Kevin Johnson<\/a><\/strong> unveiled his plan for a group of 20-plus local investors to bid on that 7-percent stake. \u00a0However, Hansen was the only serious offer in the auction as of Tuesday according to News 10.<\/p>\nThose involved in the effort to keep the team in Sacramento seem to hint that letting Hansen win the auction is all part of the city’s strategy. \u00a0Phil Oates, one of the 20-plus local investors in Johnson’s push, was unfazed by the news and remained confident in the mayor’s plans.<\/p>\n
“The purchase of the 7 percent was not a surprise,” Oates told Cowbell Kingdom in a phone interview this afternoon. \u00a0“And I don\u2019t think anybody is surprised to learn that it was from Chris Hansen. \u00a0The mayor is ahead of the game and has a strategy involved in dealing with that.”<\/p>\n
Though Hansen has an agreement with the trustee to purchase Cook’s ownership stake, the sale of those shares still need to pass through three major hurdles. \u00a0Before the transaction can be finalized, Hansen needs approval from both a California judge and the NBA. \u00a0The Kings remaining minority owners must also be given a 15-day window to match the offer according to the official court documents.<\/p>\n
While the NBA is a tough hurdle, the California bankruptcy judge might be an even tougher sell.\u00a0 Hansen has already established a valuation of the Kings franchise at $525 million.\u00a0 Under that value, Cook’s stake equates to a figure closer to $37 million.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a bid to purchase the 7 percent,” Oates said, noting that a transfer of ownership to Hansen has not yet officially been consummated. \u00a0“And so that doesn\u2019t throw us off and my confidence in terms of keeping the Kings here in Sacramento. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t affect that one iota.”<\/p>\n
Sacramento will make its pitch to keep the team to the league’s relocation\/finance committees in a meeting in New York next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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