In a strongly worded blog posted on his website Tuesday night, Mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson wrote the franchise’s possible relocation to Anaheim “feels like a slow death” and this “will likely be the Kings’ final weeks in Sacramento after 26 years.”
Johnson met with Kings owners Joe and Gavin Maloof last month and has believed since that the Kings will leave after this season.
After years of not receiving public dollars to build a new arena in Sacramento, the Maloofs began discussions with Anaheim officials about relocating the franchise to Orange County.
“The slow death is almost over. It’s painful,” Johnson concluded. “But a new beginning is right around the corner.”