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BoBoBREWSKI said:
Isaac and Suke on The Fan are about to (4:00) interview someone who is affiliated with the Hurricanes to talk about our new owner.
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Sounds like he's not necessarily the "hands on" owner people made him out to be (coughcoughDannyMarangcoughcoughMikeRichcoughcough).

Sounds like he hires people he trusts and lets them do what they do best.
 
julius said:
Sounds like he's not necessarily the "hands on" owner people made him out to be (coughcoughDannyMarangcoughcoughMikeRichcoughcough).

Sounds like he hires people he trusts and lets them do what they do best.
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He can trust @barfo
 
Finally something good with the team that has been god fucking awful for 4 years.

Hopefully this changes things because they lost a lot of fans with the bullshit they tried to pass off as an NBA team.
 
wizenheimer said:
well, if he already has submitted the winning bid all that's left is a vote by other owners. The board of governors met in Vegas in early July around summer league. They usually have meetings several time a year and usually meet a month or so before the season starts.

the change of ownership may be a lot sooner than you think
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I heard them say it will be by the end of the year but that was via Marang..I wonder if Dirk isn't part of his group..Dirk was super pissed when they traded Luka and said he was done with the Mavs.
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
Isaac and Suke on The Fan are about to (4:00) interview someone who is affiliated with the Hurricanes to talk about our new owner.
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I was told by ill-informed people that they never talk about the Blazers ever.

They spent the entire first hour talking about them.

Not their fault the team has fucking sucked with nothing to talk about. They are smart, dont talk about teams until they prove it. Last 4 years have been really fucking bad.
 
wizenheimer said:
well, if he already has submitted the winning bid all that's left is a vote by other owners. The board of governors met in Vegas in early July around summer league. They usually have meetings several time a year and usually meet a month or so before the season starts.

the change of ownership may be a lot sooner than you think
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I doubt it.

 
julius said:
Sounds like he's not necessarily the "hands on" owner people made him out to be (coughcoughDannyMarangcoughcoughMikeRichcoughcough).

Sounds like he hires people he trusts and lets them do what they do best.
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That's a relief, as long as he doesn't hire Olshey II. It's unreal how long Olshey I was allowed to run our team.
 
Strenuus said:
Finally something good with the team that has been god fucking awful for 4 years.

Hopefully this changes things because they lost a lot of fans with the bullshit they tried to pass off as an NBA team.
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Were you around for the 2003-07 seasons? The last four years have been pleasantly inoffensive in comparison.
 
STOMP said:
Not sure why anyone would prioritize hosting that atrocity of a game, but the given reason it hasn't happened is that Portland lacks the necessary amount of hotel space proximate to the arena

STOMP
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That is no longer accurate, the given reason now is that they double or tripled the size required for a convention center, and the PCC is like 60-75% too small now.
 
julius said:
That is no longer accurate, the given reason now is that they double or tripled the size required for a convention center, and the PCC is like 60-75% too small now.
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Yep, they had lots of new hotels pop up downtown the last 10 years.
 
barfo said:
Turns out worrying about moving was worrying about the wrong thing. Should have realized conversion to another league was the real danger.

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I actually wanna try pickleball for real
 
Made a ton of money with sub prime auto loans. He's not a big spender in the NHL.
 
Strenuus said:
Finally something good with the team that has been god fucking awful for 4 years.

Hopefully this changes things because they lost a lot of fans with the bullshit they tried to pass off as an NBA team.
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Rumor has it that he wants to keep Kolde involved with the team for his experience and expertise. And by rumor, I mean me looking for a punchline about the optimism fans will have because of the change in ownership.
 
Natebishop3 said:
They were responding to me saying that you need a top 5 player to be a contender and Klay Thompson has never, at any point, been even remotely good enough to be considered top 5. He was maybe a top 20 level of player? But to me, he was a good player that wouldn't have done anything if he wasn't on a team with Steph Curry.

Being an All-Star is really a low bar, considering some of the players who have gotten a nod. Really All-NBA is a better litmus test.
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Thats fair. Curious. On average, how many all nba(3tiers?) players are on championship teams? Im guessing 1-2?

Also, would you consider all defensive team an all nba team? Or strictly the all nba team?
if including all defensive teams, then maybe 2-4 on a championship team?

We have one in Camara already.
 
wizenheimer said:
so....basically you're saying there are 50-60 "stars" in the nba. It's like watering down the term 'elite' till it has no meaning.

it's pretty obvious that when people say the Blazers have no stars they're talking about elite players; all NBA players

looking at the finals teams, OKC had the MVP in SGA and a secondary star in Williams. Indy had Haliburton and a secondary star in Siakam.

The year before, Boston had a 1st team all-NBA in Tatum and a secondary star in Jalen Brown; Dallas had a 1st team all-NBA in Doncic and a secondary star in Kyrie Irving. Irving and Brown have combined for 13 all-star games

the year before, Denver had Jokic; Miami had 2 secondary stars in Butler and Adebayo who have combined for 9 all-star games....and they only won 1 game in the finals

the year before that, the Warriors won with Curry beating the young Boston team. The year before that it was Giannis with secondary star, Khris Middleton (3 allstar games) beating the Suns with Devin Booker + CP3 (16 all-star games). The year before, Lebron and AD won

so no, the Blazers do NOT have any elite stars like Lebron or AD or Giannis or Curry or Doncic or Tatum or Haliburton or SGA. They don't even have any secondary stars like Siakam or Brown or Kyrie or Butler or Adebayo or Booker

Deni will be 25 next season and he just had his best season when he averaged 17-7-4. He was 77th in points; 45th in rebounds; and 83rd in assists. He had a 1.44 assist/turnover ratio...that's not very good. Among 'qualified' players he ranked 57th in PER, only 1/10th of a point better than Payton Pritchard. Some of the players with better marks than Deni were Scottie Barnes, Desmond Bane, Josh Giddey, Cam Johnson, Austin Reaves, Amen Thompson, Isaiah Hartenstein, & Onyeka Okongwu.

I'm not saying Deni won't become an all star. But he does have quite a ways to climb and it just doesn't seem realistic to peg his upside as a top-10 player
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Considering i butted in and only read the latest page at the time, it wasn't obvious to me. :)
But i get the gest now.
Though i do believe there are 50-60 stars, i understand that isn't what is being discussed. It’s all nba players(why not say just that?)?

I am not convinced we don't have a star-as being discussed-on our roster, if given proper growth.
 
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