Here we go again.
Another tweet about the NBA and Seattle:
I’ve heard from reliable source that the Kings’ sale to Hansen-Ballmer in Seattle is done deal. Source said price of the sale is $525 million. The source said further that the Maloofs will have no stake or decision-making with Seattle team and are out.
This comes from Matt Steinmetz, a San Francisco reporter who works pregame and postgame for broadcasts of the Golden State Warriors and is a reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area.
This all began with a tweet from the daughter of an agent, followed by reports that the Seattle group nearly had a done deal. Then came Thursday’s cold water that the deal wasn’t close and could in fact never happen.
Seattle-raised multimillionaire Chris Hansen speaks to Sonics fans at a support rally June 14 at Occidental Park in Seattle's Pioneer Square. (Elaine Thompson/AP Photo)
The Sacramento Bee reported the tweet and added:
Eric Rose, a Kings spokesman, said, “Nothing has changed with our position that we will not comment on rumors or speculation about the Sacramento Kings franchise.”
Sources have told The Bee as recently as Thursday that the owners of the franchise – the Maloof family – still had not received a formal offer for the team, but was expecting an offer very soon.
Richard Benvenuti, a limited partner in the franchise, said this morning he had not been told of a sale.
“We haven’t heard anything about it,” Benvenuti said. His family owns 15 percent of the team.
