Canzano says Blazers being prepared for auction

No NBA franchises aren't a slam dunk investment. If Paul Allen had put the money he paid for the Blazers in the stock market it would be worth more than $2 billion.

Yes if you look at the millions owners paid and the billions franchises are worth it appear to be an amazing investment. But when you have hundreds of millions, you have a lot of potential amazing investments.

 

If the Blazers moved to a more lucrative market the owners would get a split of that revenue sharing.

Expansion also costs owners money every year forever since they have to split league wide revenue more slices.

Ultimately it may be that expansion is financially better than Blazers relocation for the league, but it's not a for sure thing.

 

I don’t think it works that way?
Yes more slices but more households are watching and overall market increases. Bigger pie!

 

I’ve got $13 million but it doesn’t make a dent in $3.5 Billion! If we did pitch in, and I go in with $13 million, I’d want a key role - ball boy closest to the bench! Home team too.

 

So……..

 

Larry Ellison perhaps would be interested.

 

To play devils advocate, there was really no good reason to move one of the best franchises out of Seattle and put it in OKC.

 

Shitty stadium and the city refused to build a new one.

 

Plus, it's widely regarded as a huge failure at the end of Stern's career (allowing the Sonics to be moved) - and you'd think the NBA would be even more reluctant to repeat that mistake.

 

of those rumored thus far I think MacKenzie Scott is the best candidate although I don't see why she would be interested . Ultimately I want someone who doesn't want the team to move and is invested on the team winning outside of finical motivation.

 

I get that, but it could happen. Most likely won’t, but could

 

I would like someone with ties to the Northwest and hopefully not some right wing fanatic QAnon homophobe who has beats up women.

 

30 years from 1993 is.... 2023. So what your saying is the Blazers could relocate next year?

I think it's unlikely the Blazers move, but if the team is sold for $1.5-$2 billion and its owners with a preference for a different geographical area, and the team struggles for the next year(s) with this crappy roster......

The Blazers leaving Portland is certainly above a 0% probability.

 

It possibly could be a bigger pie, and I'm sure that would be the goal of the NBA owners accepting expansion. But its not a guarantee that expansion would lead to more revenue per team.

It also has an opportunity cost of expanding now, it would then make further expansion less likely (which could be for an even bigger $ amount in the future)

I'm just pointing out, the expansion fee isn't as simple as free money with no downside for existing owners as often is portrayed.

 

How many people have net worths over $10 billion with ties to the NW? It can't be a very long list.

 

I think the PNW ties is meaningless. Agree with the rest.

I care more about engagement with the fanbase and a will to win than if they grew up in the community, etc. We have precedence in recent years with people out of market buying NBA teams and having success (robert pera-- grizzlies, marc lasry -- bucks, ballmer-- clips, etc etc).

Is there anything THAT unique about an increasingly cosmopolitan Portland now that requires an owner to be homegrown to understand it? (not trying to be snarky, genuinely asking because this prerequisite is brought up even for GM/coach openings here on this forum)

 

Phil knight is my choice to buy the blazers