Plenty has changed in Sacramento and I can see that living on the other side of the country. The city itself doesn't have to change drastically to entice a player to come or stay. Our major issue is not the market or town, it is our tradition of losing. That is what makes players not want to come here. We have stunk it up for the better part of a decade now and stunk it up for decades before our golden era with Webber and crew. Any player with even a tiny amount of substance between his ears should be able to see that Sacramento will have something going for it very soon that not many, if any, teams will be able to claim. A brand spanking new arena, a revitalized downtown due to the new arena and the new owners, an untapped market in India (this is huge, just think of the extra money a player/team can earn having his jersey sold there on a big time scale), and an owner willing to do whatever it takes to put a winner out on the court. And then there is Cousins, arguably the best big man in the league right now and not even in his prime, waiting for partners in crime. These aren't uncertainties, all of this will happen. Another crucial aspect is all of you. The fans that saved the Kings, the loudest fans in the NBA. If I were a player, I would be asking where to sign. The problem is we have stunk for so long that we are having a hard time getting rid of the feeling and smell. You build a winner, and they will come. San Antonio isn't a huge market and yet they manage to retain most of their players and sign new ones all the time. They win. We have to start now too.
We need to be realistic about this in our team building strategy.