What now? Ownership, etc

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Such awful news. I don't want to mess up the RIP thread with seemingly meaningless ownership issues at the moment.

    Here's the latest:




     
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    The NBA would never allow a team to be ripped from a city that actually supports it. You can worry about a new owner not being willing to pay luxury tax or for 2nd round draft picks or whatever but the team isn't moving.
     
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    Who's wealthy enough in Portland to keep them in Oregon?

    Will an ownership group (Merritt Paulson) form?
     
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    chris_in_pdx OLD SCHOOL

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    Is Merritt Paulson rich enough to own an NBA team?
     
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    Yup After the Sonics debacle the nba won’t allow a team like the blazers move from a growing popular market like Portland
     
    Rozay, Oct 15, 2018
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    For those that think the team might move, name one situation where a team moved or threatened to move that didn't have to do with arena issues?
     
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    No
     
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    Regardless, I am terrified. 100% terrified.
     
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    No. He could put an investment group together but basketball isn't really his passion. He is too busy running the Timbers and the new park PP expansion.
     
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    I look forward to watching the Blazers play in Las Vegas. Great home court advantage.
     
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    No. Daddy doesn't have enough money.
     
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    There are some retired Nike executives that have a shit ton of money in Nike stock.
     
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    Because it hasn't happened, it can't?
     
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    Do they want to own and run an NBA team though?
     
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    One would think that Seattle would need to focus first on finding local ownership for the Seahawks. Seems tough to find owners for two teams.
     
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    Look, if they haven't relocated garbage franchises like the Hawks, Grizzlies, Pelicans, etc., they're never going to move a franchise that always ranks in the top 5 in attendance.
     
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    Some of them were the money behind Terry Porter's bid to buy the Blazers when the team was for sale years ago.
     
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    Silver needs to release a statement aboit the welfare of the franchide pretty soon.
     
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    You pay a billion for the Blazers you can move the team.

    The Bucks went for over half a billion 4 years ago. The market has only gone up.
     
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    That's why the Sonics are entering their fifth decade in Seattle!
     
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