New owner... Tom Dundon?

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  1. superfly4201

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    Wasn’t this mostly about access? I know a good number of people that complained about not being able to watch with their provider for years and were excited to finally get to have that access last season.
     
    superfly4201, Aug 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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    It does seem strange that we find out stuff *after* the fact.
     
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    They don't get beat by Shams - Shams gets fed the information by the teams/agents/league. It's not like he's sleuthing around finding any of this - it's handed to him, much like it was to Woj.
     
    BlazerBeav, Aug 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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    Absolutely have

    and

    Absolutely have not

    It’s not like I work for the team in an executive role
     
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    How they get the news is irrelevant. He breaks the news before them and in journalism that is all that matters. So I think our local guys just stopped trying.
     
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    I don't get the hate on Highkin. His voice can be a little annoying to listen to but he is easily the best we currently have.
     
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    What do you mean? What he said seems reasonable and just gives us an idea at timelines relating to sales of teams. Seems like good information to share to me.

    This isn't some douchnozzle running around beating on his chest about how important he is. Not sure the problem with it.
     
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    Is he going to do a presser in Portland? Meet and greet?
     
    crandc, Aug 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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    Almost guaranteed, but probably not until after it’s official. I’m guessing at least one sit down interview will come out shortly
     
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    Probably not anytime soon, as they won't do anything about it (publicly) until after it's approved by the NBA. They just now, iirc, approved the Celtics sale, and that was in March.

    They still have to approve the Lakers sale. One would assume they'd do both at the same time (Portland and Lakers I mean), but they might want to do them individually as to do a deep dive into both. Probably won't be approved for months.
     
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    Yes, upstate New York. 6 hours from nyc. But I guess a market that’s smaller with no Fortune 500 companies is more appealing than Portland.
     
    AldoTrapani, Aug 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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    So Portland has 1 more than SLC? (Nike) I am not sure that makes a big difference. The total number of companies willing to buy luxury suites, however, does. That is the number that counts, because we were discussing buying them for three different sports.
     
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    Fear
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    Phil Knight announces record $2B donation for OHSU cancer research.

    Timing makes me think he’s sayin “don’t think I couldn’t have bought the blazers but I got bigger passions that I throw my money to”
     
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    Sounds like your pizza guy doesn’t give you information without his own biases attached. He’s putting his favorite topping on every pizza whether you asked for it or not.
     
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    Cuban would be in the know, he plays rat ball with Tom weekly. It a quote from Cuban.
     
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    That makes sense
     
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    I really thought it was
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    Mr
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