What now? Ownership, etc

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    Ill buy em
     
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    Seattle didn't have an NBA quality arena when they moved and the fans in Seattle are some of the biggest bandwagon fans in Sports
     
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    From a Bald Faced Truth interview with Paulson in 2015:

    "Said Paulson: "Look. If Paul Allen were selling the Blazers, would I be interested? Yes. I don't think baseball is something that has a future in Portland for a variety of reasons. I think to own a baseball team in a non-major market -- in a market of this size -- I mean, you look at the way baseball is struggling even in Seattle right now, I just don't think that's realistic.""
     
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    I'm sure they say the same about us. And "NBA Quality" is in the eye of the beholder.
     
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    Thursday is gonna be really emotional, but it just sucks a bunch of L*ker fans bought up the tickets from Blazer fans.

    So fuck all Blazer fans that sold out and put money over franchise.
     
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    Cept that those who actually go to other arenas say the RG is among the best
     
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    I wonder if Olshey's position is a good deal less secure without PA.
     
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    Do they live in Portland?
     
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    Yes.
     
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    Especially with the Seattle Sonics debacle. Till this day the nba still gets bad publicity about that. It just won’t happen.
     
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    Nobody's job is secure. Whoever buys the team will have their own management team.
     
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    They didn’t let the Kings move when they had the money ready to go. The nba doesn’t like when teams move they learned their lesson from the Sonics mess
     
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    As for Paulson having the cash. Forbes estimated the Timbers value at $270 million last year, the Blazer were estimated at 1.3 billion. I'm pretty sure he could put an ownership group together to make a legit offer.

    Also of note is that the Braves ownership group sold tracking stocks in the team to finance their debt. Owners/groups can get pretty creative these days.
     
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    I don't trust McGowan to not screw us over.
     
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    Amoung those who were bidding for the Clippers:

    David Geffen
    Oprah Winfrey
    Larry Ellison
     
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    Its not his choice. It’s the NBAs like it wasn’t the Seattle money men’s choice when they were willing to write an open checkbook for the Kings back in 2013
     
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