Maloofs hope to re-sign Kings executive Petrie soon

E Even after the Kings' franchise-low, 17-win season caused their owners much misery, the Maloofs' mantra of "In Geoff we trust" had remained as it pertained to basketball president Geoff Petrie.

Kings co-owner Gavin Maloof said as much Sept. 30, when he deemed Petrie "a King for life" entering the 2009-10 campaign despite the fact that Petrie has no contract beyond this season. But he also said they didn't need any such paperwork and there was no timetable set by which to draft such an unnecessary document.

Until now.