Hey Stephen, Mike is right on point about the attendance with the Kings thus far but before I get into that I want to go a little further with why the Maloofs would try to hide any knowledge of wanting to move the team out of Sacramento. The Maloofs have a reputation to keep because they're billionaires and have many ties around the world and plenty with Kings Fans. To let it be known that they would move the team would hurt their image and their status amongst NBA owners. They don't want to be known as the owners who moved the Kings to Sin City. For example, Clay Bennett who moved the Sonics from Seattle to OKC made it seem like he was gonna try and get an arena built in Seattle but knew he wasn't going to. It was just a ploy to make it seem like the City of Seattle were the bad guys. His intentions were to move the Sonics all along. Now Stephen you said it would seem like the Maloofs would lose more and your right on the dot there and I'll be discussing that in my next article. Even though the fans aren't coming out they will when the team starts producing some wins because who wants to pay money to see someone lose. Your so right Mike about the attendance, I've attended about seven or eight games this season and ARCO looks thread bare everytime. The charity stuff is a fact because my friend invited me to the Kings and Bucks game a couple weeks ago and those tickets were given to him by his job. He went on to say that they had plenty of them... so you get my drift?

Hey Hunnicutt, your comments are right on point. I definitely think that with the way the economy is right now, it's hurting the attendance along with the constant losing. The Kings have been playing well the last few games but it's gonna take a lot more than that to get the building packed again. I love how you outlined the Maloof's eonomic status. This is the reason why they decided to go young, they knew they wouldn't beable to afford veterans in the future. As far as them being under contract by another city, I really feel that the Maloofs aren't putting their eggs in one basket. They're looking everywhere to see what city can be more profitable than Sacramento and I'll be mentioning a lot about that in my second article.

You make some good points here Steve however, the NBA is about making money and if it's to move the Kings somewhere else to become a little more profitable, Stern will pull the trigger in a hot second.

RIGHT ON LEO!!! I'm getting tired of it too. These guys got to start earning every penny of what they get and that starts by coming out and playing the hardest every night!

That's true Geoff but like I said, I'm a bit fishy of what the Maloofs are thinking. I'm in Vegas right now and they're about to break ground on a new sports complex called the Silver State Arena and I already know that they're looking into a possible move if an arena can't get done in Sac.