Canzano says Blazers being prepared for auction

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  1. Hoopguru

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    Mike Barrett should start Portland Rip City Project.
     
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    He made enough money to own an NBA team, in that sense, he is. Is he within the NBA tho? Nope. And I suspect the same would be true for any Larry Ellison team.
     
    andalusian, May 24, 2022
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    Larry Ellison is MAGA, and so is Oracle for the most part.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
     
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    Elon musk
     
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    I still don’t get why the Knights don’t buy the Blazers as one of their many toys
     
    AldoTrapani, May 24, 2022
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    oh damn. NVM. i take back my interest in Ellison.

    (i legit don't follow political news anymore, sorry for living under a rock).
     
    illmatic99, May 24, 2022
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    If Ellison somehow gets MY team, I’m done
     
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    Because he’s 107 years old.
     
    THE HCP, May 24, 2022
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    Why, so that’ll never happen either?
     
    Mediocre Man, May 24, 2022
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    MacKenzie Scott might be amazing. She's become very free-spending with her Amazon fortune, and she's a NW gal.
     
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    Zero.

    The NBA wants to expand the league.

    There is no financial reason to move the Blazers.
     
    SlyPokerDog, May 24, 2022
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    Ouch
     
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  14. Mediocre Man

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    Yep
     
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    Maybe Elon will buy the Blazers, compared to the $44 billion for Twitter, the Blazers are a bargain.

    Also I bet the Blazers will be worth more than Twitter 20 years from now.
     
    SlyPokerDog, May 24, 2022
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    Zero? St Louis, KC, Louisville, Nashville….more are all wanting teams. If an owner like Clay Bennett, with strong ties to a certain city buys them, why not?
     
    Mediocre Man, May 24, 2022
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    Because Clay used the fact that the Sonics played in a shit arena and there was no political will to build a new one. The Moda has been very very well maintained. The Blazers are profitable in Portland. There is no financial reason to move the Blazers.

    Also, any future expansion will include some sort of realignment of the teams. Portland is needed for future expansion into Seattle, Vegas, and potentially Vancouver BC again.
     
    SlyPokerDog, May 24, 2022
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    It could be for his family like his son whose a big part of Nike board
     
    AldoTrapani, May 24, 2022
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    Why own one team when you can put your brand logo on all the teams?
     
    SlyPokerDog, May 24, 2022
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    Also Nike would have to stop offering NBA players shoe deals if they were to own a team. Talk about an easy way to circumnavigate the salary cap, lol.
     
    SlyPokerDog, May 24, 2022
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