Rips Gary Payton at Book Event, Clay Bennett Named Head of NBA's Relocation Committee

    ​Howard Schultz refuses to deal with bitter Sonic fans who want to voice their opinions at his book signings, but the Starbucks chairman isn't applying the same muzzle to his own yapper. As reported on Dave Grosby's radio show on ESPN 710-AM, Schultz ripped Sonic legend Gary Payton for being s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    ESPN Gives Added Juice to Rumors That New Orleans Hornets Are Coming to Seattle

    ​Previous rumors that the Sacramento Kings might be bought by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and transplanted to Seattle have been thoroughly dispensed with on this blog and elsewhere. So when new rumors surfaced that the New Orleans Hornets--who are having trouble getting fans to actually attend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Steve Ballmer Unloads More Microsoft Stock: Will He Fund One-Way Mars Missions?

    ​Last week we told you about rumors (albeit, largely discredited) that the reason Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was selling off billions of dollars in company stock was so he could buy the Sacramento Kings and deliver an NBA team back to the Emerald City. Then, yesterday we wrote about how Washi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    More Outlets Blow Holes In Sac Kings Coming To Seattle Meme

    ​Ever since Sports Illustrated updated a story last Friday about a meeting between Sacramento Kings owner George Maloof and former SuperSonics exec Wally Walker in Seattle, everyone involved has done their best to downplay its significance. "It had nothing to do with us moving the team," Maloo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Steve Ballmer's Not Bringing the NBA Back to Seattle Anytime Soon

    ​Reputable local news outlets have been ablaze with speculation that Steve Ballmer's recent big-dough Microsoft stock cash-out means he's freeing up loot to buy the NBA's Sacramento Kings and relocate them to Seattle. Granted, Ballmer was part of a group of wealthy businessmen who made an 11th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Sonics' Fans Advice to Kings Fan: Pray

    ​The Sacramento Kings are having trouble getting a new stadium built, and now NBA-less cities like Kansas City are circling like vultures, just waiting for the inevitable implosion. Sound familiar? It sure does to one Sonics fan, who just wrote an open letter to the basketball-mad citizens of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    Two Large Men the Huskies Really Miss Are in Heavy Rotation in Sacramento

    Not this year, not the way it looks now. But at least Ryan "Peekaboo" Appleby has a Twitter page.​After falling out of the national Top 25 by way of a couple lopsided road losses to the Arizona colleges this past weekend, the overhyped Huskies now find themselves at the bottom of the Pac-10 st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Note to Maloof Bros: Spencer Hawes Is Too Cool for Your Summer League Schedule, and You Know What It's Like to Be Too Cool

    Seriously, how cool are these guys?Much has been made of the reunion of local prep stars-made-good/UW teammates Jon Brockman and Spencer Hawes on the NBA's Sacramento Kings. (Brockman is a Snohomish High grad, while Hawes balled at Seattle Prep).But those hoping to see the two together in the summer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Could Nate Robinson Be the Next Sacramento Husky?

    Back in April, SW ran a profile of former Husky Nate Robinson. An excellent piece by Rafe Bartholomew's, it was entitled "Nate Robinson, Little King." A prescient title that may prove. Former Husky hoop stars Jon Brockman and Spencer Hawes have reunited as members of the NBA's Sacramento Kings, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Brockman Drafted by Blazers, But Reportedly Heading to Kings

    Jon Brockman's selection by Portland moments ago in the second round of the NBA draft almost gave former Sonic fans yet another reason to root for their former rivals down south. What with Nate McMillan coaching the Blazers and former schoolboy stars Brandon Roy and Martell Webster on the roster, Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Honorary Olden Polynice Award: Kirkland Leash Law Vigilante

    Remember Olden Polynice? He's the muscular, mediocre center the Sonics traded future Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen for in 1987? The one who, on his second run with the team, nearly cost the Sonics a win against his former Sacramento Kings by performing celebratory pelvic thrusts as the player he was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Who Will Be the Next Sonics?

    On Saturday, Seely speculated that the financially strapped Sacramento Kings might migrate up the coast and settle in Seattle, giving us an NBA team once again. And as Bill Simmons noted, they're not the only NBA team losing money. While the Sonics' move to OKC had everyone up to the New York Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2009

    Could Spencer Hawes Be Headed Home?

    The ex-Seattle Prep and UW star has never wavered in his love for the Sonics (or George W. Bush), and talk is heating up that his current NBA employer, the Sacramento Kings, will move to another city if their arena issue isn't resolved soon (sound familiar, Sonic fans?). Anaheim is being mentioned a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Is James Donaldson Running for Mayor?

    After declaring his interest in running for city council quite some time ago, the towering ex-Sonic has made it clear that he's exploring a run for mayor. So today we asked Donaldson if he'd decided which office to run for yet. His reply: "I know in my mind the decision is made, but I'm not ready to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Spencer Hawes Pays Fashionable Homage to Supes

    Former Seattle Prep and UW star Spencer Hawes arrived in Oklahoma City last night for the Sacramento Kings' game against the Thunder dressed to avenge the Sonics' defection from Seattle. Per the Sacramento Bee: "As the Kings' second-year center strolled through Ford Center on Sunday, his message wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    NBA Team Poach Target: Sacramento

    This is a crowd shot of Arco Arena in Sacramento from a recent Kings game. Granted, the Kings are terrible -- but the Sonics were terrible last year, and they'd have double this many attendees for even an early-season showdown with the equally terrible Memphis Grizzlies. Sacramento's been a pretty ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2008

    There’s a Seattleite Breaking NBA Records

    Hint: He ain’t a Sonic.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    The Port and the Pot Granny

    Don't expect the tolerance of Hempfest to extend to Sea-Tac Airport.

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Space Cadets

    The Sonics stand around, launch three-point shots, and wish for the moon.

  • Diversions

    October 23, 2002

    Punk-Ass Preview

    In which Gary Payton learns who's in charge of the Sonics.

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