ARTICLE FROM sacbee.com (Full story click here)

I am getting nervous about the return of the Seattle Sonics here in Seattle. Why? But Mayor Kevin Johnson is doing everything possible to try to keep the Sacramento Kings in town. And I mean everything. Keep in mind folks Mayor Johnson played in the NBA for 13 years.

The Sac-Town City Council voted 7-2 for funding on a $448 million downtown arena. The city would put in $258 million. KJ has lined up starting lineup of billionaires to go up against the Seattle group led by billionaires Steve Ballmer and Chris Hansen.

Johnson’s group and the Seattle group will all fly to New York to meet with David Stern and others and throw down their story on April 2nd. This is a BIG day.

Will the Kings move to Seattle and play the next two seasons here in their former home of Key Arena while the new arena is being built? Man I am getting nervous. Real nervous.

A few weeks ago sports radio jocks here in Seattle were making fun of KJ and his fight to keep the Kings in Sacramento. But now they sound way different. They realize that Mayor Kevin Johnson is as serious as a heart attack about keeping his home town team in Sac-town. People are seeing here in Seattle that KJ is doing what David Stern said. And that is the Sac-town said had to do more than the Seattle team because he said the Seattle team seems to be a very strong team.

Some folks are saying we might and that is might know about where things stand after the two sides meet next week in NY. If not we will FOR SURE know on April 19th. That is when Micheal Jordan, Paul Allen, Mark Cuban and the rest of the NBA owners will meet and vote as to where the Kings will play. Will they stay in Sacramento or will the team move to Seattle and the we will have the return of the NBA in our city.

Like many others I am tired of reading articles and hearing this and that about the two sides of this battle. I want to know if the NBA will be back in town in the fall. A city that had the NBA for 41 years. I want to know!! I want to know NOW!!!  Gordon Curvey