ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

4733 | a day ago

Dundon would personally sacrifice 1,200 Blazers fans if it would mean he’d get an extra 50 bucks.

DiamondShiryu1 | Knicks

757 | a day ago

He’d do it for 62 cents.

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80 | a day ago

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loombees | Cavaliers

73 | a day ago

“I’ll take the money!”

etlecomtedeblaine | Raptors

51 | a day ago

“You think I could’ve gotten more?”

Chris300000000000000 | Trail Blazers

2 | 19 hours ago

Look Dame, Money!

Johnpecan | Warriors

293 | a day ago

It’s called building a culture you swine

MrFishAndLoaves | Pelicans

59 | a day ago

Brother says that with pelicans flair

Ok_Somewhere_6317 | Pacers

172 | a day ago

El cheapo changing the team name to the Portland Penny Pinchers and building around Tobias Harris

Big-Raspberry-6151 | Mavericks

38 | a day ago

Wait til Jimmy Butler hears about this

Raven-19x | Spurs

28 | 17 hours ago

His favorite player will be Cash Considerations.

Jon_ofAllTrades

13 | 19 hours ago

You really think he’d pass up a chance to sell naming rights to the team?

They’re going to be the Portland Nike Blazers pretty soon.

mjy6478 | Nuggets

8 | 16 hours ago

Nah he would call them the Portland Draftkings if they were the highest bidder.

lizardsonmytoast | Trail Blazers

43 | a day ago

Jesus Christ I hate how true this is. Fml.

tonypearcern | HOU

38 | a day ago

Man, Portland fans are so loyal, they always sell out. What a bum deal.

_19911118 | Raptors

35 | a day ago

Billionaires love ruining the lives of poor people so he would have done it for free

SeeYaLaterDylan

32 | a day ago

I was going to say he can’t have fans on those buses because he needs one for his entire team to squeeze in on

BlackLeader70 | Pistons

11 | a day ago

I mean are we surprised he made his fortune on sub prime mortgages.

DoYouEvenCareAboutMe

3 | a day ago

I hate there is a really good chance his name will forever be on the Stanley Cup in a few weeks

Emergency-Bid-8346

4 | 20 hours ago

if he’s sacrificing 1200 season ticket holders, then he’s getting revenue from the the now available for sale 1200 tickets

GeriatricGamete67 | Nuggets

2 | a day ago

Dundon is genuinely just a worse version of Mike Brown where he doesn’t spend bc he doesn’t want to lmao

Crisander

3 | a day ago

He’d do it for a cheeseburger

TargetGuyJohn | Grizzlies

3 | 15 hours ago

Then he’d waive the bucks fans because their contracts were only partially guaranteed

ThunderBobMajerle | Suns

2 | a day ago

He’d call the event the wood chipper about being loud and Portland proud and then it’s literally a wood chipper

FalcoIsDaBest

1 | 10 hours ago

If they aren’t up to be sacrificed, are they really going to fit in with the new culture being set by the owner?

Solo_Wing__Pixy | Cavaliers

2461 | a day ago

Dude is just never afraid to spend metric shitloads of money on the Cavs

AllieOopClifton | Cavaliers

2329 | a day ago

This is what sports teams should be. Fun toys for billionaires. Not investments.

No_Use_9652

1129 | a day ago

It’s amazing how rare this is. You own a sports team. It’s a game at the highest level. You have more money than you can spend. Have some fun.

Solo_Wing__Pixy | Cavaliers

594 | a day ago

I’ve met some NFL / NBA owners through work and most of them are still just hyper-obsessed with the business aspect despite having more money than they know what to do with. Very boring to talk to and more excited about just continually growing the league and driving revenue instead of building up their own franchise. I guess you can’t just turn it off once you get to that point.

No_Use_9652

373 | a day ago

Which is a problem that stretches far outside of sports. The people at the top aren’t the ones who are passionate about the work/product/mission/whatever. The people at the top want money. Full stop.

wtb2612 | BOS

54 | 16 hours ago

Yep…A local distillery just got shut down by the town only a year after a shithead new owner bought it then immediately started cutting corners and doing shady shit to maximize profits (while losing tons of customers, all of his employees, and running the place into the ground.) The same thing is now happening with a local brewery that was also sold to someone who knows nothing about the business.

improper85

15 | 14 hours ago

Same thing happened in my city with a bar I really liked. New owners bought the place and took about two weeks to ruin everything good about the place. They immediately got rid of the pool tables that were very popular and an easy money maker and they removed pizzas from their food menu despite being known for making great ones. It honestly felt like they want to run the place into the ground.

