Stein on cost-cutting by new Blazers owner Tom Dundon: “You cannot, as an owner, get a reputation for skimping on spending. That is going to get your franchise in a lot of trouble… Players are well aware of this chatter already. Coaches are talking about this.”
“Even Doug Christie is paid in the \(2m range, but this \[Dundon’s \)1.5m salary expectation] is less than what Doug Christie is getting in Sacramento.”
“There have also been rumblings out there that Dundon made a lowball offer to Thiago Splitter that he rejected. Now to be fair, Tom Dundon — on the record — has denied that.”
“You cannot, as an owner, get a reputation for skimping on spending. That is going to get your franchise in a lot of trouble… Players are well aware of this chatter already. Coaches are talking about this.”