Hmm. Pretty much the only skills I've got are land planning and nuking stuff. I guess I could help with Rose Quarter development planning. Or I could eliminate some of the competition. Just saying.
The Portland Trail Blazers opening night was the largest audience ever to witness an NBA basketball game, PERIOD, both in person and around the globe!!!1!!
I worked for the Blazers for one season when I was 14yrs old. I saw an article in Popular Mechanics magazine, it was about a guy who made a remote control blimp. Tracked him down and bought a 6ft helium filled blimp for him. Flew it in the lobby of the old Blazer offices by Lloyd Center. Got hired on the spot. $50 a game, two tickets, and a tiny dressing room in the Memorial Coliseum. Would fly it across the court during a timeout during the 4th quarter while the organist played the theme to the Lone Ranger. Cool gig, got to bring all my friends to games. Looking back I feel sorry for my parents, always having to drop off and pick me myself, friend, blimp, and a giant tank of helium to games, lol. Anyway, the Blazers decided it was cheaper to buy their own blimp and because of a few times I lost control of the thing the NBA put in rules that blimps couldn't be flown during the game. So I was the first person to fly a blimp at an indoor sporting event.
Paul Allen substitute (for when he can't be there). I make the deals that make the whole board cry, I miss good deals that makes the whole board sigh.
If I had the time, I would love to be an account representative. Love that side of being a season ticket holder. Not a fan of sales though. Hard for me to convince people to spend the amount of money it costs for tickets unless the are re selling. Also would have been happy with the video assistant position I was slated for until they realized I was not an Oregon resident.
Stats analyst for the college draft! Love trying to predict NBA success based off of college stats and trends. http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/a-statistical-look-at-the-2017-nba-draft.315263/ Before the draft this year I had Swanigan at #3, and Z Collins at #14. My player comp for Swanigan was Zach Randolph, and for Z Collins it was Todd MacCulloch. These prediction models will never be 100% spot on (drugs, injuries...), but it's fun to continue to refine the results and look for trends.