FlyChigga | Celtics

64 | a day ago

You would think building their franchise’s value would be the main goal

Solo_Wing__Pixy | Cavaliers

108 | a day ago

I think in many cases the best way to do that from a pure $ perspective is just to grow the league and get more TV viewership. They see themselves as owners of a part of the larger league first and the head of a specific local franchise and brand second.

Escape-artist-43

38 | a day ago

The market and the league itself basically do that for them.

The only way to really boost your value through success is with a Warriors-type run. And it’s much easier to just focus on squeezing as much profits as you can than it is to build a dynasty.

Trumpisanorangebitch

26 | a day ago

Thats just wrong. Just casually winning with some playoff appearances boosts value and revenue, especially for big market teams.

A team like the Bulls would see a huge revenue increase and moderate valur increase if they were just reasonably good, forget a dynasty.

IPissExcellentThrows | 76ers

8 | 16 hours ago

It’s way more complicated than that though. It’s all that spending to increase profits down the line. A dollar now is worth more than a dollar in 5 years. So that extra spend needs to return some rate of return on an annualized basis compared to just investing it. And then for how long do those excess profits last? If spending an extra 30 million for 5 years only leads to an extra 33 million in profits for years 6-10, it’s not worth it.

You use the Bulls as an example. They’re a great example of that revenue boost only being temporary. They won 6 titles in the 90s and had the most famous player ever. Yet here you are saying they should spend more to make more. They were the one seed 15 years ago. How long did that benefit them for?

I’m not saying you’re wrong at all. GOOD investing will typically lead to better returns. But we’ve seen plenty of these owners are not good at that. Even if they’re good in their fields, it doesn’t automatically translate to NBA related decisions. So you can invest a lot, but make shit decisions and make jack shit from those investments.

In 2020-2021, here are some teams in the top 10 for cap spending. Brooklyn (2), Philly (3), Utah (7), Portland (9), Memphis (10). This year, one of those teams won a playoff series. The ROI of spending on your team is questionable. Sitting back and guaranteeing cash flows from the league is a much safer play.

Fletch71011 | Bulls

3 | 16 hours ago

The Bulls have the total highest attendance in the league already and we haven’t been relevant for ages. That’s part of the problem. Ever since Jordan, people will go see the Bulls no matter what, and it doesn’t matter if we suck or are the best team ever.

mf-TOM-HANK | Cavaliers

23 | a day ago

Domonique Foxworth famously said he’s met NFL and NBA owners, both as an NFL player and a labor representative for the NFLPA and NBAPA, and he walks away from the conversation completely unimpressed

Some are titans of industry, whatever that term is worth. Some struck rich at very opportune times. Some are nepo babies. None of them are inherently special.

Currently_Stoned | Warriors

9 | a day ago

The uber rich are often extremely stunted in their mindset and it is amazing just how stupid they can be on a whole range of issues. They aren’t visionaries, they’re just the select few that have been obscenely rewarded for behaving antisocially.

Additional_City6635

7 | a day ago

Shoutout Pete Seidler for proving you can do both

iatetoomuchcatnip | Rockets

3 | a day ago

This sounds like you might only have a surface level relationship.

FreeoftheMachine | Timberwolves

2 | a day ago

Not everyone is jerruh unfortunately

Unga__Bunga69

2 | a day ago

I’m surprised no one has but I gotta ask. What do you do for work?

Solo_Wing__Pixy | Cavaliers

2 | a day ago

Finance

lopsided125

19 | a day ago

And it’s not like the money isn’t going to come back to you.

Guess what people like spending money on? Fun things where they feel like they get value and/or entertainment out of their $$s.

So many rich fucks have forgotten that.

tejanoazul | Rockets

111 | a day ago

Other billionaires should brag more about this stuff and make their fellow billionaires feel bad. Would be a great way for billionaires to spend their time and money instead of making the world a worse place.

