David Stern said everything that could have been done to strike a deal for a new arena in Sacramento has been tried and failed.
"My optimism on there being a new building [in Sacramento] has faded completely," Stern said. "We really tried hard, the Maloofs spent a good deal of money .... And frankly it wasn't meant to be. I don't have any more good ideas. Where we flow on that, right now we have a season to worry about."