I wouldn't be surprised to see a red and yellow Chinese logo jersey in the future. There were about 80 of those flags at summer league.
Did you read Golivers article? Over 5 million people in China watched our summer league game. Flagg drew just over a million here in Trumpland
There's more NBA fans in China (approx 400 million) than the entire US population (340 million). Also the $ are totally different than two decades ago when Yao was in the NBA. In 2000 the US GDP was about 10x of China at the time so China was only 10% of the US. Today China is about 66% of US GDP.
Yup, at the very least make the pinwheel white on red instead of black on red. white on red pops up more. black on red don't have enough contrast.
If the team sold to Chinese owners and stayed here would you or anybody else care? So long as the owners are invested in the success of the franchise. I don’t care who owns the team as long as they are invested in the culture, the league, and the States passion for the team. I think a heritage jersey with Chinese characters would be sick. What is “The ball hit nothing but the net of the basketball hoop” in Chinese characters?
I don't think I'd care but who knows if Trump or other US politician gets involved and tries to tariff the Blazers or such. Probably a big incentive for them as well since its a blue state. Maybe me just being paranoid. Who knows though - what if there are Chinese sanctions in some future year like we had with Russia? Could make a mess of the Blazers ownership. I also just don't believe the relocation chatter is a real thing.
I'd really like to see a Taiwanese ownership group like TSM ...it could end the cold war between China and Taiwan!!!Chinese might translate Blazer as Dragon..one who breathes fire....that character is "Long"....Bruce Lee's name...little dragon...Li Shao Long...
Casey mentioned he's gained thousands of followers from China and now has opened a media account in Mandarin in China that he can't even read himself, posting his "briefcase" videos there....a lot of the beat reporters are seeing a huge uptick in social media followers from Asia
Trump can get dunked on FAMS Adam Silver runs the business It doesn’t make sense to relocate portland only to give them an expansion in 5 years. Only if seen as a test group, in which case yes - Portland is a wild successful NBA market.
Also a total tragedy to the league that the Sonics were relocated. If it happens here I think it will be enough for me to say F the league. I know it’s more intricate than this, but the Sonics should have won the championship this year. Stern and the league really did Seattle wrong.
I like the New Jerseys that are coming out this year. Looks like a lot of teams are leaning toward the mid 90’s to mid 00’s looks and I like it. Stoked that the 76ers are bringing back the black and gold ones that Iverson made popular. I still have a champion iron on jersey of his.
If you are building your team are you taking AI, or Dame to start? I think Dame is better than Iverson. Iverson was also just special. Dude just stands out among everybody else. I haven’t even watched his highlights in a while, and I don’t need to. Put AI on the list of players which actually deserved a trophy.
Easiest job on the planet would be to make the Blazers uniform decisions. So many great options and designs to choose from. But no we get the PDX carpet ones and generic red on black practice jerseys.
Contract says 11 3/4 months party, and 1/4 month office work. But it pays well because not many can actually party for that long without dying.
Also, Cleveland and OKC still have crummy looking jerseys. Cleveland needs to go back to the wine colored ones from the initial LeBron years. Those red ones with the basic “Cleveland” on them look like practice jerseys. OKC just has a bad color combo to start with along with an awkward team name.
That’s a tough one. They both are incredibly special players in different ways. Iverson’s efforts were Herculean in getting that squad to the finals.
Paterson will be in the south, Camden in the north, Atlantic City will be on the interior, and Chris Christie will be the logo.