Runshooteat

18 | a day ago

I mean, they could donate it to a children’s hospital or something but sure.

IOnlyLieWhenITalk | Hawks

8 | 16 hours ago

No one cares about kids, look who we elected President.

Daddy_Macron | Rockets

3 | 12 hours ago

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett tried to do that with the Giving Pledge, which was non-binding and on the honor system. They even basically promised facetime with the billionaires if they agreed to give the majority of their net worth to charitable causes after death. In recent years, they’ve pulled back on the initiative because they realized that the vast majority of billionaires signed to the pledge had no intention of giving a substantial portion of their net worth to charity while they were alive and most of them seem to be gearing up to give their fortunes to their children through the formation of family offices and trusts.

wiifan55 | Cavaliers

69 | a day ago

Glares at the Dolans

AllieOopClifton | Cavaliers

58 | a day ago

Clevelanders definitely get both poles of the team owner experience.

FreshOrFrozenShrimp | Cavaliers

42 | a day ago

Then there’s the Haslams lol. They spend, but they’re stupid.

Commercial_Show_6997

29 | a day ago

Literally three of the four types. The only missing one is stupid & cheap, which thankfully we don’t have 😂

FreshOrFrozenShrimp | Cavaliers

43 | a day ago

Stupid and cheap is the Bengals

I_am_Wheeler

9 | a day ago

Josh Harris

AllieOopClifton | Cavaliers

8 | a day ago

Yeah, that’s the other axis, I guess. “Meddling”

math-yoo | Cavaliers

2 | 15 hours ago

The Haslams are rich but stupid, they don’t like Cleveland, and they meddle in the team. Terrific, let’s give them a giant new stadium where they can overcharge for parking.

JohnnyFire | Cavaliers

5 | 18 hours ago

“We are excited to announce rises in ticket prices and concessions across the board. Will we use this to pay for more talent? No, but consider this: we will use it to make more money. And if we don’t make more money before selling the baseball team, was there even a baseball team to begin with? Also Steven Kwan will be traded in June for a single-A pitcher that won’t be ready until 2031. Buy more suites.” - the Dolans, probably.

…and then they’ll still make the playoffs somehow.

Littlegriznaves | Suns

12 | a day ago

Careful. That’s how we get hunger games.

District 48 calling in.

F1gur1ng1tout

3 | 20 hours ago

Fun toys and legacy builders. Some owners get too egotistical about it but I have a lot of love for owners who give back to fans and show appreciation like this

theBerj | Clippers

2 | a day ago

like the Clippers right?

^(right?)

PitinoGotARawDeal | Celtics

2 | 15 hours ago

It can be a double edged sword though. Look at the cowboys

Da_Taternater78 | Knicks

2 | 14 hours ago

And instead we have the MLB where a third of the owners intentionally run the team into the ground to make money from revenue sharing.

s_s | Cavaliers

76 | a day ago

You buy your home mortgage through an app because you want Dan to do something nice for the Cavs.

spiraldrain

18 | a day ago

Rocket companies are a good product for the most part. Rocket money has saved me a lot of money

Fit-Property3774 | Wizards

16 | 17 hours ago

They just sent me something in the mail saying I was pre-approved for a 17% APR loan hell yeah

Boring_Bother_

8 | 16 hours ago

Dodge Charger ahh APR

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

14 | 21 hours ago

A good contrast to have compared to the penny pincher who owns the baseball team. Dan Gilbert has done great things, for both of these teams. The team he owns, and the city he is from.

3s2ng | Lakers

5 | a day ago

He should have done that when he took over the Cavs. Imagine if he spent and signed star players to play along with LeBron in the late 2000s.

lanfordr | Spurs

56 | a day ago

He actually did try unsuccessfully. He signed Shaq, traded for Antwan Jamison a year after he was an All-Star.

The traded for Wally Szcerbiak and Delonte West to try to add depth to the team after they made the finals in 2007.

The moves didn’t work out, but I do remember him trying.

Master_Butter | Cavaliers

27 | 18 hours ago

It’s nice to see a non-Cavs fan with some understanding of LeBron’s first Cavs run. This idea that the Cavs didn’t do everything they could to try to build a title team was ridiculous.

