Those Virginia Beach rumors popped back up this week, with the Virginian-Pilot reporting that a Kings representative met with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and city officials to discuss a deal to build an arena and move the team to the Atlantic coast. WAVY-TV followed up early Friday to report that it wasn't just a Kings rep in the talks.

George Maloof himself. What a shocker.

The Kings' old tired statement about these rumors, by the way?

Sole focus. Huh.

And, from that same Bee story, Joe Maloof's comment?

Huh.

For what it's worth, Kevin Johnson is playing this like a fiddle in Tennessee. From our friend Sam Amick:

If this is a ploy to make Sacramento desperate, it's not going to work. In the mean time, keep on lying. Keep on speaking out of both sides of your mouth. Keep on proving that you, George Maloof, are not ever ever ever to be trusted by anyone. Developer or not.

"Trust me." Spare me.