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Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

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  • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

    Is today Troll GrangeRushHibbert Day? *****... I'm half tempted to hit the report button.

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    • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

      Originally posted by pacer4ever View Post
      have you been following the story for the past 4 years? They had an agreement to keep the team in Sacramento had a plan to build a new arena last year both parties agreed and the douches that the Maloofs are backed out.
      It's funny because I was just ripping a game from last year and this exact item was on the crawl - the arena agreement was done and it would keep the Kings in town. I had forgotten about that.

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      • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

        Originally posted by 2minutes twoa View Post
        The Maloofs should never be able to enter an NBA arena without getting booed!
        "I think they are screaming 'Malooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof'"

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        • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

          Sacramento certainly has supported their team, I will not argue that in the least. But to be fair to Seattle I think the video/stats posted by Grangerushibbert is a bit misleading and understates the support Seattle had for the Sonics.

          One thing about the capacity numbers that seems incorrect is that they don't account for 2 issues in Seattle - they played 94-95 in the Tacoma Dome, not in Seattle, and before the Key Arena redo that year the arena held about 14,000 for basketball, and was upped to 17,000 afterward.

          Also along those lines you have one city getting a brand new team (see Indy selling out Colts games in year 1) and shortly after getting a new arena which was dramatically nicer than Key prior to it's own rebuild in 94-95 (it was nearly 30 years old, and SMALLER THAN ARCO even with the rebuild).

          So a new NBA show in town with only 10000 seats to sell for the first 3 seasons, then a brand new arena after that to refresh interest. Meanwhile a team is playing in something about 10 years older than MSA, has been around forever, and has a title and another Finals in it's recent history. For comparison just look at the dip in Sacto's own attendance once you get out past "new" and "winning" and into some "old news, down seasons" era, like 97-98 or 07-08.

          The year the new Key Arena opened they basically sold out the whole year. "Magically" they start selling 3000 more seats and reach that 17000 average attendance. Whoever made that video clearly forgot about the Key upgrade AND the fact that the Sonics used to schedule a few games in Tacoma much the way the Celtics used to play away from Boston (Hartford?).

          When you take into account that old Key Arena was 3000 seats smaller you see that the Sonics were 100% capacity for every 50 win season, apart from just missing it in 04-05. And given the fact that circa 85-86 the team had gone from title caliber to 31 wins, it's understandable that attendance that year was low. Wilkins had been fired after 31 wins and Bickerstaff came on and won 31 again in 85-86 when this chart starts.

          As soon as they started playing better the attendance went up and hit capacity during the prime winning seasons.

          And previously they'd been a massive draw too while playing in the KINGDOME (which had just opened). From 78-79 to 81-82 (4 seasons) they LED THE NBA in total attendance, even though in that 3rd season they were sub-500 and didn't make the playoffs. This is what a taste of winning and a cool new stadium can do for a fanbase, as well as having a big enough venue. They SET THE NBA RECORD for attendance at the time during the 78-79 season, just 7 years prior to the Kings start/chart start. They had at the time single game playoff records for attendance with a staggering 39,000 and 40,000 for 2 different games.

          They then started to slip AND moved back to Seattle Center/Key. With this their attendance fell back. The last 2 years of the Kingdome they were 10th and 20th in NBA attendance. The first year at Seattle Center they were last and the team was about to fire Wilkins for the first of two 31 win seasons.


          Adjusted numbers for smaller Key pre-update:

          85-86: Sonics (31-51) 57%
          86-87: Sonics (39-43) 62%
          87-88: Sonics (44-38) 86%
          88-89: Sonics (47-35) 92%
          89-90: Sonics (41-41) 87%
          90-91: Sonics (41-41) 89%
          91-92: Sonics (47-35) 100%
          92-93: Sonics (55-27) 100%
          93-94: Sonics (63-19) 100%

          94-95: Sonics (57-25) ??? - unsure if Tacoma Dome should be expected to hold 17K for Sonics games, if you live in Seattle or know someone who does then you know that Sonics season ticket holders in the Seattle area aren't just zipping 30-40 minutes over to Tacoma. This would be having the Warriors move down to San Jose for only 1 season, except that probably more ticket holders work in the San Jose or San Fran area than Sonics ticket holders live/work in Tacoma.




          The point is that Seattle earned it's rep long before Sacto had a team even. Comparing the new Kings in a new arena to the old Sonics in an old arena is about the same as comparing the Kings attendance currently vs 10 years ago. Seattle had proven to be one of the best NBA markets in the NBA despite not being a 1 team town. We might as well debate over whether Kansas City or Cleveland is the better NFL town.



