Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has threatened to take the team to Seattle or Las Vegas after the threat of a denied vote to spend $150 million to modernize the arena could put his project in peril, according to Laurie Roberts of The Arizona Republic.

Phoenix Mayor Thelda Williams and Councilwomen Laura Pastor and Debra Stark have asked for a postponement of this afternoon's City Council vote, given that it is heavily likely to be defeated in vote.

Williams is proposing the voting is postponed until next month, hoping that two public hearings could give it a fighting chance to keep the team in Phoenix, rather than “suffering a potentially lopsided defeat today that could kill future prospects for a deal,” according to Roberts.

“Any four council members can kill the arena deal and as of Monday, there already are three no votes: Councilmen Sal DiCiccio and Jim Waring and Councilwoman Vania Guevara.

Then [Council Michael] Nowakowski on Tuesday evening released a cryptic statement.

“I first want to say that I am proud and honored to have Talking Stick Resort Arena and the Phoenix Suns in District 7. The arena and the Suns play a vital role to our downtown economy,” he wrote, sounding like a guy who is going to vote yes.

“While I have always supported efforts to strengthen and  maintain our economy, I must hold true to the value I place on making sure people are informed and heard,” he continued, sounding like a guy who is going to vote no.

“I want to make sure the community understands the economic impact of the arena, the responsibility the city has to the arena owner, what renovations are needed to continue operating the arena and the source of the funds that would be used for renovations.”

Council members are clearly having their doubts after the Suns have been the staple of NBA ineptitude in recent years after a prosperous run in the mid-to-late 2000s.

The Suns have had the worst or the second-to-worst record in the league in the last four seasons, including a deplorable 4-24 start to this NBA season.

Cities like Seattle and Las Vegas have been long awaiting an NBA franchise, and in the former's case, it's been 10 years without a male professional basketball team after 41 seasons of having the Seattle SuperSonics, before they were relocated and rebranded as the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.