Before Gilbert bought the team, the GM, Jim Paxson, made some of the dumbest moves that ended up hamstringing the team during Gilbert’s early years. He let Boozer out of his contract in an attempt to extend him on a below market deal, traded an unprotected lottery pick for Marko Jaric, and traded future seconds for non-rotation players.

Despite all of that, Gilbert spent money on big contracts for Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall, Anderson Varejao and Zydrunas. The team won 66 and 61 games LeBron’s last two years and was the top seed in the playoffs both seasons. Nephews like the guy you responded to act like the Cavs were content with winning 38 games when they had LeBron.

Jepordee | Cavaliers

12 | 17 hours ago

I agree on all of this except fuck Carlos Boozer that shit was on him

Master_Butter | Cavaliers

3 | 17 hours ago

Yes, he was shitty. But I don’t completely absolve Paxson and Gund for trying to get around the rules to sign Boozer for less than market value for no purpose other than to save a few bucks.

HuskHeel | Cavaliers

3 | 16 hours ago

Yeah also the NBA wasn’t like it is now. “Just put some superstars around him”. Super teams weren’t a thing yet. Players didn’t usually come to team up with each other which is why the 08 Celtics was game changing. And young LeBron didn’t have the cache to attract top free agents when he was younger especially being in a small market like Cleveland. They tried to go after big names but ended up only landing Larry Hughes after Bron couldn’t recruit anyone bigger.

Master_Butter | Cavaliers

3 | 16 hours ago

Yes. They offered max deals to Ray Allen and Michael Redd and were turned down, so they had to settle on Hughes. It was back when players would take the extra years and money from the teams that drafted them, and then not immediately turn around and demand a trade to their preferred destination.

SocialismIsStupid | Cavaliers

30 | a day ago

You must be young or not remembering. He tried and did. Players just didn’t want to go to Cleveland. Especially when he wouldn’t tell other players if he was gonna commit to. LeBron also was way too good too early. The lowest pick we had was like 10th after we drafted him. Tanking wasn’t a thing and from the moment he drafted mainstream media started a clock on the team to get him to NYC. If LeBron could’ve took a year or two to take off that would’ve been great if we could’ve had a shot at Dwight Howard, Igoudala, Dang, Paul, Deron Williams, etc. In hindsight it would’ve been best to mortgage your future picks back in 03 once you secured the number one to draft LeBron to trade anything but that to get another top 5 2003 pick to grab a Wade or Bosh. But that draft was hyped so that might not have been possible. People just dont remember how backed into a corner the Cavs where during his first stint.

HuskHeel | Cavaliers

2 | 16 hours ago

The Jamison and Mo Williams trades were also pretty damn good moves at the time. They basically had no assets outside of Lebron to start with and were able to flip those over time into a couple of all star level players. Wasn’t enough ultimately but it’s not like they were the Lakers where they could get cheaper deals because of guys wanting to play there.

Wolfpac187 | OKC

1 | a day ago

Everything you want from an owner instead of that bum with the Blazers

Fit-Bicycle6206 | Knicks

1 | 10 hours ago

He will be when it’s game 7 at MSG and nosebleeds are $2k.

sgtpepperslaststand | Cavaliers

1455 | a day ago

Can’t ever complain about Dan Gilbert, he’s willing to spend and definitely cares about the team

bcaulkins3 | Cavaliers

384 | a day ago

He’s such a breath of fresh air compared to the browns and guardians owners

Valsorim3212

8 | 12 hours ago

As a Bucks fan, could you elaborate more on the Browns owner😆 I hear a lot of hate for Haslam but I don’t actually know what the reasons are.

All I tell myself is that it seems like he opened up his wallet for Deshaun Watson, and now to hire Jenkins, so he at least seems like he’s willing to spend?

WhoWhatWhenWhom | Lakers

8 | 12 hours ago

I’m a Ravens fan so I keep up with the AFCN a decent bit.

I’ve joked that browns and bengals have some of the worst ownership situations in the opposite directions. The haslem does seem to care but can’t understand that the best path to winning is to hire competent people and not meddle.

