Who remembers this?

[UNO Gracias]

Man, those were the days. Short lived as they were the city was amped. JR Rider, Laetner, Sean Rooks...I can't recall who else was on that team, but yeah, Wolves jerseys were flying off the shelves like hot cakes.

[Mr. West]

My dad talks about this whenever he sees the Wolves play. Just a bit before my NBA days.

[PELICANSFAN]

Still have that shirt.

[Spaniard]

Remember it well. The paper had little blurbs on each player on the roster. I read every single word.

[Eman5805]

I could not fathom how the tide of history would've changed. I mean, Kevin Garnett was already one of my all time favorite players...

[UNO Gracias]

The team was sold to Top Rank of Louisiana for $152.5 mil. Let that sink in.

[Southpaw]

Remember it well. Got me pretty excited. I bought one of the "Got'em!" T-shirts, too.

But Arum was a speculator with no real money in the deal and was leveraged to the hilt. I think it could have been a disaster had it gone through.

Though it would have been nice to have been able to see MJ pass through here in his prime. Might have sold out the Superdome with some more record crowds for those Bulls games every year.

[Champ]

The team was sold to Top Rank of Louisiana for $152.5 mil. Let that sink in.

ALSO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnes...to_New_Orleans

$40 Million from unknown investors.

Top Rank's offer was rejected by the league due to questions surrounding their financing plan. The $152 million purchase price would have been paid for through $40 million from unknown investors; up to $76.25 million in loans from banks that had yet to make commitments; and $50 million or more from undisclosed sources based on projected revenues from the un-built arena in New Orleans.[

I'm not surprised some are second guessing the Raiders move to Vegas. If you can't show the money up front something is not right.

[FHSdemon]

I was fishing the day this broke and was all over WWL that evening. I was excited.