          The other point is that I'm an uptight, detail oriented stats freak.

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          • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

            Originally posted by rabidpacersfan View Post
            OT and sorry to start a fight here but am I the only one that finds GrangeRushHibbert's avatar very offensive (the "America's Suicide Capital" part, not the photo), aside from being (I think) a forum rules violation?

            And GrangeRushHibbert have you ever even been to Portland before? And didn't we have a long thread on this very topic last year?

            FYI your facts are wrong anyway. http://www.businessinsider.com/most-...es-2011-7?op=1

            Sorry guys I really can't let this one go, super offensive. I've had friends and their family members commit suicide in my lifetime, it's nothing to joke about.
            Thought Police on Patrol.

            Your personal life experience does not dictate what somebody else thinks about the city of Portland. Get over it.

            His Location tag was not directed at any individual in a derogatory way . I don't see how its worthy of your relentless scrutiny.
            You can't get champagne from a garden hose.

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            • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

              Originally posted by graphic-er View Post
              Thought Police on Patrol.

              Your personal life experience does not dictate what somebody else thinks about the city of Portland. Get over it.

              His Location tag was not directed at any individual in a derogatory way . I don't see how its worthy of your relentless scrutiny.
              You seem to be confused about the difference between "thought" and "speech." He didn't think it, he posted it.

              His avatar was a photo saying "Portland Sucks" and his tagline was "America's Suicide Capital." I don't think it's much of a stretch to call that highly offensive.

              His reaction to being challenged on it was to change his avatar, pretend it never happened, and accuse me of "trolling" him. So there's that.

              He's on my ignore list so I'm done with it from here on out.

              Finally, speaking of speech, it's my right to express displeasure with the content of someone's post. Get over it.
              Last edited by rabid; 01-25-2013, 10:33 PM.

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              • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                Originally posted by rabidpacersfan View Post
                You seem to be confused about the difference between "thought" and "speech." He didn't think it, he posted it.

                His avatar was a photo saying "Portland Sucks" and his tagline was "America's Suicide Capital." I don't think it's much of a stretch to call that highly offensive.

                His reaction to being challenged on it was to change his avatar, pretend it never happened, and accuse me of "trolling" him. So there's that.

                He's on my ignore list so I'm done with it from here on out.

                Finally, speaking of speech, it's my right to express displeasure with the content of someone's post. Get over it.
                You're correct, its your right to complain about whatever grinds your gears, regardless how frivolous or self righteous it may be.
                You can't get champagne from a garden hose.

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                • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                  Sacramento has done everything that should be needed to keep their team. If you do everything that they have done then you shouldn't lose your team.
                  "Danny Granger is one of the top players in the league. To move Danny, you better get a lot back." - Larry Bird

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                  • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                    Since I helped derail the thread I'll get back on-topic. I'd really like to see the Kings stay in Sacramento, the city seems to really really want to keep the team and they've had a loyal fanbase over the years.

                    I hate that this has sort of been turned into a Seattle vs. Sacramento discussion. I think BOTH cities deserve teams. Hopefully this will pan out for everyone in the long run.

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                    • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                      Seattle should just wait until there is a team that doesn't have a city that wants to build a new arena.
                      "Danny Granger is one of the top players in the league. To move Danny, you better get a lot back." - Larry Bird

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                      • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                        And where were these buyers when they were trying to find a local buyer to keep the team in Seattle to begin with?
                        "Danny Granger is one of the top players in the league. To move Danny, you better get a lot back." - Larry Bird

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                        • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                          Originally posted by rabidpacersfan View Post
                          His reaction to being challenged on it was to change his avatar, pretend it never happened, and accuse me of "trolling" him. So there's that.
                          No, my reaction to it was to quietly change it just to stop you from trolling, to be blunt. There was never any, "pretend it never happened." That's just a figment of your imagination.

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                          • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                            Whether or not he's right, that's certainly how it looked.

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                            • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                              I used the Portland Sucks/Suicide Capital avatar/tagline combo for months.

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                              • Re: Rumors coming from Seattle that the Maloofs have sold the Kings

                                I've been taking in the conversation about the Kings franchise over on the KingsFans forum and one of the posters asked me to share this video synopsis of the last 4 years of the situation...
                                ...Still "flying casual"
                                @roaminggnome74

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