A flurry of tweets 谣言散播源头 According to a source with knowledge of family finances, but who was not authorized to speak publicly, the Maloofs may have been forced into the decision to consider a sale. 根据家族内部消息人士表示:Maloofs 家族早就想卖了。 The team is $200 million in debt, and could lose between $6 million and $7 million during the current NBA season. That loss was largely a result of the team's increased payroll this year after the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement mandated teams must carry payrolls of at least $49 million, the source said. The Kings' payroll reportedly is $57.9 million for the current season, about $13 million more than last year. 国王的债务状况，是由现在的 $200 million ，今年还要损失$6 million 至$7 million 而根据新版CBA的规定。每一队的payroll 下限至少要$49 million 而目前国王的payroll 是在$57.9 million ，比去年多了 $13 million 简单来说，入不敷出。 The Maloofs intend to make a capital call to the minority owners of the Kings, seeking contributions to help cover the projected loss, according to the source – a development the source described as a potential "triggering event" for a sale of the Kings. 来源表示，Maloofs 曾经要求公开的呼吁小股东捐款救球队 ，寻求经济上的援助去弥补上述的损失 不然，『突发事件』将可能发生。 On Wednesday, several national media reports said a sale is near. A USA Today report said the Seattle group, headed by Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is confident a deal will get done. 在周三，谣言接近成真。 USA Today 报导 Hansen 跟 微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 将会得到国王队。 Yahoo Sports went further, saying the two sides are close to signing a roughly $500 million deal. The report said the team would play at old KeyArena in Seattle for two years, then move into a proposed new arena south of downtown. Yahoo Sports 随後跟进，报导了这将是一笔5亿美元的生意。 Yahoo 的报导还指出，球队会在2013-2014, 2014-2015 待在西雅图的旧球场KeyArena打个两季 然後两年後新场馆建成再搬去新场馆。 If the Kings do reach an agreement to sell, the move could not occur until next season, and would require approval from fellow NBA owners. The deadline for teams to file for relocation is March 11. 如果生意做成，还要等联盟老板们的共同审核。 提交的期限是3/11 而球队会在下一季13-14搬去西雅图。 Kings representative Eric Rose told The Bee on Wednesday that the team had nothing to report. Rose has previously acknowledged that the Kings have been approached by numerous cities interested in wooing the team. 国王代表先前表示，很多城市对国王队有兴趣 而现在却说:无可奉告。 The flurry of speculation about a Seattle deal began oddly. Late Tuesday night, a food blogger whose father is a basketball agent tweeted excitedly that a deal between the Kings and the Seattle group was complete. She offered no source and later removed the post, but not before it was spread by more than 300 other Twitter users. 消息最早是从星期二晚上。一位部落客的从身为运动经纪人的爸爸口中得知 国王要卖掉了，她在Twitter 上发表此一消息然後随即删除 但消息已经被其他超过300 位的部落客散播。 Reports swung wildly, from initial posts saying the deal was done to later reports that the have rejected Seattle's overtures. 消息变来变去，一下说球队已经决定要卖了，一下说Maloofs 又反悔了。 NBA officials declined comment Wednesday, as did a representative for Hansen. NBA官方跟Hansen的代表都三缄其口。 Hansen has been working for the last year to bring NBA basketball back to Seattle. The SuperSonics left the city following the 2007-2008 season. Hansen's investor group has signed a financing deal with the city and county, purchased the land for the arena and launched an environmental review for construction of a $490 million facility. Hansen 从去年就积极运作要将西雅图带回一只NBA球队 距离西雅图超音速离开这座城市已经6年的时间。 Hansen 早已在西雅图做好万全准备。 包括: 跟政府签署了相关经济协议 完成建立4.9亿的新球馆的环境评估。 In an afternoon news conference, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said "the next piece of the puzzle" is for Hansen's group to buy a team, but he said he could not confirm any deal with the Kings. He said he had not spoken to Hansen since that day's rumors surfaced. 西雅图市长在例行的新闻发布会上说此一交易是『未来市政的一大建树』。 但他说目前他联络不到两边相关当事人(国王、Hansen) -- --

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