Kings owner George Maloof was on Grant Napear's radio show on KHTK Friday afternoon to deliver a firm defense of his team's position.
Here are the highlights:
George Maloof is an American hero.
He thinks about his community first.
He believes that we should hire cops and firefighters and put that pesky arena thingy on the back burner.
He is says he's perfectly fine with a nice paint job on the old arena.
He says the team stands ready and able to spend money on players.
He doesn't understand why people consider him a villain.
It was such an impossibly lame, self-serving example of double-speak that you could barely believe he was able to get through the interview without uttering an evil giggle. Through it all, Mr. Napear barely managed to challenge a single assertion.
Like why the Kings allowed the NBA to negotiate for them over the past year without an inkling of what was being negotiated.
Like why Gavin and Joe have been effectively silenced after years of being the faces of the franchise.
Like why, if the Kings want to stay in Sacramento, they won't sign some kind of agreement to stay in the city for at least the next three years.
Like why any Kings fan should believe the Maloof family has the financial ability to compete in the world of professional sports.
Like pushing George to offer one example of how the Kings have spent any money in the past five years to spruce up the current arena.
Like why we should think that the Maloofs have any business acumen at all after the deterioration of both the Palms Casino and the Kings over the past 10 years.
Like why a team that was so committed to staying in Sacramento had all but packed the moving vans last year to head for Anaheim.
Then again, I suppose there is no need to question George Maloof about any of those things.
After all, he is an American hero.