Ultimately I think that you might see Haslem make more ownership decisions for the Bucks than you want to see

BalfazarTheWise

3 | 12 hours ago

He throws a wrench in everything by making big choices that ignore what the rest of the staff wants. (drafting manziel, drafting sanders, getting rid of Baker, trading for Deshaun, etc.).

bigmandave1588 | Bucks

2 | 7 hours ago

If you think spending a 5th rounder on Sanders was stupid then you’re just a hater man lol. 5th rounders rarely amount to anything and getting someone who was graded as a round 1 / round 2 talent is completely fine.

BalfazarTheWise

2 | 6 hours ago

I don’t care what round we got him in. He’s not good and is just another headache in the QB room.

shortyman920 | Lakers

167 | a day ago

He’s a shitty billionaire, but at least he understands the assignment of team ownership. Wish all owners of every major sports time was willing to treat the franchise and fans with passion. Rather than only see it as a business.

Feels like if you own a team you need to prove you are willing to open your wallet. This would also ensure no venture capitalist ever touches a team

AllieOopClifton | Cavaliers

53 | 20 hours ago

Do you mean PE? VC invests in startups. PE is what buys up existing businesses and tries to extract every penny they can before dumping them onto someone else.

The VC stereotype would be to dump a bunch of money into a team in hopes that valuation would increase.

shortyman920 | Lakers

20 | 19 hours ago

Yes I meant PE. Good correction there.

cryolems | Cavaliers

9 | 15 hours ago

He’s really not. He’s one of the very few that at least from a distance is NOT shitty. He’s single handedly turned around Detroit and surrounding areas. Same with parts of Cleveland.

Dude gives and gives far more than other billionaires do

paradoxofchoice | MIA

44 | 17 hours ago

and the city of Detroit. He is a big Detroit guy who has made a ton of investments downtown.

ObviousAnswerGuy | NYK

2 | 8 hours ago

he literally built his wealth from taking advantage of poor Detroiters

Deep-Thought

2 | 12 hours ago

It’s wild how he’s turned it around since the comic sans debacle.

oberg14

2 | 10 hours ago

I mean… there’s absolutely some things you can complain about Gilbert lol.

EveningHealth9465 | Timberwolves

605 | a day ago

W owner

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

87 | a day ago

Put in the right font

ChickenLiverNuts | PHI

55 | a day ago

I remember this guy used to be thought of as controversial just because LeBron existed

Mtown11111

82 | a day ago

eh he did say some controversial things in the context of being an owner.

banneddan1 | Cavaliers

42 | a day ago

Comic sans letter lol

NoWheyBro_GQ | Cavaliers

23 | a day ago

To be fair he’s still controversial but now instead of it being for angry letters in comic sans it’s as a rabid Zionist who supports genocide and making billions off of predatory high interest home loans

asetniop | Celtics

26 | a day ago

“I’m in Dan’s corner in every possible way except for his business choices. Mortgage loans are such a huge hassle, why not just open casinos where they literally walk in the front door and give you money?” - Miriam Adelson.

RapsareChamps_Suckit | Clippers

455 | a day ago

el cheapo would use camels as a cost-cutting measure

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

141 | a day ago

El cheapo would prioritize selling home tickets to new yorkers

SiphenPrax | Knicks

36 | a day ago

He’s so gonna do that next year especially if the Blazers suck ass😂

darti_me | Mavericks

46 | a day ago

Blazer’s gonna charge fans 15$ for a streamest url

Polo-panda | Minneapolis Lakers

7 | a day ago

Very Donald Sterling like

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

4 | 17 hours ago

Covered wagons to stay on theme. Several of the Blazer fans would have died of dysentery on the arduous trek to San Antonio.

theuberprophet | Cavaliers

189 | a day ago

i talked to a lady today who saw my cavs shirt. her daughter got to go there. dan gilbert is the best owner cleveland has had in a long time

HuskHeel | Cavaliers

41 | 16 hours ago

Gilbert will have a great legacy in CLE. Only hiccup is the comic sans letter but honestly at the time a lot of Clevelanders were vibing with it cause there was so much anger in how Lebron handled it. And he made up for it by giving that second Lebron run a blank check.

