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So when does the process begin for Portland to start building a new stadium? If the expansion is going to happen sooner than later shouldn’t it start soon?
 
BigGameDamian said:
So when does the process begin for Portland to start building a new stadium? If the expansion is going to happen sooner than later shouldn’t it start soon?
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No. The team probably not start playing for at least 3 after they are awarded.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The other problem is that the Dunk contest typically does not have the biggest stars in it. Why do I want to watch Mac McClung win the dunk contest? I really couldn't care less.

Kobe never did it.

LeBron never did it.

The two best dunk contests were the Jordan contest and the Vince Carter contest. People still talk about those. Nobody outside of Portland cares about Simons winning.
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Kobe particaipated. My first memeory of Kobe was his between the leg dunk
 
kjironman1 said:
If you are watching pros make 3 of five from half court I'm pretty certain that would draw some interest. Seriously what regular guy off the street is doing that?
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They did that with the shooting stars thing... I'm really not interested.

I do like the 3 pt contest.

Other than that I just don't care at all about Allstar weekend. People rip on the cup tournament - but its 1000x better than anything with allstar weekend. The cup is at the least real NBA games. I think in a dozen years there will start to be more history with the Cup and it'll have more meaning.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The other problem is that the Dunk contest typically does not have the biggest stars in it. Why do I want to watch Mac McClung win the dunk contest? I really couldn't care less.

Kobe never did it.

LeBron never did it.

The two best dunk contests were the Jordan contest and the Vince Carter contest. People still talk about those. Nobody outside of Portland cares about Simons winning.
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Damn I totally forgot Simons won the thing.

Yeah the dunk contest hasn't been interesting in a long time. When Blake Griffin brought out a crappy Kia car to jump over that had been on ads for the prior 90 minutes I gave up.
 


“MLB believes the strongest two candidates for expansion are Nashville and Salt Lake City, USA Today reported in July”

Yeaa Portland isn’t getting MLB. Put this shit to bed. Great effort tho
 
SharpesTriumph said:
They should honestly have a retired player 3pt contest. I'd love to see Dirk, Ray Allen, and Reggie battle it out.
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That team competition they got rid of a long time ago was one of the best competitions during All-Star week. A current NBA player, A retired NBA player, and a WNBA player.

They are really dropping the ball by not bringing that back.

Reggie, Haliburton, and Clarke? Sign me up.
 
It would be interesting if it were a 3-Pt contest, Dunk Contest, and Skills contest together. But you’d also probably see a lot of the current players in the dunk contest cause the OG’s aren’t dunking anymore.

Yes I know this is the baseball thread… Why are we talking about this here?

What team would Carmelo Anthony appear for? Could it be the Blazers? Dame, Melo, WNBA player from the Fire.

Melo, Chauncey, WNBA player

Melo, Knicks player, WNBA player

Kiyan Anthony, Carmelo Anthony, WNBA player
 
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PDXFonz said:
It would be interesting if it were a 3-Pt contest, Dunk Contest, and Skills contest together. But you’d also probably see a lot of the current players in the dunk contest cause the OG’s aren’t dunking anymore.

Yes I know this is the baseball thread… Why are we talking about this here?

What team would Carmelo Anthony appear for? Could it be the Blazers? Dame, Melo, WNBA player from the Fire.

Melo, Chauncey, WNBA player

Melo, Knicks player, WNBA player

Kiyan Anthony, Carmelo Anthony, WNBA player
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Because I posted something about the home run derby being more interesting than the dunk contest.
 


More info that Portland isn’t even on the radar.. like i said tho applaud the effort
 
THE HCP said:
Dude…… you don’t think before you type huh? Where are you from, where did you grow up?
Fuck outta here “before the riots”!
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His opinion on the riots might be just as off base as some other guys opinion about baseball being 'on its deathbed' but we have to read about both on this thread!
 
bigbailes said:
His opinion on the riots might be just as off base as some other guys opinion about baseball being 'on its deathbed' but we have to read about both on this thread!
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Well played amigo….. but my baseball opinion is an educated well thought out statement. Filled with checkable facts. Bring it Mr. Baseball!
 
THE HCP said:
Dude…… you don’t think before you type huh? Where are you from, where did you grow up?
Fuck outta here “before the riots”!
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North East Portland. Born and raised. Portland reputation was amazing before Covid/riots.. now we’re an afterthought even though it’s bullshit fear mongering but you can’t help perception big bro.. it’s why Salt Lake City passes us up on mlb expansion
 
AldoTrapani said:
North East Portland. Born and raised. Portland reputation was amazing before Covid/riots.. now we’re an afterthought even though it’s bullshit fear mongering but you can’t help perception big bro.. it’s why Salt Lake City passes us up on mlb expansion
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they "passed" us up because they came up with the 900 million. Once Portland upped theirs to 800 million, they moved back into the running.

I don't know how much I believe that Nashville is a "shoo-in", just because some "insider" said so.
 
AldoTrapani said:
North East Portland. Born and raised. Portland reputation was amazing before Covid/riots.. now we’re an afterthought even though it’s bullshit fear mongering but you can’t help perception big bro.. it’s why Salt Lake City passes us up on mlb expansion
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So why didn’t we get a team BEFORE 2020?
 
Portland is on the way back but some things are standing in the way. Some of those things are politically motivated and some are economically motivated. Some are both.
It will be nice to see some things get done over the next couple years.
 
AldoTrapani said:
North East Portland. Born and raised. Portland reputation was amazing before Covid/riots.. now we’re an afterthought even though it’s bullshit fear mongering but you can’t help perception big bro.. it’s why Salt Lake City passes us up on mlb expansion
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Agree with this ... perception is reality and as much as we might know that it's false, it won't matter to a lot of people out there. You hope that the ones making these decisions know better and actually do their due diligence!
 
bigbailes said:
Agree with this ... perception is reality and as much as we might know that it's false, it won't matter to a lot of people out there. You hope that the ones making these decisions know better and actually do their due diligence!
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Takes time. Think about Waco Texas. What do you immediately think.
Water under the bridge and a bunch of positive things have to happen for one major negative thing to be removed from the immediate perception.
 
THE HCP said:
Well played amigo….. but my baseball opinion is an educated well thought out statement. Filled with checkable facts. Bring it Mr. Baseball!
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Please bring your 'checkable facts' because all I see on here are you claiming the same thing over and over.
 
kjironman1 said:
Takes time. Think about Waco Texas. What do you immediately think.
Water under the bridge and a bunch of positive things have to happen for one major negative thing to be removed from the immediate perception.
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Agreed ... gotta think these leagues/owners making billion $$$ decisions know better but sometimes you have to wonder if that's even the case.
 
bigbailes said:
Agreed ... gotta think these leagues/owners making billion $$$ decisions know better but sometimes you have to wonder if that's even the case.
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I think it’s BECAUSE they are making decisions about $billions is why they look at perceived situations. I know if it was my money I certainly would.
 
Btw SLC is awfully small for 3 major pro sports teams plus MLS and Ute football and basketball.. wtf lol
 
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