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May 5, 2008
Humor me, Kings fans
After listening to the videos of the 12 season ticket holders competing to represent the Kings at the NBA lottery in Secaucus, N.J., on May 20, I already have my winner.
Sorry. He/she shall remain my little secret.
The contest is a pretty slick marketing idea, and from what I have been told, at least two NBA clubs attempted to do the same thing, but were rebuffed by the league - something about the Maloofs already having dibs.
It's just too bad the voters, who can continue voting for their favorites on the Kings web page (check it out for yourselves at www.kings.com) through Thursday, won't select the eventual winner. In keeping with their lottery "theme," the six finalists will convene at Chris Webber's Center Court restaurant this Sunday at 3 p.m., and the winner will be chosen at random. "There will be one of those machines with ping pong balls," said Mitch Germann, the club's vice-president of business communications.
The winner will fly to New York on May 19th, spend two nights at a five-star hotel in Manhattan, arrive at the NBA Entertainment Studios the following day in a limousine, then return to Sacramento on the 21st.
Just asking, but if the Kings fan has the misfortune of improving the club's likely No. 12 draft selection, does that make he/she a loser? Can't take this stuff too seriously ...
-- Ailene Voisin
Posted by Ailene Voisin at 5:18 PM | Comments |
AILENE VOISIN
Ailene Voisin was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but spent her later childhood years in Las Vegas, which at least partly accounts for her long, strange trip to The Bee. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from UNLV and completed her course work for a Master's Degree before receiving a J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Alas, her passion for journalism prevailed over law and academia. Before joining The Bee as a sports columnist in 1997, she covered various beats (preps, colleges, Olympics, NFL, Major League Baseball, NBA, tennis, volleyball) and/or wrote columns for the Las Vegas SUN, San Diego Union, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her first high-profile interview was with Muhammad Ali, and to this day, he remains a favorite.SEARCH
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