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Wow. Did Ballmer overpay? Probably.

How long before they are the Seattle Clippers, or I suppose, Sonics? I say 2 years max.

Good news for Paul Allen though.
 
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false report, still in negotiations is last I saw, no "official" deal yet
 
This is how it will play out. Ballmer offers $2bill saying he wishes to relocate team. NBA opts to go for highest bidder who will keep the team in LA and grants Seattle an expansion club.
 
2 billion really only makes sense if he's keeping the team in LA. That's a LOT of money to pay for a team to play in Seattle..without an arena.

Yes, the guy is filthy rich, but 2 billion + the cost of relocating + the cost of a new arena? Almost 3 billion to put an NBA team back in Seattle?

Me thinks it's just a move to quicken the approval of an NBA expansion team.
 
julius said:
2 billion really only makes sense if he's keeping the team in LA. That's a LOT of money to pay for a team to play in Seattle..without an arena.

Yes, the guy is filthy rich, but 2 billion + the cost of relocating + the cost of a new arena? Almost 3 billion to put an NBA team back in Seattle?

Me thinks it's just a move to quicken the approval of an NBA expansion team.
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I want to throw up thinking about this.
 
Schilly said:
This is how it will play out. Ballmer offers $2bill saying he wishes to relocate team. NBA opts to go for highest bidder who will keep the team in LA and grants Seattle an expansion club.
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Yep. Team will sell for around $1.8b to an LA group. Either that, or Ballmer will have to sign some sort of agreement to not move the team to Seattle for 'x' amount of years.
 
If he was going to move the team to Seattle, he could have bid 1B on the Bucks. I do not think he is that hell bent on getting a team back.
 
Charcoal Filtered said:
If he was going to move the team to Seattle, he could have bid 1B on the Bucks. I do not think he is that hell bent on getting a team back.
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I believe one of the requirements for buying the Bucks (from the previous owner) was that they had to stay in Milwaukee.
 
julius said:
I believe one of the requirements for buying the Bucks (from the previous owner) was that they had to stay in Milwaukee.
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That's a great way to deflate the value of your asset.
 
Steve Ballmer has won a bidding war to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion.

ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reports that Ballmer and the Sterling family trust signed a binding agreement on the sale and that it will go straight to the NBA for final approval.

Ballmer, who was chief executive of Microsoft for 14 years, was chosen over competitors that included Los Angeles-based investors Tony Ressler and Bruce Karsh and a group that included David Geffen and executives from the Guggenheim Group, the Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to three individuals familiar with the negotiations.

One of the individuals with knowledge of the negotiations said the Geffen group bid $1.6 billion and Ressler at $1.2 billion.

The tentative deal must also receive the blessing of Donald Sterling, followed by an approve from the 29 other owners.
 
Ballmer will keep the team in LA.

But he will rename them the LA Blue Screens of Death.
 
What's interesting with this is he has already said that if he purchses it, it would be for LA. If that is the case that leaves Seattles future team without an invester. Or atleast a publicly known.
 
OneLifeToLive said:
What's interesting with this is he has already said that if he purchses it, it would be for LA. If that is the case that leaves Seattles future team without an invester.
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How much was Chris Hansen worth anyways?
 
julius said:
How much was Chris Hansen worth anyways?
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chris-hansen.jpg
 
Schilly said:
This is how it will play out. Ballmer offers $2bill saying he wishes to relocate team. NBA opts to go for highest bidder who will keep the team in LA and grants Seattle an expansion club.
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I say if the Clippers don't move to Seattle the Kings will.
 
Schilly said:
Kings can't as part of their sale last year
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If they had built a new arena within a certain time frame, and I believe they just passed the funding for one.
 
With the Clips going for $2 billion I sure there will be a few owners inquiring about moving their franchises to Anaheim. One move and your franchise would instantly be worth at least a billion.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
With the Clips going for $2 billion I sure there will be a few owners inquiring about moving their franchises to Anaheim. One move and your franchise would instantly be worth at least a billion.
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Just have your owner say something racist, and badda bing badda boom....


what, too soon?
 
I just saw some Seattle fans on another forum talking about how PA should move the Blazers up there. Fuck them, i hope they never get a team now. Hopefully we get an NHL team before them too.
 
santeesioux said:
I just saw some Seattle fans on another forum talking about how PA should move the Blazers up there. Fuck them, i hope they never get a team now. Hopefully we get an NHL team before them too.
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Could any real Seattle Basketball over the age of 20 bring themselves to root for a franchise that was the Blazers?
 
Rhal said:
Could any real Seattle Basketball over the age of 20 bring themselves to root for a franchise that was the Blazers?
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what is incredibly hilarious about their mindset (and I have no doubt it's a very small minority of Sonic fans who "believe" this is remotely happening)...if Paul Allen was going to do this, he is really going about it the stupid way.

Unlike the Sonics back before they moved to OKC, the Blazers are actually investing in the arena, investing in creating a positive connection between the city and more importantly, state and the team AND they're doing things to improve the overall health and reputation OF the franchise (both business wise and basketball wise).

So, in other words, Paul Allen is doing almost the exact opposite thing you'd want to do to justify and speed up the process of moving the franchise to another city.
 
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