The source is Woj, so it's probably legit. Moving it out of Charlotte is the right decision. Good job Adam Silver.
Meh. I guess you could do worse than New Orleans in February. And before people start chiming in about having it here in Portland: Don't. It. Will. Never. Happen.
Good. Fuck North Carolina (and I say that as a former resident who enjoyed living there at the time). BNM
So, you're not a believer in global warming then? I figure in a 100 years or so, Oregon will have a nice Mediterranean-type climate and all of the teams from southern states will be looking forward to a break from the hot desert sands.
So what's next, not allowing the NBA to play games in Charlotte? Super hypocritical Maybe no more teams in red states?
If improves our chance of signing fee agents, sure why not? Fuck those southern states, their sunny weather and lack of state income tax. BNM
No, it's lovely here during the year. I want to say 4 years ago now I played golf on new years day. It was something like 78 degrees. That was certainly not normal, but still. Weather gets good here usually around the third week of the NFL season until the NBA finals or so. Summers are horrible.
I've said it once and I'll say it again. The NBA All Star Game and it's festivities should happen after the NBA championship game. They could make it happen in early June sense there would be no all star weekend.
Basketball is a fucking indoor sport and we STILL can't get an All-Star game. New Orleans? Again? Really?
Our demographics doesn't fit the NBA all star game. With the way the all star game has exploded this last 10 years or so as far as a de-facto hip hop festival, the NBA all star game wouldn't make sense in a Portland Oregon or a white city like salt lake Utah. That's how Portland is perceived unfortunately.. Drake, Future, etc are not going to be excited to come to Portland. The NBA has to think of the interests of their core fans and market base.
The all star weekend is a colossal joke now anyways. I'd actually feel honored to miss out on the traffic, Kevin Hart camera whoring, and vomitously overpriced tickets all leading up to a 200-175 clownshow score of a game to which even top 20 players aren't necessarily going to be selected.
The city would reap many more benefits than the average Blazers fan though. An event like that would make the local business revenue skyrocket
If the NBA is so serious about making the city/state pay financially then they should just pull the Hornets out of NC altogether. Otherwise it amounts to little more than half-assed grandstanding. That's also why the NBA still does tons of business in places like China. The moralistic self-righteousness must stop after a certain point if dollar signs are in the way.
