Blazers getting a G league team, playing at U of P. HCP hired as G-League janitor

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Mediocre Man said:
No. But my point is people in Boise might have become Blazer fans because the G league team was there. People in say….Pendleton, who are huge Blazer fans might enjoy going to their G league teams games. People in Portland can just go to the actual Blazer games
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Pendleton....flight issues galore, hotels that are....well not what would be needed, and crowds of dozens of hard core Blazer fans showing up. I'm guessing that wasn't high on their list.
 
@Mediocre Man I get it that this isn't the way other teams have done it with their GLeague team but maybe it should be. The way our team is setting this up they get to choose which GLeague guys practice with which coaches and get to run a GLeague guy with the main team. Sharing the practice facility is pretty ingenious, in my opinion. They give an affordable option to Portland area fans to go and watch a Blazers product. This serves as a marketing tool because maybe after spending 15-70 bucks on a ticket to see our lesser or introductory product, fans will remember how much fun they have at games and this will lead to higher demand for upper bowl seats.

I don't know how you look at this and don't see it as a very smart move, at least in theory. Then if it isn't such a great move the team still could move the G League games someplace more obscure. However that wouldn't allow for the kind of organizational development that having the same practice facility does. This idea is tight and streamlined. I don't get the complaints.
 
TBpup said:
Pendleton....flight issues galore, hotels that are....well not what would be needed, and crowds of dozens of hard core Blazer fans showing up. I'm guessing that wasn't high on their list.
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Not remotely
 
blazerkor said:
@Mediocre Man I get it that this isn't the way other teams have done it with their GLeague team but maybe it should be. The way our team is setting this up they get to choose which GLeague guys practice with which coaches and get to run a GLeague guy with the main team. Sharing the practice facility is pretty ingenious, in my opinion. They give an affordable option to Portland area fans to go and watch a Blazers product. This serves as a marketing tool because maybe after spending 15-70 bucks on a ticket to see our lesser or introductory product, fans will remember how much fun they have at games and this will lead to higher demand for upper bowl seats.

I don't know how you look at this and don't see it as a very smart move, at least in theory. Then if it isn't such a great move the team still could move the G League games someplace more obscure. However that wouldn't allow for the kind of organizational development that having the same practice facility does. This idea is tight and streamlined. I don't get the complaints.
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It does give us a pro team here so the Blazers can finally move to Seattle or Vegas
 
Mediocre Man said:
It does give us a pro team here so the Blazers can finally move to Seattle or Vegas
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Yeah, I'm sure that's what's going on. So when someone makes sense of the thing that you are trying to say doesn't you just throw some shit like this out there. Good job.
 
blazerkor said:
@Mediocre Man I get it that this isn't the way other teams have done it with their GLeague team but maybe it should be.
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Actually a ton of teams play in the same city, and the majority of the newer ones. The map nearly looks like the NBA teams map;

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There are seriously people who view this as a negative? That's so sad. Says so much about them.
 
Call them the Portland Sonics and make the future Seattle NBA team give us a couple of 1st round draft picks to get their name back.
 
blazerkor said:
Yeah, I'm sure that's what's going on. So when someone makes sense of the thing that you are trying to say doesn't you just throw some shit like this out there. Good job.
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Dude, I’m joking. It makes no sense to me to have the team play 5 miles from daddy
 
Mediocre Man said:
Dude, I’m joking. It makes no sense to me to have the team play 5 miles from daddy
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I think you are looking at this as an entertainment thing MM. Brother this is strictly business. They can now have a B team down the hall, literally. I was told they can use these guys as practice bodies without calling them up. No G-League team is in it for money, Just a talent filter in my opinion. Having them in the same practice facility will be great.
 
THE HCP said:
I think you are looking at this as an entertainment thing MM. Brother this is strictly business. They can now have a B team down the hall, literally. I was told they can use these guys as practice bodies without calling them up. No G-League team is in it for money, Just a talent filter in my opinion. Having them in the same practice facility will be great.
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This makes a lot of sense for the Blazers in a business sense and I for one would enjoy watching young talent develop and play in competitive games. Kind of like watching college sports as opposed to pro sports.
 
THE HCP said:
I think you are looking at this as an entertainment thing MM. Brother this is strictly business. They can now have a B team down the hall, literally. I was told they can use these guys as practice bodies without calling them up. No G-League team is in it for money, Just a talent filter in my opinion. Having them in the same practice facility will be great.
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Great insight, thanks. Yeah makes a ton of sense to have them at most practices. It's almost like the Blazers now have an entire extra training camp team on hand to assist them whenever they want.

Dame, Grant, Nurk, etc probably don't practice much. You get a couple guys injured and all of the sudden not enough people to stand on the court for 5 on 5. Excited to hear how this will work.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Great insight, thanks. Yeah makes a ton of sense to have them at most practices. It's almost like the Blazers now have an entire extra training camp team on hand to assist them whenever they want.

Dame, Grant, Nurk, etc probably don't practice much. You get a couple guys injured and all of the sudden not enough people to stand on the court for 5 on 5. Excited to hear how this will work.
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Get a couple of over guys injured and then we play G-leaguers. Maybe we could bring back Melo and Kanter too.

Are you Olshey or Cronin?
 
TBpup said:
Pendleton....flight issues galore, hotels that are....well not what would be needed, and crowds of dozens of hard core Blazer fans showing up. I'm guessing that wasn't high on their list.
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Well, they do handle the roundup, and that's thousands of people.
 
Can we please have Keljin Blevins as the assistant to the assistant GM after that?
 
If I remember correctly, Scoot talked about Pooh during his media availability in Portland after his workout. Spoke about him as his mentor. I don't know if this means anything but it sure isn't bad if you think Scoot is the future.
 
No name yet?
 
Chris Craig said:
No name yet?
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There is a press event on the 26th and it may be announced then. Here is the email I got for my RSVP

We cannot wait to see you at the brand event on June 26th at the Chiles Center at the University of Portland! Thanks for letting us know you will be attending the event. There is no physical ticket – just show up and your name will be on our list.



Please plan to arrive by 10:45 as the press event will start promptly at 11am. It will conclude by 12:30pm at the latest. Note that from around 11:30 until noon there will be an opportunity for kids to play basketball on the court – if you have kids between 4-12ish years old feel free to bring them and send them on court to play!



Sincerely,

Your new favorite G League team
 
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