Despite the NBA lockout the new Sacramento area sports complex is moving forward according to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.

The NBA has canceled the first two weeks of games, but that is not going to stop Johnson. He issued the following statement:

“While like many others we hope that the NBA and the players are able to come to an agreement, our focus has always been that this facility is more than just a professional basketball arena but rather, similar to what has taken place in Kansas City, an entertainment and sports complex that will generate economic activity and create jobs,”

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The Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 to approve spending $555,000 on the consultants for the new arena. The only decenting votes came from Sandy Sheedy and Darrell Fong. Sheedy said “a limit to what we can do in terms of funding an arena.” . . . “We are moving ahead with money that we can’t spend,”. While Darrell Fong wanted more outside involvement saying he had “serious concerns” that other local government are not spending any money on these consultants.

The money will be spent on lawyers, investment bankers, municipal financing consultants, parking experts, and other consultants. The consultants included firms like Barrett Sports Group.

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Reading local blogs and news reports there is a lot of speculation out there on the future of the Kings. Will they stay in Sacramento or will they go? All of this second guessing is by design. The decision was made weeks ago, but the Sacramento residents are still being being told there is hope, and their may be a little still out there.

There is no way the Maloofs would allow an official announcement before the end of the season. They were making far too much money off the increased ticket sales. Now it’s David Stern turn to make all of this as profitable as possible. Sacramento is simply a pawn in a much larger game.

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Moving the Sacramento Kings has been a rumor for a while now, but we have learned this evening that they will in fact be moving to Anaheim.

The new Anaheim Kings will be playing in the Honda Center for the next NBA season. The “official” announcement is scheduled to be made around mid or early May. The only item preventing the Kings from moving is an approval by a majority of the NBA’s owners. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers are already fighting the move, but the Maloofs will try to convince other teams in the league that the move is a good idea.

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The Sacramento Kings have requested an extension to the deadline for moving the team. Originally the NBA required the Kings to announce their intentions by March 1st.

In a statement from the NBA, they said: “The Sacramento Kings have requested an extension of the March 1 deadline to give Kings ownership the opportunity to discuss their options with the Board of Governors at its April 14 – 15 meeting,”

The Kings are currently in negotiations with Anaheim officials about a moving the team to Orange County.

Will the Sacramento Kings move to a new city? That is the question being asked and there are no real answers. The Sacramento Kings have not done well this year and fans are not as loyal as they once were. There is no new arena and the economy stinks. All of this has created lower ticket sales, but will it be enough to force the Maloofs to move the team?

The 22 year old ARCO arena was recently rename to the Power Balance Pavilion. In 2006, voters voted down a sales tax measure that would fund a new stadium.

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The Sacramento Kings are officially the worst team in the NBA. It’s not really a title anyone wanted, but the Kings have earned it. The Kings are just 5-21 for the season. I dismal record at best.

The Kings are on a six game losing streak. The 117-109 overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors was a tough one to watch. The Kings were up 84-70 at the start of the fourth quarter. A lead that should have held, but this is the Kings were are talking about.

Tonight the Kings play the Milwaukee Bucks who are 11-16 for the season. The game is at Arco Arena and tip off time is 7pm. Can the Kings beat the Bucks? The Buck beat the Lakers on Tuesday so maybe they are tired. Regardless of the score at the end of the game when you are in last place there is only one direction you can go.

Will Carmelo Anthony be a Sacramento King soon. Anthony has yet to accept or decline a very lucrative contract extension from his current Denver team. The rumor is that the Former Syracuse standout wants to become a true free agent and orchestrate a poer grab for a lucrative contact.

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The Sacramento Kings busted a ball and they are warning other NBA teams.  In an freak accident Francisco Garcia broke his right wrist when an exercise ball burst.  Kings co-owner Joe Maloof ordered an e-mail sent to the NBA’s other 29 teams.  Apparently he felt there are unforeseen dangers when using exercise balls.  Garcia was lying on his back doing dumbbell presses with 90-pound weights in each hand when the ball burst.

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