New Portland Trailblazers owner Tom Dundon is asked by the media how often he’ll attend games: “Don’t love going to games because I get nervous. I don’t want you all taking pictures of my face when something bad happens.”
Perfectly relatable reason as a superstitious fan, but even if he’s not a super hands-on owner, not always a bad thing if you have the right front office in place (aka not Nico) and you’re willing to spend when you have a window.
I like that Nico forever gonna be the synonym for bad GMs 😂😂😂. Vlade and Zeke forever happy
good god that’s BILLY KINGS MUSIC.
That sounds fine. When you have that much stake in a team I can see how watching games becomes a stressful experience. Sometimes I just don’t watch games because I’m not in the right mental to handle the stress and I have much less stake than he does
It’s also one thing to get exasperated and shout an expletive in the moment as a fan but when you’re the boss of the person making the mistake it can also come across a lot differently to everyone else.
don’t sell yourself short. being the owner of the raptors is just as high stakes as owning the blazers.
Thats raptors basketball for ya, always a rollercoaster
He’s gonna love the Moda Center apartment
phantom of the rose garden
Man needs to take a page out of Ballmer’s book. The closest that guy gets to giving a fuck is when he’s handing out double fisted handies courtside.
Man needs to take a page out of Ballmer’s book.
Nah, he’s fine not doing that.
That book should be remaindered.
Yeah, get all sweaty and start yelling about developers
The ol’ Billy Beane
Just put a one way window in your box suite
Understandable.
I am an embarrassment when watching the Knicks play.
He should wear a luchador mask.
Blazers logo-inspired lucha mask would honestly go hard
This actually just happened with the Red Sox, the owner was caught on camera mocking “sell the team” chants at a game
Tom “Pickleball” Dundon?
Ballmer zero shame
He should just don one of our two mascot costumes. Is he more of a sasquatch or a cat?
I WANT MY AAF BACK #ArrowsHigh
There’s nothing at stake. Major sports franchises have never lost money for owners
If you are a billionaire you probably also got better things to do then watch the blazers play the jazz.
He’s the public leader of a group of investors, he doesnt own the team and may not even be the largest shareholder as some of the others are richer than him but may not want to be as actively involved. He probably owns around 20%, like Arod, Vivek and Lacob.
The shot of Paul Allen looking absolutely beyond stunned as steph curry absolutely buried us, is/was a classic gif.
Can’t fault him for not wanting that shot
The owner showing genuine emotion during the game.. The horror and embarrassment demands seppuku /s.
You got to go every game Dame is playing in.
it’s so hard to be around normal people when you’re a billionaire