Alternative-Bad-6555 | Cavaliers

11 | 14 hours ago

I love LeBron but at the end of the day the letter came from a place of trying to support the fans and the team. As dumb as it may sound, I think he wrote that letter because of how good of an owner he tries to be

Ok_Possible_5702

169 | a day ago

el cheapo in shambles

SiphenPrax | Knicks

60 | a day ago

All I have to say is, thank fuck he doesn’t own the Portland Fire.

And thank fuck Gilbert owns the future Cleveland WNBA expansion team too for that matter.

YouDontKnowDino | Trail Blazers

153 | a day ago

Do other owners regularly do this? Seems like I only hear about Dan doing it

ElectronicReport4113 | Thunder

156 | a day ago

Ballmer did it last year for Game 7 in Denver

Alternative-Bad-6555 | Cavaliers

44 | a day ago

That’s because Dan is the goat

moldy912 | Cavaliers

32 | a day ago

Dan is like the 4th-ish richest owner in the NBA, and it’s a pretty big step down after him, so probably not many.

MetroBS | Suns

8 | a day ago

Probably depends on distance. Couldn’t see this happening for a wolves-lakers series for instance

Appropriate_Book_591

92 | a day ago

Dundon would never

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

27 | a day ago

because he’s cheap. But also because the nearest playoff team is over 600 miles away.

Trick_Incident_8227

3 | 18 hours ago

Yeah, I’m a hurricanes fan. He spends to win but will cut absolutely anything else.

JMEEKER86 | NBA

73 | a day ago

Meanwhile Tom Dumdum won’t even send the entire fucking team

IcyWhereas2313

3 | a day ago

Those fans would be in danger…

NoWheyBro_GQ | Cavaliers

54 | a day ago

As a dude in Cleveland with a shitty predatory Rocket Mortgage home loan I’m taking credit for paying for at least one of those buses.

Greenhoe

4 | 16 hours ago

How is a loan that you agreed to predatory? You either didn’t read the fine print and that’s on you. Or your credit and finances are in such bad shape that the only thing you’re able to get is a horrible rate, that’s also on you.

These companies have to account for the risk of irresponsible people who don’t read loan conditions defaulting and losing money.

Flimsy-Yellow-3268

1 | 18 hours ago

I have a rocket mortgage loan too. Did you not go through all the documents you signed and the amortization table?

Like were you an adult or did you just sign away like you were accepting cookies on some random website

FreeEnergy001

2 | 13 hours ago

This reminds me John Oliver’s show yesterday on J.G. Wentworth. Though in that case they were going after those impaired by things like lead paint.

mrtrollmaster | IND

52 | a day ago

Midwest high speed rail network would lowkey go so hard during NBA playoffs and all NFL season long. Cleveland to Detroit would be a 1 hour train ride downtown to downtown and cost under $100 round trip.

Walk from the downtown stations to the downtown stadiums (almost all Midwest cities have downtown stadiums now), catch the last train home and celebrate on the way home with your friends (you’re allowed to BYOB on trains).

You could also day trip with your buds for Saturday and Sunday afternoon games.

babypho | Warriors

47 | a day ago

In our first world country!? Yeah no thanks. Give me the freedom to sit 2 hours in bumper to bumper traffic anyday!

mrtrollmaster | IND

16 | a day ago

Don’t invite me unless I have the freedom to pay for $30 event parking.

Shebalied | Cavaliers

7 | 16 hours ago

Damn, world cup is going to be like 200$. AKA normal price for LA parking lol.

Spiritual-Chameleon | Nuggets

2 | a day ago

And then also complain about the ridiculous parking prices.

wristdirect | Cavaliers

4 | 18 hours ago

Now that’s freedom, baby!

i5the5kyblue | Cavaliers

35 | a day ago

After seeing how much a crowd helps our guys, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if he sent some to MSG.

And yes, I know how much tickets cost but the man is worth $29 billon.

RoyShavRick | Cavaliers

10 | 15 hours ago

I’m lowk kinda worried about knicks fans invading the home games for the cavs 😬

Steridire | Knicks

10 | 14 hours ago

There have been guys on r/Knicks since last week booking AirBNBs in Cleveland before the series was even over lmao. They won’t outnumber locals or anything but any game in the playoffs and Knicks are sending a contingent

RoyShavRick | Cavaliers

2 | 14 hours ago

Damn some bball fans are crazy 😂 I only try to watch the occasional home game but these folks really love this stuff

Dav136 | Knicks

3 | 12 hours ago

It’s not just that, it’s that tickets are so insanely overpriced in MSG taking a vacation to Cleveland is legitimately the better deal

RoyShavRick | Cavaliers

2 | 11 hours ago

Yeah that shit is a scam it gotta suck to be a Knicks fan if you can’t even go to ur own home games without taking days off to go somewhere else.

