Farewell to the Kings?

Well, things are not looking very good for the Sacramento Kings. I've been a fan for a very long time, and you've seen lots of pictures on this blog of the games. I've loved the team through good times and through bad. I think that's part of what makes a good fan.

Sacramento has always been known as having some of the best fans in the NBA. In fact, for a very long time, other teams did not look forward to coming to Arco Arena because we had the loudest fans in the NBA. Our fans have stood by the Kings through absolutely heartbreaking losses.

Due to a major serious of political and financial issues, it looks like the Maloofs (who own the Kings) will be filing to move the team to Anaheim, where they will become the Anaheim Royals. They can't stay the Kings because in addition to having two other basketball teams, LA has a hockey team named the Kings.

Here is the video of Jerry Reynolds and Grant Napear signing off for the season (and possibly forever). These two have been commentating for the Kings for years:

Absolutely heartbreaking.

I sincerely hope every owner in the league votes against the Maloofs. We'll see... The only real ray of light is
a billionaire by the name of Ron Burkle who claims to want to buy the Kings and keep them in Sacramento. All indications from the Maloof camp have been that they're completely against selling the Kings at all. Again, we'll see what happens. The NBA has pushed out the deadline to May 2nd, so we have another few weeks to speculate and agonize.

I'll leave you with a picture from our very last Kings game:

We Love Our Kings!