Discussion of the loss quickly faded from the spotlight, and another news related to the Kings became the focus of Sacramento's media attention.

After the Kings owner's proposal to build a new arena was stalled the previous year, they began planning to move the team to another city, and this work was finally on the agenda after the start of the season, and the Malouf brothers were not willing to take the Kings in their hands anymore.

After the news of the Malouf brothers' intention to sell the team, someone immediately came forward to negotiate, there are many city consortiums are very interested in having a team in their city, and the consortium from Seattle is undoubtedly the most interested, after the SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma and changed its name to the Thunder, Seattle has been hoping to have another team

The reason why the deal has not been reached for a long time is that the Malouf brothers are very open-mouthed, and they want the team to sell more than $500 million. This price is undoubtedly beyond the price of the Kings themselves, you must know that on the Forbes list, only the Lakers, Knicks and Bulls have a market value of more than 500 million.

When the Warriors changed hands in 2010, $450 million set a record for the sale price of an NBA team; But in 2011, 76 people were bought 90% of the shares, and it cost only 280 million to buy a buyer, and six months ago, David Stern struggled to find a home for the league-managed Hornets, and the sale price was only 338 million.

But according to the latest news, the Seattle consortium has accepted the offer of the Marouf brothers, and the two sides are close to reaching a temporary verbal agreement.

However, it is also reported that the local Sacramento wants to keep the king, including the government that once vetoed the king's new arena and the local Sacramento consortium are actively negotiating with the Malouf brothers.

Obviously, such news is more interesting than a loss for the team, and for the local media and fans in Sacramento, there is no doubt that the team will stay in Sacramento.

Whether the local government and consortium in Sacramento can keep the king in Sacramento will only depend on their ability, but for the Malouf brothers, the king's current bosses, this is of course good news, because it means that there is another opportunity to raise the price.

Pete Smith will pay attention to such things, Li Tian and Robinson will pay less attention, and they are not very concerned about whether the team will move out of Sacramento or whether they will change the owner, because even if the change of owner will not affect them much, after all, they are not the core players of the team. As for Sacramento, the time they have been in the city is too short, and they don't have much affection for the city yet.

What keeps Li Tian and Robinson on is the next game on the road, taking on the New Orleans Hornets, where they will have their opponent in the NCAA Finals, and this year's top pick, Anthony Davis.

"Thomas, are you looking forward to tomorrow's showdown with Anthony Davis?" Taking advantage of the interval between shooting, Li Tian looked at Robinson, who was sweating almost as early as himself today, and asked.

Wiping the sweat from his face, Robinson nodded and said, "Of course, Lee, obviously I'm not qualified for the Rookie Challenge, but I have to tell everyone that maybe I'm not as talented as theirs, but I'm definitely not bad, I just don't have the same chance as them." ”

"Haha, I'm really looking forward to your showdown with him, and of course, I'm looking forward to my own match." Li Tian said with a smile.

After playing well in the first two games, Li Tian believes that he should have no problem getting playing time against the Hornets.

Kings and Hornets, this was supposed to be a game between two weak teams, but because of the presence of Li Tian, Robinson and Anthony Davis, this game also attracted a lot of attention from fans and media, especially those who were originally more concerned about the NCAA event.

For this match, the focus is not on which team wins, but on the performance of the rookie players on both sides. Of course, most fans and reporters are not very optimistic about Robinson and Li Tian, after all, Anthony Davis has gradually shown his talent through half a season's performance, except for Lillard of the Trail Blazers, he is the best player in this rookie class, and Robinson's performance in terms of playing time and after playing is not particularly outstanding, as for Li Tian, he only played three games.

For such a match, Anthony Davis will of course be asked by reporters for his views on the game, and the champion is not too high-profile and arrogant, but he obviously expressed strong confidence in his answer.

"That loss in the NCAA wasn't all there was and Thomas Robinson was a fantastic player, but I was confident enough to help the team win the game."

And his words were echoed by others, such as Bobcats' starting small forward and this year's star pick, Michael Kidd Gilchrist, who took the initiative to discuss the issue with reporters.

"Thomas Robinson? He's just a good fit to play in the NCAA, he doesn't look like he's fit in the NBA, and my old friend Anthony, who is one of the most talented rookies in this class, has every reason to believe he can get the final win. ”

"Oh, I seem to have forgotten one thing, on the Kings, there's also an undrafted guy from Kansas who played before? It's a surprise that the Kings would keep him on the team until now, and I'm sure Anthony's teammate Eric Gordon will teach the arrogant Chinese kid a good lesson, provided he gets a chance to play, of course. ”

Gilchrist's initiative brought up a topic that brought up new focus for reporters, and then reporters interviewed the Hornets' starting point guard, Eric Gordon, the seventh pick in '08.

"Eric, the undrafted pick of the Kings, has played well in the last two games, helping the Kings reverse Russell Westbrook's Thunder before, and just the previous game, he played very well against OJ Mayo."

The reporter's questions were clearly pertinent, as both Westbrook and O.J. Mayo entered the NBA in the same year as Gordon, and both were higher than his overall pick.

"It was just a draft loss, played two NBA games, and I hadn't even heard of this player, so, I think Anthony's former teammates had a point, yes, if this rookie was going to play, I'd blow him up!"

After the showdown between Anthony Davis and Robinson, the media found a new topic, and of course it will not let it go, so after completing the training, Li Tian unexpectedly received an interview with a media reporter outside the arena, which was the first time that a reporter interviewed him since he entered the NBA.

"Lee, what do you think of the words of Michael Kidd Gilchrist and Eric Gordon?"

Hearing the reporter's question, Li Tian, who didn't know much about what had just happened, asked with some confusion: "Oh, what did they say?" ”

Finding that Li Tian didn't know, the reporter immediately repeated the words of the two to Li Tian.

With a slight frown, Li Tian shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Before the first game of the summer league, there was a person who said the same thing, and then he could only lie on the ground and be humiliated by me. As for Eric Gordon...... up? With his ability, he can't do it! ”

Eric Gordon may have good athleticism and scoring ability, but Li Tian is not afraid at all, and he is not something that a cat or a dog can defend.

"The undrafted draft said that he was not afraid of Eric, saying that Eric's ability was too weak"

The media has never been the master of big things, and this is common all over the world, and this is how such an eye-catching story appeared, and it undoubtedly angered Eric Gordon and his supporters.

"That little rookie is dead, I'll cripple him!" Here are the words of Eric Gordon.

And on social media, Hornets fans have also expressed this opinion.

"I don't know whether I live or die and lose the draft!"

"Eric is going to kick his ass, definitely!"

For a while, the attention to the alignment of Li Tian and Gordon vaguely exceeded the attention of Robinson and Davis.

It was under these circumstances that the Kings came to New Orleans.

(PS: Thank you for the tips of the two book friends of "Sha Mang" and "Burning".) ）