AlphaGodEJ | Bulls

36 | a day ago

How do you get on that list?

ImperialTiger3 | Warriors

31 | a day ago

I would guess it’s some of their season ticket holders but idk

redstopsign | LAL

3 | a day ago

Correct

angelansbury | Wizards

10 | a day ago

season ticket holders

this_place_stinks

3 | 16 hours ago

He sent an email to all season ticket holders with an form to opt in

Comrade_agent | NBA

19 | a day ago

Raptors owners(MLSE) would sooner sacrifice fans to Baal than ever do that

50yearsandcounting

4 | a day ago

*Adelson family*

enblightened

17 | a day ago

imagine if vivek sent a bunch of cowbell toting fans into chase center for game 7. maybe in another 15 years

bunnymeowmeow

3 | a day ago

Dear Vivek, Please put me on the bus. I promise I will still be loyal in 15 years.

Ohnoes999

15 | a day ago

Is the rest of the league slowly realizing that one dumb incident doesn’t change the fact that Dan is the best owner in basketball…? Been hilarious seeing people try to clown on him when everyone INSIDE the league loves and respects the dude.

Master_Butter | Cavaliers

11 | 16 hours ago

Context matters. Gilbert lashing out was not the optimal response, but it resonated with the Cavs’ fanbase. It was nice to know the owner gives a shit and is a fan of his own team.

eklipse519

13 | a day ago

Dan Gilbert ran the same high interest loan scam as Dundon to get rich but I guess a couple buses should make up for it.

Greenhoe

9 | 16 hours ago

How is someone agreeing to a loan a scam? If I was trying to buy a car and the dealership offered me 15% rate I would say no and shop around and find one for 5% at me local credit union.

At what point do you put the responsibility on the person?

asdkijf | Cavaliers

3 | 11 hours ago

idk about Rocket specifically but Ishbia runs a rival mortgage company and they’ve gotten into some trouble basically bribing and/or threatening independent brokers into steering business to them.

in practice it’s just always a bit more complicated than ‘personal responsibility’ - fraud happens and people can be taken advantage of.

ObviousAnswerGuy | NYK

1 | 8 hours ago

thank you lol, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills in this thread. Maybe people here aren’t old enough to remember the controversy

Artistic-Part3953

13 | a day ago

Why would he just throw away 100 million like that?

wembys | Spurs

18 | a day ago

No it’s 100 million for 2-3 players, these buses must have cost billions

kansashotwings | Bulls

3 | 20 hours ago

He’s actually broke now

SpeechMain4436

10 | a day ago

Stop the caravans

TemporaryPassenger62

11 | a day ago

CLEVELAND IS NOT SENDING THEIR BEST

Costcornucopia | Trail Blazers

9 | a day ago

What’s the fastest a team has ever started “Sell the team” chants? If i could afford to go to games, I’d do it at the opener. Fuck Dundon

djkhan23

9 | a day ago

Sounds like a sweet deal.

Sign me for for an invasion cruise.

prettytopsayebro

8 | a day ago

How much will that cost him at MSG?

Eagle_Beagle22 | Raptors

8 | a day ago

serious question, why would the pistons allow this? i get ticket sales but you gotta make sure your home court is filled with your fans for a game 7. one or two buses, i get, but allowing 25 bus loads of opposing teams fans to get tickets for that game?

ChucoTeacher | Spurs

8 | a day ago

Dundon probably feels pity that Gilbert spent that money instead of being out of the playoffs and thus saving a boatload of money.

Have_A_Jelly_Baby | Pistons

6 | a day ago

Yeah, we know. They mentioned it during the game at least 30 times.

Tbard52

11 | 21 hours ago

Well tbf there wasn’t much to talk about for most of the second half

peabody_soul109

5 | 16 hours ago

Cleveland fans really are like nothing else. Well done !

