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Video: Maloofs talk arena, new CBA, revenue sharing

December 15th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

The Maloofs finally broke their silence today, meeting the press at Sacramento Kings Media Day this afternoon.  The video above includes quotes from Joe and Gavin addressing questions about the arena project, the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement and revenue sharing.

Additional link:  Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee reports that the Maloofs may be softening on that March 1st relocation deadline.

“I’m sure we’ll always have flexibility,” said the oldest of the Maloof siblings. “The league has always been flexible … so I don’t know about that (a firm deadline.). There are a lot of people working in a positive vein this time, where before, there was a lot of negativity. But everybody is on board. So we’re optimistic guys. We want to get it done here in Sacramento.”

Added Gavin Maloof: “We’re very happy to be here. Obviously the city and the fans have meant a lot to us over the last 12-13 years of our ownership.”

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  • http://twitter.com/Kingsguru21 Nate Hughart

    Sounds like the Maloofs will be getting some of that revenue sharing money.

  • http://twitter.com/itsJONsantiago Jon Santiago

    I was inspired to ask them that question because of our friends over at Bucksketball, who have quotes from Herb Kohl giving exact numbers on the revenue sharing dollars Milwaukee will receive. Check out Jeremy Schmidt’s post: http://www.bucksketball.com/2011/12/herb-kohl-opens-up-about-the-lockout-franchise-tags-competitive-balance-and-the-milwaukee-bucks

  • http://twitter.com/Kingsguru21 Nate Hughart

    I’m glad you asked the question Jon. But as much as Kohl isn’t beholden to David Stern, the Maloofs very much are. Any revealing details about it (whether the Maloofs knew it or not is not the issue) and Stern would have been so upset with them. They want to hold onto their team and pissing off Stern at this juncture is not the most useful way to do that.

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