Published: 1 years 192 days ago
Yahoo Sports: Kevin Johnson was 19 years old when the NBA’s Kings moved from Kansas City to his hometown in northern California in 1986. In the quarter-century since, Johnson has gone from star point guard at the University of California to NBA All-Star to mayor of Sacramento. It’s in his current role that Johnson faces one of his most significant challenges yet: The NBA player-turned-politician is charged with ensuring the NBA team doesn’t skip town.
Johnson displayed an innate sense of timing and pace during his 12 seasons as an NBA point guard, and he knows it won’t be too long before the final buzzer sounds on Sacramento’s efforts to find a new home for the Kings.
“At some point, if we can’t build a new entertainment and sports complex, they are going to have to shop elsewhere,” Johnson said.
“I don’t have a gun to my head,” he added, “but the clock is ticking and there is not a whole lot of time on the clock.”
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