If the Sacramento Kings do indeed relocate to Anaheim before next season, the Los Angeles Lakers' TV deal -- reported to be worth $3 billion over 20 years -- will shrink by 10 percent, reports ESPNLosAngeles.com's Arash Markazi. The Lakers announced a long-term deal with Time Warner Cable earlier this season to create two new regional sports networks (one tailored to Spanish-language fans); Time Warner disputed the $3-billion figure, but it's certainly a huge moneymaker for the Lakers. But a move by the Kings to Anaheim would potentially scratch away some of the Lakers' Orange County fan base, and Markazi reports a clause in the Lakers' TV deal shrinks the pay-out by 10 percent.
That gives Lakers' franchise owner Jerry Buss extra incentive to oppose a Kings move. Buss, Clippers' franchisee and the Golden State Warriors' ownership are all reported to be opposed to an Anaheim relocation for the Kings. Warriors' franchise owner Joe Lacob is said to be worried a move to the L.A. area would give precedent for another team looking to move to San Jose, about an hour south of Golden State's Oakland home.
It remains to be seen whether those three will get any other support from league ownership; the Kings' eventual relocation application would need majority approval, and the NBA has confirmed to SBNation.com that the Kings and Hornets would each get a vote. The Hornets are owned collectively by the other 29 franchise owners, but Jac Sperling has been designated as the presiding officer of the team, and will cast his vote based on the interests of the New Orleans franchise.
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How many people think that the Kings moving to Anaheim is a bad idea? It will be another New Orleans Hornets in the making. The Maloof Brothers are playing a very dangerous game. Essentially they are trying to bluff and blackmail officials in Sacramento and it will most likey end badly. Sacramento officials will most likely call their bluff and the Kings will be forced to play in more than over-saturated market that already has twon basketball teams.
by Jeffrey Thompson on Mar 28, 2011 10:44 AM EDT reply actions
I don't think they are bluffing.
I just think they are being seduced by the girl at the end of the bar and they can’t think straight right now. In the morning, like every cheap affair, they will live to regret it.
To move to Anaheim they will have to spend a ton of money to market the team in a market that eats losers for breakfast. Being a last place team like the Kings it won’t be cheap or easy. The honeymoon won’t last long once the Maloofs sober up and realize their mistake. By then it will be to late and their Kingdom will start to crumble around them. In the words of Chris Webber… "Good Luck".
by AyyJude on Mar 28, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Talk about Cayote Ugly!!!
It’s not a beautiful girl, however. It’s like the Maloofs are drunk and have beer goggles on only to wake up having to chew their arms off as it under the head of the biggest dog they have ever seen.
by Jeffrey Thompson on Mar 31, 2011 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Joe Lacob claims he has the 75 mile territorial guarantee in writing
Don’t all the teams have it then?
"But screw your courage to the sticking place - and we'll not fail"
Macbeth Act I, Sc VII
by lietothegirls on Mar 28, 2011 3:18 PM EDT reply actions
What good are the 75 mile rights if
1) teams are not compensated privately and
2) they can be overridden by a majority vote
"I think this can be a good line-up for us and we’ll see how it works." - PW on replacing Casspi and Beno with JT and Head in the starting lineup (Nov. 18, 2010 Sac Bee)
by kwill on Mar 31, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
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