Kings to San Jose?

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[A] source familiar with the situation said Jamison in recent months has met with the owners of the Sacramento Kings, who are looking for an alternative to aging Arco Arena.

Though it's far from certain that the Kings will ever play a game in San Jose, things have apparently moved far enough ahead that the San Jose City Council as early as month's end will vote on a "memorandum of understanding" that would guide negotiations with any National Basketball Association team.

Sam Amick of The Bee pushes today's Kings in San Jose story a step further by relaying an unreported rumor from last February.

The story indicates that there have been discussions in 'recent months' between the Kings and the HP Pavilion folks about a move. None of this shocked me, as I spent a good amount of time in February trying to verify this very information.

It's the reason I took this shot at team president John Thomas, who wouldn't call me back to confirm or deny whether he had been the one making a 'scouting' trip to San Jose to investigate the arena situation down there. I had numerous people telling me that was the case, but didn't go with it because I couldn't get it confirmed on the other end.

So basically, Kings president John Thomas likely participated in a fact-finding mission in San Jose as the team was at its most vulnerable, hemorrhaging money and selling off veterans amid the worst season in team history. Amick goes on to say he believe that considering nothing has moved forward in S.J. or anywhere, Gavin Maloof's assertion that there will be no relocation for 2010-11 was honest.

And while the reasons for the team's attempt to keep the S.J. visit quiet are obvious, boos to Thomas for sneaking around the media when presented with questions. No doubt a February revelation that the team had been talking to San Jose would have been painful, but now the Kings face these questions again heading into a new season, making the owners look like liars for the Sacramento fans. Not the best strategy there, boss.

I'd rather them not move at all, but this would be a hell of a lot better than them leaving the state or Northern Cali.

 

[stavi]

I hope the kings do stay...San Jose kings...i dont like it idk why just dont lol

 

[.s31t]

IDK... Kings are on the move.
Gary Payton wants to buy a team back into Seattle.

What are the choices now?
San Jose
Las Vegas
Seattle
Kansas City
New Jersey

Yeah... I think we'll see the league expand to 35-40 teams someday

 

[Pugz]

I really think Seattle's next, then LV.