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And he vowed "fair dealing and ultimate consideration down to the road" for any future efforts to land an NBA team in Seattle, which saw its last franchise -- the Supersonics -- leave for Oklahoma City in After Wednesday's vote, Johnson said he was excited the Kings are staying put, saying it will be a boon for his city. And he promised that he and others in Sacramento will continue working to execute their plan. It's just not a very good city. With a layer of smog that sits in the valley—which also blocks the view of the white-capped Sierra Nevadas—to the disgusting, brown water of the Sacramento River, the city just isn't aesthetically pleasing.
In short, Sacramento just isn't an ideal sports city. Seattle, on the other hand, boasts famous landmarks such as the Space Needle, with Mt. Rainier rising up impressively in the background. Seattle is a slightly bigger market than Sacramento. With a population of over ,, it's bigger than Sacramento's, which is less than , people. That means it will be easier to lure free agents to the team because people would want to live in the Emerald City.
More money would come from television contracts, which would obviously be used on the team hopefully. The club wouldn't have to rely so heavily on the draft, like so many teams in smaller markets have to do.
Having another sports team in Seattle would be a big boost in the job market as well, while that same reason will be a huge negative for Sacramento. And besides, who wouldn't want to play in a city where you can throw fresh fish around in your local market? In , the Kings appeared determined to move to Anaheim before Johnson convinced the NBA to give the city one last chance to help finance an arena.
At one point, Johnson seemed so certain the team was gone he called the process a "slow death" and compared the city's efforts to keep the Kings a "Hail Mary. Johnson made a pitch to the NBA Board of Governors in April , promising league owners the city would find a way to help finance a new arena to replace the team's current outdated suburban facility.
That pitch bought the Kings time, before the brokered deal between the city and the Maloofs fell apart last year. Sacramento Kings set to move to Seattle after Maloof family agree sale.
The Thunder used to be the Seattle SuperSonics.
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