Tweet of the Day: Big day for the future of the Sacramento Kings

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The Board of Governors (BOG) meeting in Dallas on Wednesday brings together two potential ownership groups representing two different cities. Both groups have the same goal: the acquisition of the Sacramento Kings NBA basketball franchise from current owners Joe and Gavin Maloof.

Wednesday’s meeting of the BOG will conclude with the league’s 30 owners voting on the proposal to relocate the Kings from Sacramento to Seattle. Both ownership groups will have an opportunity to address the Board with their proposals.

Link to the Past: Remembering the 1993 Postseason

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As we move towards the postseason, it is worth looking back two decades to one of the most memorable postseasons in NBA history, 1993.

All-Star Game to New York in 2015

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HOUSTON — Adam Silver stole the spotlight from David Stern at the commissioner’s final All-Star press conference … simply by directly answering a question.

After Stern revealed that both the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets had applied to host the league’s signature event two years from now, a reporter asked a follow-up question that Stern would never in a million years have answered.

“Will New York get the game?”

Hubbard: The end would be less than royal for Sacramento

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Sacramento became a big league town by building what looked like an airplane hangar in the middle of a field, filling it with 10,333 seats atop hardwood floors, dropping a basketball court on the floor and opening the doors to a city that had previously been a nice minor league town, although it was the capital city of California.

The facility, which eventually would become an office building, was purely Double A, but the atmosphere was out of this world. It was a throwback to the ‘40s and ‘50s when the NBA had teams in New York towns like Rochester and Syracuse and whistle stops like Fort Wayne, Ind.

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Sheridan: Clock ticking on Lakers; Kings to Seattle for sure?

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It is not a done deal that the Kings will move from Sacramento to Seattle, just as it is not a done deal that the Lakers will miss the playoffs. But both are looking more likely by the day.