Can a Team Reinvent a City?

摘要

Vivek Ranadive is set to sit down in his modest office at the Sacramento Kings' practice facility, just before his team takes on the Dallas Mavericks. Then he has a better idea. "Let's go over to the court. My son is in there shooting." Settled into a courtside plastic chair in a practice gym across from Sleep Train Arena, watching his 26-year-old son, Andre, fire off jumpers, the Kings' new owner relaxes, smiles and compels his naturally soft voice above the din of bouncing basketballs. Then he drops this: The billion dollars he and his partners are sinking into Sacramento, he says, will be "one of the best investments in a decade." By yourself and your partners, you mean? "No, by anyone."