May 15, 2012 at 7:00 PM
SACRAMENTO, CA - Emails posted online by blog ranSACkedmedia show Kings owners the Maloof Family, were asking for things in the arena deal that the NBA told them not to.
The emails detailed negotiations between the NBA and George Maloof.
One email, dated Feb. 29, starts with...more George Maloof listing items in the arena deal that concerned the owners: the Kings not wanting to put down collateral, something that would guarantee their loan if they default; not wanting to pay game day expenses nor municipal expenses and wanting to reduce the lease from 30 years to 15 years.
The items that the Maloof Family outlined baffled Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson one month ago in New York City.
"They would execute me in Sacramento if I came back with a deal with no collateral," Johnson said during a press conference.
In the emails, Harvey Benjamin, a league executive negotiating on behalf of the Kings, responded to Maloof's concerns.
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