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http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=70660&catid=2

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[Thrillrider08]

Unbelievable. What's next .. dare I ask?!

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[Slovydal]

Just saw this on twitter.

My heart is broken - that was my favorite Western Conference team.

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[icey23]

WTF DAMN I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY JUST SHOT ME

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[Rothum]

hopefully the Bay Area talks will pan out. Mel Greenberg just said they move, as did Whiz's quotes.

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[thesixthwoman]

Absolutely no warning?? (Although I haven't been here in a while...)

[thatGAgirl]

WTF!

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[ClayK]

It's not surprising that the Monarchs folded, in some ways, given the small crowds this summer and the continuing deterioration of the Kings, but it is surprising that there were no hints that this was going to happen.

The Maloofs, though, make their money in Las Vegas, which is struggling in this economy, and the Kings are losing tons of money, and apparently the $500,000 or so that the Monarchs lost last summer (just a wild guess) was too much to absorb.

If Chris Cohan suffers the same fate in Oakland and is forced to sell the Warriors, it could be an easy transition.

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[No 1 Throwdown]

holy crap Minnesota now has the top lottery ball owns the second worse teams lottery ball and gets 2nd pick in dispersal

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[thesixthwoman]

http://www.wnba.com/news/monarchs_091120.html

WNBA in Discussions to Move Monarchs to Bay Area

[PRballer]

Holy shit.

Interesting that the league quickly put out a release that they are in talks to relocate to the Bay Area: http://www.wnba.com/news/monarchs_091120.html

Wow, just wow.

Another original WNBA franchise gone.

[Rothum]

Bekka Brunson just tweeted she found out by reading Chantelle Anderson's tweet about the team.

No one told her....

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[CourtsideTix]

[QMcCall3]

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Oh shit! Too much info all at once!

Monarchs fold. Maybe moving to the Bay Area. And Lynx could maybe move up in the draft to boot?!

Palpitations...

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[ripleydc]

The WNBA doesn't have a lot of time to get a Bay Area deal done.

Schedules have to be made, arenas have to be booked. That process has to get underway months and months before the season kicks off. It's now late November. Dispersal or relocation...got to be decided soon.

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[JRae]

wow. imma cry

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[SuziQ]

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit. This sucks, especially for Monarchs fans. And to not tell the players - that's just chicken sheeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

Keeping my fingers crossed for a relo.

Maloofs, you can't absorb the 'Narchs loosing half a mill. You really think that amount of $$ will even scratch the surface of the gaping black hole of $$ that is an NBA team? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

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[JRae]

you know i hated the maloofs for the longest time and they just proved why.

they fold the team that has more championships and about the same in attendance. all this after one bad season. gimme a fucking break

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[played3on3]

WTF, that really sucks They had been one of my favorite teams until recently. Weren't we always being told how great the Maloofs were and what great owners they were?? Hope the bay area thing works out. I get more nervous about the future of the league everyday

[SuziQ]

whoops - forgot to add:

THANK YOU, LIFELOCK!!!

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[JRae]

the maloofs said that they folded the monarchs so THEY COULD FOCUS ON THE KINGS FRANCHISE! THEY FOLDED THE MONARCHS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE KINGS!!! Does this really make sense?

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[caune]

Fucking Maloofs.
Maybe if they didn't spend so much of their money on crap like romancing Brittney Spears

I really hope they move them some how, some way!

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[shrrew]

oh keep the boys... Not another team... nooooo

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[StevenHW]

I was going on my lunch break when I first heard the news on this thread.

Then I nearly choked on my lunch.

I'm just totally...totally stunned.

I hope the Bay Area deal goes through; at least there will be a way for us NorCal'ers to get our WNBA fix.

But right now...I'm just feeling miserable right now.

[smenko]

Sorry for the local Monarch's fans, players and coaches, et al.

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[bballfan2005]

This doesn't surprise me at all. When I started noticing sparse ARCO crowds for the Kings (2008-09), it was only a matter of time before the Monarchs folded. The Maloofs are really fickle about their $$. They'll overpay a washed-up NBAer before they're willing to keep taking losses from their WNBA team.

It's best for the fans to move the team to the Bay Area, but how competitive would that team be if Whiz is still infecting this team with his sorry ass decision making? Sorry, but I say do what's best for the league in the short term and disperse the talent so that the players who wouldn't cut it anywhere else but Sacramento are weeded out for good. Great players like Brunson will definitely find a home (New York). Good players like Maiga-Ba, Penicheiro, and Powell will be rotation players elsewhere. Decent players like Lawson should have no trouble finding a team. The rest will struggle, especially Scho Ro (rookie contract has ended) and Chelsea.

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