The Kings have requested permission from the NBA to extend the March 1 deadline they are facing to formally file for a move to Anaheim in time for next season.
NBA spokesman Tim Frank announced the Kings have formally asked the league to extend the deadline, which would allow them to review their options with the NBA's Board of Governors at its April 14-15 meeting in New York.
The requested is currently being reviewed.
"We're going to fight," Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson said at a news conference. "The deal is not done. We know they're looking elsewhere. But it's not a done deal. If it was a done deal, they would have filed on March 1."
The Kings, who have spent 26 seasons in Sacramento, have seen numerous failed attempts to secure financing for the construction of a new arena.