Merritt Paulson says he'd buy the Blazers

[BlazerCaravan]

...if Paul Allen sells them.

 

[BlazerWookee]

"Canzano," lol...

 

[santeesioux]

How about he buys an Nhl/Nfl/Mlb team and moves them here?

 

[Natebishop3]

How about he buys an Nhl/Nfl/Mlb team and moves them here?

How about he kidnaps Jed York and doesn't let him go until he sells him the Niners?

 

[BlazerBeav]

Man, must be nice when Dad's money can buy all those shiny toys.

 

[Draco]

How about he buy Canzano and lock him in a "safe"?

 

[Natebishop3]

How about he buy Canzano and lock him in a "safe"?

If people would just stop reading him/listening to him, he would go away.

 

[Draco]

If people would just stop reading him/listening to him, he would go away.

Nobody buys the Oregonian anymore. Does anyone listen to him? I remember his ratings were far below the 1080 station shows. With 620 being Blazers can't imagine he's improved since then.

 

[jlprk]

A couple of years ago while Paul Allen fought for his life, Canzano ran a hate campaign against Allen, claiming a secret group had told Canzano that they wanted to buy the Blazers. Did Paulson pay Canzano to do that?

In a separate story, the Oregonian's parent company, Conde Nasty, had a little bad publicity months ago, about not paying interns.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014...rns-idUSL1N0UD1LE20141229#VbYTPmg55H2jmjdo.97

 

[Natebishop3]

Nobody buys the Oregonian anymore. Does anyone listen to him? I remember his ratings were far below the 1080 station shows. With 620 being Blazers can't imagine he's improved since then.

I think people still read his crap on Oregonlive. I have no idea how they make money though.

 

[handiman]

I'd be interested, too. That's not quite the same as saying I'll buy the team, though.

 

[blue9]

If people would just stop reading him/listening to him, he would go away.

 

[tester551]

Who is Merritt Paulson?
And why should I care if he wants to buy the Blazers?

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Who is Merritt Paulson?
And why should I care if he wants to buy the Blazers?

He owns the Timbers.

Oh, and he's part of the Illuminati or some shit

 

[tlongII]

Paulson doesn't have the kind of scratch it takes to buy the Blazers.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Canzano literally has nothing to write about.

Who gives of flying fuck if he'd hypothetically buy the Blazers.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I would be interested in buying the Blazers too.

Would Paul Allen be willing to take payments?

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Paulson doesn't have the kind of scratch it takes to buy the Blazers.

Pretty much this, he'd need other big name investors and/or go Green Bay with it.

 

[Jade Falcon]

How about he kidnaps Jed York and doesn't let him go until he sells him the Niners?

I'm down with this.

In all seriousness, I don't think Merritt could afford the Blazers. I could be wrong though.

 

[ripcityboy]

Ummm no. But if he did, the potential torrent of words to the fans and media would put Mark Cuban to shame. This is a guy who DOES NOT like being called out in public.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Merritt's worth $700 million, according to web sites that cover such things. Dunno what the Blazers are worth.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Paulson doesn't have the kind of scratch it takes to buy the Blazers.

Wasn't his dad the Secretary of the Treasury? I imagine he has the contacts to raise sufficient funds if he were so inclined.

 

[ripcityboy]

Wasn't his dad the Secretary of the Treasury? I imagine he has the contacts to raise sufficient funds if he were so inclined.

Yes, under Bush, and worked for Goldman Sachs as well. Great combination, hunh?

 

[tlongII]

Merritt's worth $700 million, according to web sites that cover such things. Dunno what the Blazers are worth.

I think you're thinking of his dad Henry, not Merritt. The Clippers sold for $2B so I would guess it's in the neighborhood.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I think you're thinking of his dad Henry, not Merritt. The Clippers sold for $2B so I would guess it's in the neighborhood.

Portland is worth maybe half as much as the Clippers.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Portland is worth maybe half as much as the Clippers.

I think our value was somewhere around 560m

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I think our value was somewhere around 560m

I could see that, that's what the Bucks sold for last year.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

I could see that, that's what the Bucks sold for last year.

I think we would be sold for about 1 to 1.5B imho. The clippers may be in LA but they were valued less than us in the Forbes slideshow I saw before the sale.

 

[BBert]

I would be interested in buying the Blazers too.

Would Paul Allen be willing to take payments?

You want to put the Blazers on "lay-away"?