I’d be down for that. Turn the Blazers into the Green Bay Packers if the NBA.

Portland’s rarely been a contender, but their periods as a true “bottom feeder” have historically been pretty short blips. They’ve made the postseason in 33 out of their last 44 seasons.

You’re right that Dundon can’t be trusted to keep that up though, especially when it comes time to pay Nori…

I think it is more of an equity flip that he was hoping he could easily move somewhere and unload them for more money, but at the moment he is stuck.

He still owes money to the Allen Estate, so he can’t even talk to anywhere else about moving the team until that is paid or September 2028 gets here, which at that point he could lose a portion or all of his ownership in the team. On top of that, any move he makes will cost him $1 billion to the league owners.

This is probably also why he wants a short lease for the renovations so he could sell the team without having a long lease if he is unable to move the team.

Basically he is a poor billionaire that can’t actually afford to own this team

i love it but that will never happen

Would be a death sentence for competitiveness.

NFL has a hard cap league and teams will always make more money than they spend.

NBA has the flexible cap and can have the tax, etc.

If they knew the headache & press this would cause (and also his intention to move the team), I don’t think they would have signed off on it.

He’s a new (& poor, for billionaire standards) owner bringing in bad vibes to the league right before expansion. This is only good for the new ownership group & a potential relocation spot. No one else

They have lots of standards they’re just all denominated in USD.

Why wouldn’t they protect their money from this moron? This is bad for every other owner, Tommy Dipshit is costing them money with every article about this. Senate Finance Committee is threatening to look into the NBA. The other owners have reportedly already rebuffed his curiosity about moving the team. Etc.

Man we had multiple women on the Fire roster in tears during post game interviews and in response to some fan cheers. If you show up and play hard the city and fans will back you 110%. The arena gets absolutely rocking.

And speaking of the arena, it’s not even that bad. Most fans think the arena is perfectly serviceable right now, although the main outcry is that the arena around the arena is ripe for some development since it’s so boring at the moment. Sure, there are housekeeping items like maintenance and some outdated structure, but that’s something every arena deals with as time passes.

I went to a game in Denver last year and while I thought the main entry area to the arena was nice I thought the main upper level concourse was more narrow and cramped than the Portland arena. That arena felt more dated in many ways than what we have in Portland. But I can’t tell you how the box seats compare, and thats likely where they would try to generate more money with renovations in Portland.

Even from all the way over on the East Coast, we recognize Portland’s important to the NBA and Blazers fans deserve so much better than this BS.

Pretty infuriating to go from Paul Allen to Dundon.

Go Red Sox!

at this point I’m convinced the dude just straight up hates this city and would prefer to be anywhere else, it’s the only explanation

He fucking hates the city he purchased a team in. He hasn’t even tried to hide his disdain for us and the city. Seriously fuck this twat

It’s so strange even someone with terminal business brain should see the advantage of being the only big 4 pro sports team in a very wealthy metro area.

Kansas City, Louisville, and maybe Nashville are all names thag have been floated. I don’t see Nashville as a possibility with Memphis in the state but Kansas City and Louisville offer advantages that Portland can’t.

All my homies call him Tommy Dipshit.

Sterlinged?

We can’t we are winning and cheering Dame dropping bombs every game. Not many opportunities to boo

Ask Oakland how well that worked for their baseball team

It’d be even more effective if it’s done while the team is doing well.

You mean James Dolan, the guy who STILL owns the New York Knicks? What did bringing signs chanting accomplish?

Unless, ya know, the other owners aren’t happy with what Tommy Dipshit is doing.

Seattle was not offering public funding for an arena. Portland is.

Clay Bennet is deeply connected to OKC. Dundon is from Dallas.

Will be dancing on his grave

You mean when Dame nuked their franchise jump starting their rebuild which led to a fucking championship? They should love Portland. Instead they’re butthurt like tiny little babies that need Vaseline rubbed on their heinies because their feelings were hurt that we beat them twice in a week. This after they’ve been stomping us for what feels like fucking decades.

Soft.

Not all of them obviously. I’ve chatted with plenty of good ones. But the lil bitches are among the worst of any fanbase.

He was, he could have also added a condition in his will that would not allow the new owners to relocate the team. Pretty simple.

I’m not saying it’s completely on him but he could have put more parameters for his trust to satisfy than just “sell to the highest bidder”.

It’s a bit of a stretch to blame Jody to be frank.

The blazers have gotten every penny they’ve asked for. They are not negotiating in good faith.

Adam silver ok’d this sale.

The city, county, and state level governments have all already bent over backwards to earmark every single dollar required for the renovation. I think even some neighboring counties volunteered money as well. Despite that, Dundon still refused to deal because of a clause in the bridge lease that literally just reserves the right to sue if the team relocates. And Dundon is pretending that that is outrageous and offensive because it shows distrust, even though it’s literally the whole fundamental point of binding legal documents.

They $ has already been approved. It’s Dundon that’s refusing to step up.

We have. Every city county and state government has voted to give him all the money he’s asked for.

This needs to be said more often because it only helps Dundon. The voters, fans, and local politicians have all done their part. Tommy Dipshit is the only one causing strife.

Silver can’t but the other owners can. Relocation has to be approved and I don’t see anyway that happens.

The other owners won’t allow it. It really is a hollow threat.

Hornets would veto

What why would fucking North Carolina get two teams

Lol no shot the NBA or the Hornets let that happen

Raleigh, where North Carolina St is the top basketball team. Not much chance the league would approve that move, even if Dundon was willing to pay the fee.

This gets brought up a lot, and I see the merit on first glance, but since right now Dundon operates the Moda Center, he gets revenue from all the concerts and events at two arenas. If he moved the blazers to North Carolina, he loses all that revenue.

Not gonna happen

I mean it’s in Portland so…. what’s the difference?

He’s not going to Seattle because an expansion team there would net all 30 owners at least $200 million.

Weird. What does Seattle have to do with this?

Money talks dude I don’t think he gives a fuck what the politics of the place are as long as they pay for his stupid arena lol