Pete D'Alessandro
Kings majority owner Vivek Ranadive found his new general manager Saturday by reaching an agreement to hire Denver vice president of basketball operations Pete D'Alessandro, a source confirmed.
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It looked like Mayor Kevin Johnson's three-year campaign to save the Sacramento Kings was ending in defeat. Even the man running the NBA thought so.
An official with STOP, Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork, said his group intends to begin circulating petitions next week to put the city's downtown arena financing plan up for public vote in a special election.

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Take an interactive look at the long history of arena proposals in Sacramento, starting with the effort to get the current building constructed in the 1980s.

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