Marcos Breton: Sacramento Kings hope rookie Evans is key to comeback

It's all about relationships. The marriage between the Sacramento Kings and the Sacramento region grew strained over the costly prospect of building the Kings a new arena. The relationship between the Kings owners and their basketball brain trust has been affectionate but fruitless of late. Big-name Kings players couldn't click while here but contributed greatly to rival teams in the recently concluded NBA playoffs. From title contender to the worst record in the NBA: So goes the team, so goes the region. Downtown development is stagnant on K Street because key landlords chose lawsuits over making deals. The Downtown Plaza withers while Westfield, the mall landlord, fiddles around. Clueless local unions make expensive demands while essential government services look to be eliminated. The same old politicians play musical chairs with money from the same old special interest groups. Sacramento needs a game changer. The region is mired in a slump, but all slumps...