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	<title>Betabeat &#187; Dreams Do Come True! Looks Like Steve Ballmer Is Getting a Basketball Team</title>
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		<title>Dreams Do Come True! Looks Like Steve Ballmer Is Getting a Basketball Team</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:51:59 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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<p>Looks like Steve Ballmer and several other basketball-loving local investors led by Chris Hansen are going to<a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/01/steve-ballmer-nba-sonics-kings-hansen/"> get their wish</a>, in the form of an NBA team they can relocate to Seattle. ESPN is <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8864092/sacramento-kings-owners-reach-agreement-seattle-group-buy-team-sources-say">reporting</a> that the Sacramento Kings' current owners have agreed to sell, and NBA sources <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--sources--kings-to-play-in-seattle-next-season-060233410.html">tell Yahoo Sports</a> they'll approve the relocation.</p>
<p>In honor of the increasingly likely return of the NBA to Seattle courtesy of Mr. Ballmer and his fellow investors, we bring you this year-old video of the man himself playing basketball against some kids, because why not?</p>
<p>Here's to many future photos of Steve-o posing with comically tall athletes grudgingly humoring their bumbling corporate overlord.</p>
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<p>(h/t<a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2013/nba-returning-seattle-steve-ballmer/#utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+geekwire+%28GeekWire%29"> Geekwire</a>)</p>
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<p>Looks like Steve Ballmer and several other basketball-loving local investors led by Chris Hansen are going to<a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/01/steve-ballmer-nba-sonics-kings-hansen/"> get their wish</a>, in the form of an NBA team they can relocate to Seattle. ESPN is <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8864092/sacramento-kings-owners-reach-agreement-seattle-group-buy-team-sources-say">reporting</a> that the Sacramento Kings' current owners have agreed to sell, and NBA sources <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--sources--kings-to-play-in-seattle-next-season-060233410.html">tell Yahoo Sports</a> they'll approve the relocation.</p>
<p>In honor of the increasingly likely return of the NBA to Seattle courtesy of Mr. Ballmer and his fellow investors, we bring you this year-old video of the man himself playing basketball against some kids, because why not?</p>
<p>Here's to many future photos of Steve-o posing with comically tall athletes grudgingly humoring their bumbling corporate overlord.</p>
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