As I write this, my hands are shaking. News that we have been dreading for a few years now appears to have arrived in the form of this report from the well-respected Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.

Unlike a relocation, a sale is much harder to block. The Board of Governors does have to approve any sale, but is very unlikely to disapprove of a deal that not only brings basketball back to Seattle but removes the Maloofs from the league.

This is not a good day to be a Sacramento Kings fan.