If Paul Allen sold the Blazers...

[Rastapopoulos]

Are there any potential buyers who've expressed interest?

I'm just wondering, in part because there is talk amongst the players that they're going to hold a grudge against Jordan because of his hardline stance and not sign with the Bobcats, and Paul Allen could expect a similar response.

But also because I genuinely wonder. I'm getting tired of Allen's erratic behavior, and wouldn't mind having a GM who, y'know, might be expected to last a whole season.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Larry Ellison doesn't have a team yet.

 

[THE HCP]

What if the Facebook kid bought us?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

A Larry Miller led group of retired Nike executives will purchase the team.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Anybody NOT called Larry?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I think Uncle Paul will leave the team to his sister. She will then sell the team to someone, and they will probably move it to Seattle. Luckily by then I won't care because I will either be too old to like the NBA anymore, or the lockout will have killed my interest

 

[Sedatedfork]

Denny should buy the team with all the cash he has earned off of us and let the Mods run the team.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Let's see we have had two owners in our history. One from LA and one from Seattle. Does Oregon even have a Billionaire other than uncle Phil? I am in no hurry to move on to an unknown. The heist of the Sonics is still too fresh.

 

[THE HCP]

Denny should buy the team with all the cash he has earned off of us and let the Mods run the team.

DING DING DING!!!!!

 

[Nikolokolus]

I think Uncle Paul will leave the team to his sister. She will then sell the team to someone, and they will probably move it to Seattle. Luckily by then I won't care because I will either be too old to like the NBA anymore, or the lockout will have killed my interest

Hard to argue with that.

 

[jlprk]

I'm getting tired of Allen's erratic behavior, and wouldn't mind having a GM who, y'know, might be expected to last a whole season.

How has he been erratic? He fired one GM who was incompetent for years and couldn't negotiate contracts, and a second who wanted to blow up the team, which is way over 50 wins when we don't have injuries. What's the problem?

 

[Nikolokolus]

How has he been erratic? He fired one GM who was incompetent for years and couldn't negotiate contracts, and a second who wanted to blow up the team, which is way over 50 wins when we don't have injuries. What's the problem?

I'd have to go with the "when we don't have injuries bit."

 

[oldmangrouch]

How has he been erratic? He fired one GM who was incompetent for years and couldn't negotiate contracts, and a second who wanted to blow up the team, which is way over 50 wins when we don't have injuries. What's the problem?

If Cho was truly fired for recognizing that you can't build a team around Roy and Oden, I would say that was pretty conclusive evidence that PA has lost it.

 

[jlprk]

After 8 years of rebuilding because the Oregonian demanded Allen blow up the team, you guys want to repeat that purgatory for another 8 years? Can't we catch our breath for a few years at the 50-win level he's bought us with his money?

 

[Rhal]

Blowing up a team thats won 54/50/48 games the last three seasons while being in the top 3 for games missed every year seems way dramatic. The Lottery system is really that, there is no way you can say how prospects will turn out and you have to get lucky to get good ones. I for one would love to try and build this roster around what we have and not just throw it in the fire, i'm glad Cho was fired if that was what he wanted. Even if we never see a healthy GO or Roy again we have a lot of pieces that fit well together, next year will be interesting (if there is a season next year) because we should finally have a healthy team that gets some time to gell.
I'll take a few more years of getting to the playoffs before we pull a Utah and jettison everyone.

 

[oldmangrouch]

After 8 years of rebuilding because the Oregonian demanded Allen blow up the team, you guys want to repeat that purgatory for another 8 years? Can't we catch our breath for a few years at the 50-win level he's bought us with his money?

The problem with the last blow up was that it wasn't rooted in anything related to basketball. Sheed was run out of town while Damon - 1/4 the player making a comparable salary - was kept around. Unless Cho's plan was to keep Roy and dump LMA for pennies on the dollar, the situation really isn't comparable.

 

[jlprk]

But that's what blow up means. You give away your players at rock bottom prices. You commit suicide in order to start over on contracts.

Damon wasn't worth a chair, said John Nash after shopping him around. Sheedhaters hated Sheed so much that they said we wouldn't find any takers if we tried to give him away for nothing.

Trading players for less than value is what Charlotte is doing now, so they hired Cho because he loves to blow things up.