Canzano says Blazers being prepared for auction

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julius said:
The only reason I hope they're not from Seattle is so paranoid fans won't constantly freak out that they're from Seattle.

Because deep down inside I don't give a shit where the new owner is from. They could be from India, gay, atheist, muslim, catholic, jewish, black, white, straight, childless or an artificial life-form. As long as they keep the team in Portland and field a competitive team, that's all I care about.
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Spoken like someone, from Seattle.
 
HailBlazers said:
Spoken like someone, from Seattle.
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None of it will matter when the NBA announces that they're expanding to Seattle. Then all of the paranoia about that city can dicipate. The fact is that what happened with the Sonics was a really bad look and the NBA is aiming to right that situation not repeat the wrong with us.
 
blazerkor said:
Whether Clyde haters like to admit it or not he did win that championship with his guy Hakeem in his hometown in '95.
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You are correct. Though I am not a Clyde hater, per say.
So I see your Clyde and raise you, Mark Price, Reggie Miller and Tim Hardaway.
 
BlazerBender said:
You are correct. Though I am not a Clyde hater, per say.
So I see your Clyde and raise you, Mark Price, Reggie Miller and Tim Hardaway.
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You can raise me Reggie because he stayed on his yeam despite only making it to the Finals once and is an all time great, but he never came in second in MVP voting like Clyde. Mark Price was never as good as Clyde and had his career cut short by injury. Timmy Hardaway went ring chasing but failed.

If when Sir Charles or Karl Malone went ring chasing, they had success then the Clyde comparisons would make sense but neither of them won titles and they didn't even try to win a title in their home town so any comparison to Clyde rings very hollow.
 
WesleyMatthews said:
Had hoped Paul Allen setup the Blazers to be given to the fans or sold to a deserving owner or something we didn't know about. Guess I'm a tiny bit disappointed it appears the only terms to dispose of the team is whatever gets his trust the most dollars.

He probably has tons of the proceeds in this trust earmarked for cancer research or other great causes. So arguably that would do much more good than just helping us fans.

I think it would've been really cool to have an almost Green Bay like ownership setup of the Blazers.
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Agreed. Any way the fans can rustle up a cool $3 bil? Might even need $7-8 billion to prove to the league that it has liquidity...
 
blazerkor said:
You can raise me Reggie because he stayed on his yeam despite only making it to the Finals once and is an all time great, but he never came in second in MVP voting like Clyde. Mark Price was never as good as Clyde and had his career cut short by injury. Timmy Hardaway went ring chasing but failed.

If when Sir Charles or Karl Malone went ring chasing, they had success then the Clyde comparisons would make sense but neither of them won titles and they didn't even try to win a title in their home town so any comparison to Clyde rings very hollow.
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I am just saying those are more HOF’ers who never got a ring because of those three mentioned in the first post I quoted.
I was simply bringing a bit of poker levity to the talks. Nothing more. Not trying to compare those who didn't get rings. Just saying there are many who didn't in that era.
Seems we are getting a bit off track from the point I was trying to make.
If you notice, I left Payton off because he did go ring chasing.
Also. Malone tried ring chasing and failed… with Payton.
 
julius said:
The only reason I hope they're not from Seattle is so paranoid fans won't constantly freak out that they're from Seattle.

Because deep down inside I don't give a shit where the new owner is from. They could be from India, gay, atheist, muslim, catholic, jewish, black, white, straight, childless or an artificial life-form. As long as they keep the team in Portland and field a competitive team, that's all I care about.
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You are entitled to your opinion but my preference is to have a local owner. We Battle Seattle!
 
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Hoopguru said:
You are entitled to your opinion but my preference is to have a local owner or somewhere else. We Battle Seattle!
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They battled Seattle with an owner from LA, and won a title with an owner from LA. Where the owner is from doesn't matter.
 
julius said:
They battled Seattle with an owner from LA, and won a title with an owner from LA. Where the owner is from doesn't matter.
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I get it, it could be a republican form Mississippi and it wouldn't matter to you! lol
I just have a preference. I covered that City for 40 years and also have many friends up there. Just get tired of their stuck up, Portland's the red headed step child town/small city, with too many Duck & Beav fans down here.
Yep my preference is a local ownership group or from any place other than Seattle.
 
There was a piece (can't remember where I read it) on the possibility of Ms. Scott and Steve Jobs' widow buying the team together. Apparently Scott is quite the NBA fan and is good friends with Jody.
 
Tince said:
The Blazers were never leaving, but I guess it makes sense for Canzano to try a report something that was never going to happen vs saying they're ready to go up for auction when they weren't.
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That was my point.
 
Tince said:
I figured as much. Bumping the thread was a vet move!
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I actually thought about starting a thread. Thought Nah. That would be ridiculous for Canzano then I thought “I’ll bet there is one already”?
 
I wonder if Phil Knight is still interested or even upped his offer? I hope he hasn’t changed his mind
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Wyden's wife and kids live in NY. His wife owns the famous Strand bookstore there. He spends a lot of time in NYC. Hence the nickname, NY's 3rd senator.
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So the Blazer owners live in Seattle and our Senator fighting to keep them in Portland lives in NY.......great
 
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