Post by Denver Nuggets on Jun 17, 2017 19:22:02 GMT -6
The Sacramento Kings submit their application to relocate to the beautiful City of Denver, CO.
Following Vivek's death, and the assumption of ownership by one J. Williams, a decision was made to pursue an alternative direction for the team. Vivek's dying wish was to replicate the culture and success of Golden State. He set out to modernize the team, build the most technologically advanced arena in the league, and acquire the next Steph Curry at whatever cost.
The plan would have undoubtedly led Sacramento to disaster. One can imagine the return Sacramento might have received if it had moved Boogie under Vivek's leadership. New ownership hates Golden State, desires to refocus the team's resources on the basketball side of operations, and is convinced that Boogie is precisely the star to build a championship contender around, but new ownership has no connection to or interest in the Sacramento market. New ownership hates purple.
Denver is the perfect location to relocate the team and escape the legacy of Vivek's failures. The town is booming and beautiful. It is one of the few cities in America at the forefront of a burgeoning cannabis industry, and it is a damned shame that Denver's fans are no longer able to enjoy the skills of Nikola Jokic. The fans are starved to observe skilled centers dominate teams bereft of talented interior players like the San Antonio Spurs. Sacramento's team can provide precisely that.
Sacramento's current ownership provides the exact expectations that Denver's fans have been used to lately. The team will never enter a full rebuild. The team will always be working towards creating a lasting contender. The next few years will be difficult as the team works to rid itself of Vivek's disastrous free agent signings of the cripple, Chandler Parsons, and the dinosaur, Dwight Howard. Nonetheless, the team retains enough talent to compete with the best of the teams in the West in any given week. The team also benefits from having a number of former Denver players, from Ty lawson and Jameer Nelson to Gary Harris and Mason Plumlee. With smart free agent signings, the team will be prepared to be a perennial contender within 2-3 years time without the need for a major rebuild.