AquilaVI | Knicks

4 | 20 hours ago

I dare him to do that for a MSG game. Man’s going to go bankrupt

deadzsteve | Pistons

3 | 13 hours ago

Important to note that Dan Gilbert basically owns half of the real estate in Detroit so this was clearly personal to him

AK11223

3 | a day ago

The craziest fact is Dan Gilbert is from Detroit lol

HardcoreKaraoke | Mavericks

3 | 15 hours ago

It was obvious if you watched the game. Pistons fans cleared out and a significant number of Cavs “Beat Detroit” shirts were everywhere.

Also if you watched you’d know because they mentioned Gilbert doing it like four times with clips of the parking lot and all of the buses.

Neversoft4long

3 | 13 hours ago

The blazers owner would have a heart attack at even the suggestion of doing that. Sorry blazers fans but your new owner is a complete tool who will probably end up moving the franchise

azurricat2010 | Lakers

3 | 13 hours ago

He was paying homage to Charlie Kirk, storming Little Caesars Arena rather than the Capitol.

3023GsDubz

2 | a day ago

Come On, Joe Lacob. At least let real Warriors fans sit lower level, again.

redxlillard | Lakers

2 | a day ago

It sounded like it, this was borderline a home game for the Cavs

Kvsav57

2 | a day ago

I honestly don’t get why more teams don’t invest in fans. I get that you can’t fly a bunch of fans for really far away games but why didn’t Philly give away thousands of tickets to people in the Philadelphia area? You get fans at the games and the city likes you more. Some of these owners won’t spend a few thousand dollars for millions in PR.

fom_alhaut | Knicks

2 | 19 hours ago

That’s gonna be a whole lot more expensive in the ECF

xenophonthethird | Cavaliers

2 | 15 hours ago

I thought the “Lets Go Cavs!” chant was surprisingly loud for being in Detroit. Good on you Dan.

jpb21110 | Nets

2 | 13 hours ago

Good lol more owners/teams should be doing this. Always said teams who don’t sell out should be giving away thousands of tickets to schools for every game

zenpuppy79

2 | 11 hours ago

I think LeBron should go back to Cleveland next year for one last hurray

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

1 | a day ago

Maybe the owners approved the new Portland owner to make themselves all look so much better.

That guy won’t even bring his own two-way players to games while you have the Cavs owner doing this

toolegit9999

1 | a day ago

Dumbdon would send them to the local waffle house

ru_benz | Warriors

1 | a day ago

When I went to Game 1 of the 2015 Finals in Oakland, there was a group of Cavs fans in the row behind me. I briefly chatted with them. They were all part of the Cavs organization, so I imagine the ownership flew them all to the Bay back then, too.

Anonymous72278

1 | a day ago

He owns half of downtown Detroit where LCA is. He is just bringing over more customers to his place of business.

tys0n28

1 | a day ago

How did he get the tickets? Did he just buy them all up on stubhub?

redstopsign | LAL

1 | a day ago

Can confirm. Was on the bus, one of many.

Archipelaglow

1 | 15 hours ago

How does one buy 1,200 seats at a game, when they aren’t the owner?

JerHat | Supersonics

1 | 15 hours ago

That explains why the pistons didn’t show up to play.

thatonionsmell

1 | 15 hours ago

He literally owns Detroit, has spent hundreds of millions on the city, bases the headquarters of his company here. It’s so fucking annoying that our home court advantage doesn’t exist anymore

BullShitFish | Knicks

1 | 14 hours ago

If he pulls that off with NY they’ll be sent to Resorts World Casino in Queens.

cflo32 | Pistons

1 | 14 hours ago

Gores should’ve responded!

gab_owns0 | Heat

1 | 14 hours ago

Well it paid off!

Congrats on the Cavs for advancing to the ECF.

PutinBoomedMe

1 | 13 hours ago

What in the Gilbert throat gobbling is this comment section…..

27RINGSNYY

1 | 9 hours ago

Ballmer did this first but I’m glad it’s setting a trend for wealthy owners

[Nick Camino] Cavs owner Dan Gilbert reportedly sent 25 bus loads of Cleveland fans to Detroit for Game 7, potentially 1,200 people.