OT Projected top-10 2019 pick Darius Bazley to jump straight to G-League

Or maybe in Tacoma or Seattle so they aren't competing with U of O to put butts in seats. It's still a business and they need to make money. They could play their games in Key Arena or the Tacoma Dome, maybe split them between the two venues to draw fans from all around the Puget Sound region.

Wasn't that why they hired Calabro - to expand our market to the north?

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To me, the big question is this: Will he get a shoe contract? If Nike or someone gives him $100k, it would
really change the incentives for entering college vs. going DLeague.

 

He wouldn’t be eligible for a two way contract anyway, having never entered the NBA draft thus not making him eligible for selection at any point in the past, correct? Even if he was 22 or 23.

 

They hired Calabro because he was the best available when they decided to move on from the Mike duo.

 

Try telling that to the forum conspiracy theorists. They insisted hiring Calabro was the latest indication that Paul Allen will eventually move the Blazers to Seattle, that he wanted to familiar voice to help with the transition.

BNM

 

But Ballmer is going to move the Clippers up there first!

 

I'd actually love that. Talk about renewing a rivalry. I already hate the Clippers, but not as much as I did when CP3 and Blake were there.

Why the fuck does LA need two teams anyway. It just confuses their fans who can't decide which bandwagon to ride.

BNM

 

Mike Rice was warned several times not to do something, which has escaped my memory, but he continued to do it. That last time was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Edit - Can't tell you where I heard this 'cause I was sworn to secrecy.

 

Ridiculing the "buy of the night" or whatever they called the merchandise they were supposed to be pimping. They didn't like him bad mouthing the products they were promoting.

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I guess cat's out of the bag.

 

I think maybe it was called the Deal of the Night, or Deal of the Game or something like that. Rice wasn't exactly a natural salesman. They should have just let the more enthusiastic, company man Barrett fly solo on those promotions. They literally should have turned Rice's mike off. Letting him ad lib in those situations was NOT a good idea.

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