Sonics are not coming back
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I wouldn't advise the Blazers move to Seattle.
First big that arrives there will promptly get a career ending knee injury
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Gotta make you wanker Bloozers on here sweat a little.
FWIW, Jody Allen is from Seattle and already turned Uncle Phil down once. Would be pretty hilarious if she turns him down again for a Seattle-based group.
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Fuck Portland in general, but I wouldn’t support stealing the Blazers. The Sonics leaving killed my interest in the NBA, and I don’t want to see that happen to another city, even one I loathe.
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Eh I'm pretty confident that Knight or whoever is going to step in as a civic duty thing since it's the only pro team in the state. Jodie isn't doing anything she wants, she's just executing what Paul Allen a massive bloozer who was constantly in the luxury cap mandated before he died.
The reason for them not selling before was that due to the complexity of his estate they needed a lot more time and jumped the gun.
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I think that NBA teams that have actually wanted to sell are simply trying to do it before they do get to 32 teams.
They're still meeting this summer to discuss adding Seattle and Vegas.
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Or adding a team in Mexico City and another in London.
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I think they were also waiting for the Celtics sale to finalize and move the market value way up for a second/third tier market team
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Only pro team in the state, come on. Nike and Fill run and finance an entire athletic department. This is the biggest conflict of interest in the entire NCAA.
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It's gotta be exhausting being the #1 Seattle Sports court jester as a full-time job.
Your market is over-saturated as it is and you will bitch and get apathetic about the league just as fast as any other non-LA fanbase once the 1-2 honeymoon seasons are over.
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More likely is that people would tune out hockey. NOC about hockey.
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Adam silver threw out a lot more 50/50 bullshit about expansion again last week and of course guys like Softy and Doog Fain lapped it up
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This guy - no clue who he is - seems to think the odds of expansion are iffy, at best. Local tv rights falling apart seems to be what could make the owners decide to expand for quick cash. How old is the Rose Garden?
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Apparently if there is more than 6 No votes then they won’t even explore expansion until the next bargaining agreement or something. Could be past 2030. James Dolan is an open NO vote. I know he sucks but if he has any friends out there we’re fucked. They’re likely gone and fuck that league forever
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The new 10-year tv deal starts next season. So, if the owners want to LIPO and collect all the money without sharing it with two new mouths, it'd be untli 2036.
I don't think the NBA will ever be back in Seattle unless Portland has a population collapse. Entirely possible based on how things are going there. TITTT.
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Let’s do like the LA Rams and wait 12 more years for the soups to return. Only way I watch the players in person is if I have chance to drive to the 2028 Olympic. Easily my favorite games because Carter boycotted 1980 which was lame as a sports fan and the athletes that weren’t able to live their dream.
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In lieu of Lou I would say Lew.
