Why do the maloofs hate sacramento

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Loading comments Share this story Twitter Facebook. Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer can explain away their pursuit as collateral damage on behalf of Seattle. What do the Maloofs have to say for themselves? Clay Bennett sure wasn't nice to Seattle after he bought the Sonics in , but he was gone by mid The Maloofs have owned the Kings in Sacramento since They've cheered with Sacramento, wept with Sacramento, sweat with Sacramento, cursed the skies and refs with Sacramento.

But they've never really loved Sacramento, and tried to leave a few times, beginning in They saw an exit path in Relocation to Anaheim was basically a done deal Kevin Johnson, the Sacramento business community and fan groups rallied to convince the NBA to keep the Kings home, and the Maloofs never forgave Sacramento for it.

They told anyone who'd listen that as a family they couldn't just leave Sacramento. Bull puckey. They just knew the NBA wasn't going to back their plan to cash out in a major market at the expense of one of the NBA's old bright shining beacons of mid-market success.

So the Maloofs waited for the next opportunity to cash out huge at Sacramento's expense, and Hansen provided it.