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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz on Tue, 01/30/07, 05:07pm:

Category: General

Did you know that the Clippers recently expressed interest in moving to Kansas City?

Neither did I. But according to KMBC-TV in Kansas City:

[KMBC's Jim] Flink reported that the LA Clippers and two other franchises have expressed interest in the Sprint Center.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review picked up KMBC's story. For a while now, the Pens have been cited as the professional sports team most likely to migrate to the City of Fountains, or Fountain City, or whatever, so that makes some sense.

I can't imagine that Jim Flink has any reliable source for the Clippers' angle. What I can imagine is someone with a sense of humor humoring a local television reporter from the Midwest, dropping the names of some historically embattled franchises for shits 'n' giggles, or just to get the guy off the phone. What's interesting is that I haven't seen the rumor mentioned in local press here, though it's entirely possible that I missed it.

Remember, the Clips signed a ten year lease agreement with Staples in the fall of 2004, the same day they waived Trajan Langdon. The terms of that deal are nearly impossible to find, but if it replicates, in any way, the benefits for DTS of the previous lease, I suspect it's a favorable one.

Comments

d.han wrote:

A little unrelated to the the whole kansas city thing, but another rumor that didn't get alot of discussion (especially on clipperblog) was the trade with the Nets.

Interesting... I guess Air Canada just isn't what he used to be.

This was a completely random post.

01/30/07 18:31:06

Dave wrote:

If Mr.Sterling is going to sell his team to a highest bidder, why not buy & move to Kansas City?

It would be a nice round trip from Buffalo City to Kansas City.

01/30/07 22:23:39

keith el otro wrote:

i highly doubt that would happen, as you said, i bet DS has a sweetheart deal with staples, and why move just as the fan base has something (well, kinda) to cheer for.

as for air canada, he's actually been studding out lately (starting with that clipper game, wow). of course, he'll never be a defensive stopper, but the guy, much as I think it's just crap what he did to Toronto, i have to say, can still just flat out score in a dizzyingly variety of ways.

keep up the great work kevin, you're my first stop every morning. aloooha.

01/31/07 10:19:32

steven wrote:

man.. doug christie? this brother reade song sums it up...

<a href="http://day19.com/GTFU/Broth..." target="_new">http://day19.com/GTFU/Broth...</a>

01/31/07 13:39:14

Joe wrote:

If Donald Sterling wouldn't move his Clippers the short ride down the road to Anaheim because Anaheim wasn't LA and as a Real Estate mogul the one thing he knows is that Los Angeles is one of the few major cities in the whole world therefore making his franchise much more valuable(see the Anaheim Angels vs. Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim dispute) why with all due respect to wonderful Kansa City would he even think of moving his team there.
Forget about it.

01/31/07 17:18:36

MUSkip wrote:

That ten year lease would be very easy for the Clippers to get out of, since the Anchuts Entertainment Group runs the Staples center and will also run the Sprint Center, so I'm sure they would let them out of the lease, since the Lakers get all the prime dates, so as a resident of KC, I look forward to taking the Clipers away from LA. :)

02/23/07 20:26:46

Murrman84 wrote:

I have to agree with MUSkip...Anschultz Entertainment Group will pretty much go to any length to make sure they hold up their end of the bargain for Kansas City, and I see that coming in the form of some really sweet deal to move to KC.
Personally being from KC, I have to say that I never was a fan of cities having more than one team in a league while other cities are left to stand on the sidelines! And of all the pointless teams to be in a 2-team setup is the Clippers! Think about it for a second...at least other 2-team cities in sports at least have one team in one part of the city and have the other elsewhere so that each can achieve a rabid fanbase (i.e. Cubs/White Sox, Yankees/Mets, etc.)!
Ok, so maybe KC is not the flashiest city or the biggest city around...I cant imagine any owner passing up on having his/her team playing in a basketball rabid city where their team is the only action for hundreds and hundreds of miles (CA is stocked with closeby NBA teams, but if they played in KC, they would have fans all over KS, MO, OK, IA, etc.)
I hope that it does happen frankly, if only to show you ppl in LA who seem to think all ppl here in the Midwest (especially our news anchors) are country bumpkins!
And if they do leave, you guys can always fall back on the Lakers, the REAL NBA team in LA.

02/27/07 16:42:22