Kings Again Partner With CSN California For Broadcasts
The NBA season has been shortened from 82 to 66 games because of the labor dispute, but at least Sacramento Kings fans will be able to watch all the games in high definition.
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The NBA season has been shortened from 82 to 66 games because of the labor dispute, but at least Sacramento Kings fans will be able to watch all the games in high definition.
The Sacramento City Council voted 7-2 late Tuesday night in favor of moving forward with a controversial plan to privatize city parking spots to help finance a new sports complex.
The Sacramento Kings have signed free agents Lawrence Hill and Adrian Oliver, bringing the training camp roster to 15 players.
As the delayed and trimmed-down NBA season gears up for tip-off later this month, Kings officials and arena task force members are releasing new details into developments for fans and city leaders.
For the 19th consecutive season, 1140 The Fan will serve as the radio home of the Sacramento Kings. The Kings organization announced Tuesday that both sides reached a long-term agreement extending their broadcast partnership, the same day their 2011-12 schedule was released..
Some members of the Sacramento Kings have returned to Sacramento and were back at the team's practice facility on Monday for voluntary workouts.
Christmas will come a few days earlier for those NBA fans who have been longing for some basketball and who may have feared the 2011-12 season was lost.
Fans aren't the only ones cheering the end of the NBA lockout. Smaller market teams like the Sacramento Kings have reason to be optimistic after what all this stern and painful labor talk has delivered -- a more even playing field.
Talks aimed at ending the NBA lockout have resumed, two people with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday, with a quick settlement necessary to start the season by Christmas.
The company behind the recently crowned Power Balance Pavilion has filed for bankruptcy, according to court papers.
The Sacramento Kings may not be playing basketball right now due to the lockout but they are still making some personnel moves.
The NBA players decided Monday to reject the owners latest offer, increasing the odds that the entire 2011-12 season will be lost, but city leaders have said that the lockout has no impact on their plans to build a new downtown Sacramento arena.
NBA players have until Wednesday to accept Commissioner David Stern's latest offer, though the response already seems obvious. "Right now, we've been given the ultimatum, and our answer is that's not acceptable to us," union president Derek Fisher said.
At one point it seemed like a real possibility that the Sacramento Kings would play elsewhere next season, but the NBA players union head said if the lockout isn't resolved, next season the Kings may be gone altogether.
