That would be some kind of hoop for him to jump through beings his net worth is about 10 million. Not saying it cannot somehow happen but it would be a crazy bit of negotiating that made it so if it did.
Not the case either. She is not worth 30 billion. The estate has money but Jody cannot afford the team.
Tuomas Iisalo. Unfortunately it's probably too late and the Grizzlies will have him locked up. I'd pay whatever it takes to get him. We probably should have done it before this season, IMO.
two years ago she was listed at 20.3 billion and she's sold more of Paul's assets since. last year I read she was worth around 28 billion...her worth, not Vulcan's. She can buy the Blazers several times over..she can also get the loan for Bert..who knows if she will but she definitely can. The interest alone on 20.3 billion adds up quickly.
ALL OF YOU ARE WRONG! According to Wikipedia, Jody Allen is actually Paul Allen's daughter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_NFL_franchise_owners
Jody Allen’s net worth in 2024 stands at an impressive $20.3 billion, largely inherited from her late brother Paul Allen’s estate. Her wealth is bolstered by her ownership of the Seahawks, and the Portland Trail Blazers, worth $3.08 billion, along with a minority stake in the Seattle Sounders FC. (What I stated is cited all over the place as her net worth.)
I’m sure she is worth quite a bit but there are issues right now with how things must be handled. I’d love to have those issues so I’m not calling them problems. Point being Bert Kolde does not have the money to buy the team but if we want Jody to just keep it then sure I guess she could, My bigger point is I want new ownership and I know this one isn’t good. Losers are losers and both Jody and Bert are losers.
that 20.3B was the value of Paul Allen's estate in 2018. Pretty huge coincidence that JA's net worth in 2024 was supposedly 20.3B. I don't believe anybody who is guessing her net worth has a clue where the PA estate ends and her net worth begins
Jody has produced films, digital media investments and distributed 469 million dollars in charitable donations to around 1400 foundations. She's made a fortune as president of Vulcan outside of sports and still also invested heavily in 3 sports franchises. She's a cofounder of Vulcan and folks talk like she's just been riding Paul's coattails all these years. I think she's an impressive woman and have no problem with her chapter as a custodian of the Blazers post Paul. She's generated a lot of wealth and recently sold Paul's 100 acres of undeveloped land in Beverly Hills....the lady is no slouch. Never got the hate other than she's a quiet personality. I'd say she's part of the Cronin hiring and extension so that ties into the thread. No matter what, the lady has serious fuck you money.
Source? Can’t believe everything you read on the internet. Internet says my networth is $750K. I wish.
I have to chuckle at the notion of giving Cronin credit for a "14 win improvement" this year. Did people already forget that Portland deliberately tanked last year? If last year's Blazer team had actually tried to win games like this year's team did, how many games would they have won? 28? 31? 33? but sure, let's go with the feel-good version. Reminds me of the 2015-16 season when the Blazers over-achieved the Vegas over/under by 17 games, advanced to the playoffs, and won in the 1st round. What was ignored was that the Blazers beat the Clippers in the 1st round after Blake Griffin and Chris Paul were injured. No matter, the organization definitely took that as a vindication of Olshey-vision and doubled down. Actually, management quadrupled down and Olshey went on that massive spending spree 2 months after those playoffs that hamstrung the team for years. The joys of context-free planning I remember, it must have been 2018 or 2019, when it was announced the Blazers had signed Olshey to a big extension. I got a raft of shit (at RealGM) because I had been railing about Olshey being incompetent for 3 or 4 years. I wasn't the only one trashing Olshey, but the big majority of Blazer fans were fine with the job Olshey had done. now, I was 110% negative on Olshey and I'm nowhere near that negative of Cronin....maybe 57% negative; or 62% depending on the day. I wasn't surprised by the extension. But then I've been saying all season the Blazers were not going to make changes. I didn't think Cronin would make any trade before the deadline; and he didn't. And right now, I anticipate Chauncey will be back, and the roster will be almost the same next season. I know a lot of people are happy with that. I'm not but my antipathy about the Blazer direction is pretty high right now
