Episode 127: Sacramento Kings Fan Memory Lane

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Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode I talk about something I would never see. I thought I would never see apathetic Kings fans, an empty arena, booing on a regular basis, but that is what's happened to the Sacramento Kings. Owner Vivek Ranadive has pushed one of the most loyal fan bases out the door including several minority owners. Things in my opinion are at rock bottom. I talk about the early days of the Kings, the old Arco 1. I reminisce about those days and what it was like being a Kings fans and attending games. I reflect on the first playoff game at Arco ll and how truly amazing those days were. Then the 2000's arrived and the Kings became the darlings of the NBA and Sacramento was the place to be with the most electric atmosphere in the league. Now look at it. Fans have said no more, they aren't going to games and things continue to look very bleak for the franchise becoming competitive. I talk about what i think needs to happen for Kings to move back towards respectability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, the Grand Napier! And we are getting you ready for the big holiday weekend. Hope everybody is doing well and today I want to reflect back on something that I thought that I would never see and I mean never and that is an empty arena in Sacramento where the
0:36.5	Sacramento Kings play apathetic fans and again I thought that I would never witness what I am today.
0:46.0	But first, I want to tell you that today's podcast
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1:25.4	N-E-W-R-X-Pumming.com. The Kings, after the lost last night in San Francisco to the warriors are not among the top 10 teams in the
1:36.3	West. They are 13 and 19 and it appears that
1:43.0	the Sacramento Kings are on their way to another failed season.
1:47.0	As I talked about just a moment ago, something that I thought that I would never see,
1:52.0	and that is an empty arena. What is going on
1:55.3	in Sacramento right now to me is beyond sad. It is so awful for the city of
2:02.2	Sacramento for the surrounding area and for so many Kings fans that have been
2:06.2	with this franchise from day one and there are those that have been with this franchise from day one.
2:11.3	I'm not one of them. I did not move to Sacramento till 1987. The
2:15.7	Kings relocated from Kansas City in 1985 and the 10,333 seat building.
2:24.0	I had the just distinct pleasure
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