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for some reason I always assumed Adam Silver was on Seattle's side of things during the whole Hansen debacle, apparently not.
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[h2]Adam Silver reportedly delivered key message to keep Kings in Sacramento[/h2]
By Drew Garrison @DrewGarrisonSBN on Oct 22 2013, 2:47p 14
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
The future NBA commissioner helped the "coin flip" odds Sacramento faced to keep the Kings land in their favor.
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The saga of the Kings staying in Sacramento was a long, twisting road. Every little detail was just a crumb in a path littered with board of governors meetings, rallies and arena proposals, but a new wrinkle was unveiled on how the decision was made. Adam Silver was a key voice that "changed the conversation" in a room that ultimately decided on keeping the Kings in Sacramento, according to John Lombardo and Terry Lofton's profile on the soon-to-be NBA comissioner for the Sports Business Journal:
Plenty of things needed to happen for Sacramento to keep their NBA franchise, especially with the Maloofs preferring the deal with Chris Hansen's Seattle-based group over the bid to keep the Kings in place.
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Sacramento needed to find a majority investors. multiple minority investors and even replacement minority investors, the investor group needed to reimburse Hansen's $30 million non-refundable deposit to the Maloofs and also needed to layout a plan for a "modern" arena.
Even with all of these requirement being met there were reports streaming in that Sacramento's fate was still a "coin flip." From the sound of things, it seems Silver's message of proving the stability of NBA franchises was one of the reasons that coin fell in Sacramento's favor.
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so picky. You sure you're not talking about deuce? I always thought his eye shape was kinda offish for whatever reason.
