The absolute disrespect to Timbuktu. 

That was their entire brand. 

And I say try it, I dare him.

Kalamazoo catching strays

Rancho Cucamunga

Saginaw “Sagnasty” Blazers has a ring to it

FLINT MICHIGAN MEGABOWL.

FLINT MICHIGAN MEGABOWL!

FLINT MICHIGAN MEGABOWL!!

You really do know Kalamazoo, with that busted Audi reference. Lmao 😂

Hilarious yet accurate

With the first pick in the draft, the Walla Walla Wallabys select…

How did you become a Thunder fan in kzoo?

He said Kalamazoo for the purpose of rhetoric.

But Fort Wayne >>> Kalamazoo. Do it, pussy.

The Billings, Montana Trail Blazers is going to go so hard

Crazy because even within the elite financier circles this guy is considered to be a massive scumbag

He did do the same thing with that team and it has paid off. That team has been in the playoffs every year of his ownership and has yet to lose a game this playoffs.

It’s weird because the Hurricanes were so easily move-able at the time, we all thought the franchise was good as gone to Houston when Dundon came to town. You would think the tremendous success (and valuation increase) they’ve had in Raleigh since would make him more willing to bet on Portland.

Yeah. People who aren’t from Raleigh don’t know about him and John Kane’s plans to build stupid shit in the city, destroying land around places like Lake Crabtree.

Wild, because it’s a gorgeous city, so I just don’t get it

Sad Oakland noises

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland

A move also clears the way for a Seattle team with the whole region to itself. I want the Sonics back, but not at the cost of the Blazers.

(Obligatory fuck OKC)

Never been, but Portland has always seemed pretty cool to me.

There aren’t many, if any, places for an NFL team to move to.

But now that OKC has proven to be viable, any mid-sized city with a fancy enough civic center can poach an NBA team.

They make the worst, cheapest owners in the traditional sense seem like the better option. They don’t even feel the need to pretend a franchise is anything other than an asset to squeeze by any means necessary

Also Portland has promised over $350 mill in upgrades for the Moda center if he puts down a long lease of 20 years. Dude is corny as fuck over winning a championship with his hockey team…

Professional sports in the USA are run as cartel. The USA has dozens of cities that could support a franchise, but the top level is artificially capped at 30 or so teams with no relegation system. This allows sports leagues to pit cities against each other for profit. There are several larger cities than Portland without an NBA team, and a few comparably sized that may offer favorable long-term valuation potential. Boycotting games over a potential relocation only assures the team will relocate.

Pro sports is practically the only traditional media sector that has continued to grow in spending and watch time among Americans, which has caused team valuations to skyrocket. 19 of the 20 most valuable teams are American, with Real Madrid ranked 20th behind the Houston Texans, a franchise that did not exist until 1999.

Anecdotally, my family were Mavs fans before 2008. It was basically the only TX based team we supported lol

And those that aren’t Spurs fans are transplanted Mavs, Rockets, or OKC fans.

It would be like someone moving a team to anywhere in Southern California and expecting to poach fans from the Lakers

I know five basketball fans in Austin besides myself. I’m a sixers fan cus Philly born and raised. The other five: one spurs fan, one OKC fan, three bandwagon Mavs fans

Austin Spurs got the city locked down. HEB ain’t giving that up.

If they move a team here I’ll go to every game in Spurs gear and boo them

People here are starved for sports. All we have is Austin FC and UT football. We would absolutely do it.

At least Dolan spends. Spends like a drunken sailor in Bangkok, but still.

I think the NBA has already started the process of preparing to eventually move the Grizzlies to Nashville. The Grizzlies arena opened in 2004 and while I believe the Memphis College team also plays there. I wouldn’t be shocked if we start seeing more and more stories about how they need to ‘upgrade’ to a new arena. And eventually shift the team to Nashville

Tennessee isn’t a big enough market for 2 teams. They’re barely big enough for 1. Titans in the NFL are regularly one of the least watched teams.

Basically they have to open it up to a sale of the team to an owner that doesn’t want to move and give 6 months notice

As an Ohio native fuck Anthony Precourt. You know it’s bad when Jimmy Haslam is a better ownership option.

‘regulatory capture’

Aka corruption 

Bro is still traumatized by the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn 100 years ago. Zohran literally said Bernie told him that was his radicalizing moment. Our curmudgeonly king is ancient

Sounds great until you realize that off Reddit, there is a LARGE portion of the country that wants this for their city and is willing to vote for it.

I’d rather have voters be responsible for their actions than left out of the discussion entirely.

They’re dime a dozen

John Canzano on the Oregonian sports section front page gave us all childhood trauma.

“you think I’m bluffing?!? well watch me move this beloved franchise to a smaller market where my revenue couldn’t possibly grow!”

Hammond, Indiana is about to get a football team, a basketball team, and a 10000% increase in taxes

Totally they will give him billions of dollars in relocation fees, permit, location to build, construction fee, etc. these city would totally give him 4-10 billions dollars to do all of that

This is the real answer, bring back the Vancouver Washington Grizzlies

Hes a laughingstock with the fanbase playing the reactionary headline grabber.

Or if they move the Trailblazers to Seattle…

Pacific Northwest is big enough to support two teams.

Texas has enough teams, with OKC already relocated in the region from the NW. Nashville already has a team in Memphis and that market isn’t big enough for two nba teams.

And Kalamazoo? Get the fuck out of here. League isn’t gonna let him

They’ll give San Diego a basketball team before they give Texas a fourth NBA team.

Ur thinking of battle creek