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Kind of surprised to read the gas prices have had nearly zero demand increase for EVs. Maybe we'll see some of this if it hits $5 or $6 a gallon (vs national avg $4). Pretty wild in 2022 when EVs were going for 20k above sticker price. I always thought the concept of the ram EV truck was great...

How about as a punishment we have to give Yang back to the Grizzlies and they send us Coward?

Holiday having a way more productive season than his last two in Boston. I'm wondering if we might be able to flip him for a late pick in the summer or something? Gain some financial flexibility and clear more of a role for Dame next season. I just don't see how the Dame/Jrue/Scoot trio would...

All of Dundon responses seem fine to me. You want an owner that is excited to compete and employees all happy to work hard for. Jody provided basically none of that and even Paul Allen himself while I think a good owner wasn't really a motivator. As Dundon said ultimately I'm more interested in...

Oil was under $70/ barrel in February. Saw some reports on commodity futures that have oil not returning to 70s a barrel until 2031.

Paul Allen was low key actually more of a Chesapeake owner if you look at his last 15 years owning the team before he died. Blazers were bottom 5 of teams in the NBA in luxury tax paid along with all the other small markets that never won a title (outside SAS) People give Allen credit for the...

Biggest win of the season for sure. Winning record - impressive. Blazers control their destiny for the 8th seed. 8th vs 9th seed might be the biggest drop off in seeding after the 6th/7th playoff/playin.

I had thought that Dundon had full decision making power. If that's the case I'm not concerned. Super common to have minority owners. If there is anything like the Bucks where other people get years to make decisions or a couple minority owners can together overrule Dundon - I'd be very concerned.

Awesome!

Another thing is Dundon doesn't really have any experience managing an NBA team, as a GM, as an assistant GM, etc. He'll probably need Cronin, maybe another consultant, and others to get him up to speed on what a successful owners role and responsibilities are. Every owner is unique in how...

We've seen a lot of new NBA owners the last couple decades and I think normally they've kept the existing GM in for at least a couple years. Often they have shocking moves early on that the new owners push for (ie Suns, Mavs, Jazz, Clippers, Nets, etc) but its normally been the existing GM from...

Did Tom clear house with the Hurricanes? From what I've read Tom likes to be hands on at first, but not pay for agents, announces, fluff, etc. I'm not sure he'd be in a rush to clean house as that will be expensive. I could see him working with Joe for this draft as it might be late in the...

Id probably take #25. Lower than that just isn't a ton of upside so I'd keep Yang on the small chance hes a late bloomer.

Also I'm not sure when doing a trade to satisfy Chicago pick debt would change to fully guarantee give us the Bucks 2028 pick swap? Seems it depends on exactly how Bucks trade is worded, but I don't know how any of us would know exactly how its written out. All these websites and reports are...

Not sure it's good or bad the Allen's didn't look at bids from groups that wanted to move the Blazers. Does that mean there were a number of groups trying to do that? Were they willing to pay more for the franchise? There is nothing preventing Dundon group from selling to those movers.