Blazers getting a G league team, playing at U of P. HCP hired as G-League janitor

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  1. tykendo

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    Some Pacers fan tool beat you to it.
     
    tykendo, Apr 26, 2023
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    Absolutely nothing.. hella stupid
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Not really. I mean it's a way for players to skip a fake year at a college and get to the NBA.
     
    tykendo, Apr 26, 2023
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    I saw Jane's Addiction play at the University of Portland.

    Great show.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 26, 2023
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    So it was the Gleague news. The people who guessed that were told it wasn’t that

    liars
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    I think the NBA would prefer every team have a G League team filled with a roster of developmental talent for each team.
     
    tykendo, Apr 26, 2023
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    Why it matters? Because when we send our players to the G-League to develop, we can have some control over how they're played/developed while they're down there. That's kind of a big deal.
     
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    can't be! I MUST IRRATIONALLY HATE HER BECAUSE....well, not sure why, I just know I'm supposed to want her gone as an owner.
     
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    Where were people told it wasn't the G league?
     
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    Exactly. And you can take fliers on more players, that might become productive NBA players. Even a potential star. Billy Ray Bates came out of the CBA and had a huge impact on his team.
     
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    “Some looked at the Knights’ investment in Albina as a sort of down payment on his eventual purchase of the Blazers. A pre-investment in the neighborhood that will need to thrive for the long-term health of the Rose Quarter. There is no question that this gives Knight a head start on what will be a crucial relationship for whomever owns the Blazers.”

    Hmmm the same shit I said..
     
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    They were told no it’s not it
     
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    With this and the Knight investment hmmm
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 26, 2023
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    Scroll through the thread, all of the G League posts were ignored.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 26, 2023
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    Come on man,.. you really think having control of our gleague players is stupid?

    you really think this doesn't solidify the team NOT being sold/moved anywhere else?

    big positives to this. Just need to have a glass half full view instead of half empty all the time…
     
    SharpeScooterShooter, Apr 26, 2023
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    Yup I been saying that all season. She goes to every single game. Even though I want her to sell that fact tells me she must care a lot to watch random Tuesday games in February for a tanking team
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 26, 2023
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    I don’t see how it solidifies the team from not being moved. Granted the blazers would never move
     
    AldoTrapani, Apr 26, 2023
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    Wrong. I confirmed it was the GLeague.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Apr 26, 2023
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    Hopefully, the Blazers use this G League team as an opportunity to try out different streaming options.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Apr 26, 2023
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    I wonder why this was done now?

    A. Blazers going to acquire more young players so need a spot for them to play?
    B. Youth similar to option A - but the team is also trading Dame?
    C. Team thinks it will help recruit veteran in trade or free agency to win now by showing their spending money
    D. League pushed for it with new CBA/TV deal
    E. Jody doing it to sell the team

    Finally nice to see a move done that has dollars being spent instead of saved. Although the Jody skeptic in me wonders if there is a chance this was actually done primarily to make money in the long run; and not to primarily help the basketball performance/development of talent.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Apr 26, 2023
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