Maloofs Chasing Hockey And Baseball...And Are OK With Kings In SacTown

((HT: Sacramento Bee/Voisin))

It's no secret that the Maloofs want to get rid of the Sacramento Kings...

But Ailene Voisin's column has a few interesting elements in it:

1) They're cool with the Kings staying if the local bid matches... BUT... from her article...

"We're giving Sacramento every opportunity to keep the team," one source said Thursday, "but they keep blowing every deadline. We haven't seen anything in writing."

2) The ins and outs of the ownership group, specifically Ron Burkle's exit, caused the Maloofs to lay out the 5PM Friday deadline for a matching bid from the city. Burkle had been in a bid before with Larry Ellison, but got turned down. Ellison wanted to move the team to San Jose. Ellison moved on to the Warriors...

3) The Maloofs want to pursue a team in either Major League Baseball or the NHL. Voisin says that the Maloofs have had conversations with NHL commish Gary Bettman about having a team in Las Vegas.

PM UPDATE: On the "Satellite Hotstove" segment this evening on CBC's "Hockey Night in Canada," FOSG Elliotte Friedman refutes that thought to a degree. Friedge says the talks haven't been for five years... the ECHL Wranglers currently play in the Orleans Arena, which seats maybe 8,000 on a good day. An arena would have to be built to meet NHL specs- perhaps the Maloofs have a place in mind...

And former Facebook CFO Chris Kelly is in the group to keep the Kings in town as well...
((HT: News 10))