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

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SlyPokerDog said:
Anyone know where to find the yearly total attendance of the professional sports teams in Portland?

I wonder where the G League team will fit in.

Higher than the Winterhawks? Thorns? Pickles?
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What I could find is the average G league team averages just under 3000 people per game. They won't come close to the Thorns who average over 15K per game, the Winterhawks average 3250 per game from what I could find. So my guess is they will be close to that number.
 
Can someone explain to me how teams can get players for their g league team. Can any unsigned person be signed or is there a type of draft. Also - is there a limit as to how many players can be on the team?
 
Kano John said:
Can someone explain to me how teams can get players for their g league team. Can any unsigned person be signed or is there a type of draft. Also - is there a limit as to how many players can be on the team?
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https://www.ripcitygleague.com/
 
Kano John said:
Can someone explain to me how teams can get players for their g league team. Can any unsigned person be signed or is there a type of draft. Also - is there a limit as to how many players can be on the team?
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I think they sign whoever they want to sign....Alan Crabbe was playing in the G league 2 seasons ago and guys like Michael Beasley and Manimal...I think you can now go from high school to the G league and skip college if you want.
 
Mediocre Man said:
I see other teams in the G league do actually play in the same city as their parent team, but it makes no sense to me
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So the players can practice and train with the main team but quickly get game reps the same day with the G League team. Similar for coaches and staff.

It makes no sense to have them in different cities. Why do the Blazers need to build some loyal tiny minor league separate fan base in Boise?
 
WesleyMatthews said:
So the players can practice and train with the main team but quickly get game reps the same day with the G League team. Similar for coaches and staff.

It makes no sense to have them in different cities. Why do the Blazers need to build some loyal tiny minor league separate fan base in Boise?
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I’d keep them in Oregon or SW Wash, but def to expand fan base, viewership, etc

just my opinion, but If I wanted to watch basketball, I’d watch the Blazers, but if I lived in say Bend or some place like that I would tend to go to the g league games
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I think you have to find a city with the right demographics that is close and has few sports teams. Not sure about Bend. Eugene IMO would not work nor would Corvallis. Vancouver WA might be an option. But for now, I think UP is a great choice.
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Apparently there was some legal or tax issue with doing it in Vancouver.
 
I'd be fine with the Portland Rivermen!
or...Rip City Rivermen!
 
The Portland Fire!!! that seems to be a familiar name. What was the league they played in?
 
Since they're going to be playing in the St. John's area, maybe the Portland Saints?
 
On the one hand I hope they don't do something cheesy like "Portland Rip Citys" or "Rippers" or something trying to incorporate Rip City into the name.

Though, the Portland Schonz would be cool.
 
I haven’t heard a thing about the name, but if you look up G-League teams, a bunch just have the same name as the team they are affiliated with.
 
THE HCP said:
I haven’t heard a thing about the name, but if you look up G-League teams, a bunch just have the same name as the team they are affiliated with.
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The North Portland Blazers
 
Mediocre Man said:
Still asinine to me they will play 5 miles away. Dumb. Go to a suburb or different part of Oregon
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Why do you think its dumb? You've provided no argument except your opinion. Well hey I think its dumb to play in a different city. I'll actually provide reasons as have other posters;

If they go to Eugene its much more difficult for players and coaches to work with both teams. Maybe Salem would be easier, but then really what's the advantage of being in Salem when bigger Portland is even closer and with more potential fans.

When teams like the Ignite come to town there could actually be decent sized crowds. Makes much more sense to have it in Portland where more fans, players, coaches, media, etc can actually see it.

The Stampede was in Idaho when the Blazers owned it. What advantage did that have over all the logistical problems of the team being hours away from Portland? When the Jazz bought the team; guess what city they moved it to?
 
julius said:
what suburb has the facilities available?

And really, why does it matter where they play?
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Yeah--looking around at colleges near Portland (Linfield, George Fox, Pacific), none of their gyms/arenas have seating capacity above 3,000. Outside of the metro area, Hooker Creek in Redmond would be an obvious option, but I'm guessing the Blazers didn't think Bend was big enough to support the team.
 
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