Off the Wall Conspiracy Theory

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  1. BTOWN_HUSTLA

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    Do you think with some of the latest snafus, there is a conspiracy by those in Vulcan Enterprises to bring the Blazers to Seattle?

    Basically destroy the fanbase with the Roy situation then when its not sustainable, move the franchise to Seattle...voila!

    Tin Foil Hat Huzzah!
     
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    One of the many thoughts that briefly passed my mind when I decided to post this thread.
     
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    No.

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    I think it would take more than this to drive the fanbase away.
     
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    Leiweke spelled it out in a cryptic manner. We can either pretend he didn't say those words, or we can speculate about what those words may mean for the future of the team being based in Portland.
     
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    Even if they WANTED to move the team to Seattle, they'd still have to overcome the issue of not having an arena. Not to mention they'd have to have the approval of the league and the majority of the other owners to move the team from their second best market. Don't forget that Portland and its 102% capacity attendance throughout the season is a big part of the reason why the salary cap and luxury tax threshold didn't drop further than it did.

    This is a HUGE longshot.
     
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    no it isn't.
     
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    No. It's not a conspiracy to move to Seattle. It is a publicity stunt to get the rest of the nation to see and hear who Brandon Roy is!!!1
     
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    Haha, absolutely. In order to drive off the fanbase in anticipation of a team move, build a team up from one of the worst in the league into one of the best (and youngest) in the league and put in an offer to arguably the best free agent on the market. That sounds almost identical to the plot of this movie:

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    fail.
     
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    I think Leiweke's comments may have something to do with the ongoing negotiations between the Blazers and the city about developing the Rose Quarter area, and how much money the city will kick in in Spectator funds and urban renewal area dollars.
     
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    wasn't this a problem several years ago when Paul Allen was thinking of selling the team?
     
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    I could be way off, but I was under the impression Portland has some kind of iron-clad lease with the Blazers and the Garden until 2022 or something. Is that not the case? That's what I remember from seeing the bankruptcy stuff in 2005--that the team couldn't move if they wanted to.
     
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    weren't they trying to find a way out of that? I forget that whole schipel now....but i remember it was weird
     
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    lol the off-season makes you guys crazy!
     
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    not gonna happen!

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    The question isn't if your paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough. Sometimes the only way to keep folks from jerking you around is to be a skeptic/parnaoid in order to watch out for your own interest. There are folks that will try and jerk you around no matter what is in place. Especially when somebody with a lot of money is involved. They tend to think they can do anything they want.
     
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