[News] Allen Family Estate finally selling the Blazers
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Dammmit you beat me on my local...“Today the Estate of Paul G. Allen is announcing the start of a formal process to sell the Portland Trail Blazers. This is an expected milestone following Paul’s death, who had directed his sports holdings to be sold with all Estate proceeds being directed to philanthropy. Please find below a statement from the Estate.”
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New worst owner incoming? Phil Knight? Columbia apparel family? Some total frickin random?
Estate of Paul Allen announces plans to sell Trail Blazers
The Blazers are owned by the Estate of Paul G. Allen, who passed away in 2018.
New worst owner incoming? Phil Knight? Columbia apparel family? Some total frickin random?
Tetsujin
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The league couldn’t possibly let the owner of freaking Nike own a franchise, could it?Dammmit you beat me on my local...“Today the Estate of Paul G. Allen is announcing the start of a formal process to sell the Portland Trail Blazers. This is an expected milestone following Paul’s death, who had directed his sports holdings to be sold with all Estate proceeds being directed to philanthropy. Please find below a statement from the Estate.”
Estate of Paul Allen announces plans to sell Trail Blazers
The Blazers are owned by the Estate of Paul G. Allen, who passed away in 2018.
New worst owner incoming? Phil Knight? Columbia apparel family? Some total frickin random?
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pdxKingsFan???
I'm saving up to buy De'Aaron's home in Carmichael and move back home.
Well, it won't be Uncle Phil.
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Nike co-founder Phil Knight no longer interested in purchasing Trail Blazers
Knight made an offer on the team in 2022.
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Maybe he's just stepping aside for Aunt Vivian.Well, it won't be Uncle Phil.
Nike co-founder Phil Knight no longer interested in purchasing Trail Blazers
Knight made an offer on the team in 2022.
I think that might be Aunt MacKenzie (Scott). She's come up along with the Boyle family (Columbia Sportswear) and Travis Boersma (Dutch Bros), the latter two are the only legit billionaires besides Phil local to Portland.
The other names would be the runners up to Boston and Larry Ellison who I am pretty sure has been blackballed from the NBA.
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yessir.I hope you got the pop culture reference, that's all I'm gonna say, LOL!!!
Tetsujin
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Dutch Bros being a multibillionaire spawning enterprise is wild to me haha
I will never forget when bro was on Undercover Boss and I realized their name was not said as "Dutch Brothers" within the company walls. I don't enjoy their coffee at all but kids seem to love all the ice cream flavors and sugar crapola.
...of course Travis and every other idiot to appear on that show all get a pass thanks to Cortland Gray of Peavey.
Tizzy Flip
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The owner of Dutch Bros has a horse racing operation too. They had a horse in the Kentucky Derby that led most of the way til the final stretch, and he apparently is trying to open a track and betting in Oregon. So he definitely has money to throw around.
kingsboi
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considering that coffee is the most consumed beverage on the planet, it's not too far fetched with the available marketing and advertising available in this country
their coffee sucks though.
kingsboi
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marketing is everything, people don't always consume products they like but because it's what the crowds are doing
which I think goes back to @Tetsujin's point, their branding kinda sucks too? I think they clawed out a spot by being the drive-by coffee guys, er, bros. But everyone does that now.
kingsboi
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I think the branding is fine, they have the windmill in their logo which indicates the dutch environment. The color scheme is different. Let's consider how many locations the drive thru only coffee chains have versus one another. A lot of the time the location can be everything you need to gain the advantage. Everything is strategically mapped out here.
To each their own, I find them horribly pedestrian. I've lived here long enough to call myself an Oregonian I guess, and not exactly thrilled to list them among our biggest exports/homegrown products.
You mean you don't make a monthly pilgrimage to Grants Pass?
Once a decade maybe lol.You mean you don't make a monthly pilgrimage to Grants Pass?
Local weekly selling doom and gloom including a photo of Dame in a Sonics jersey 
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Portland Must Confront the Real Danger of Losing the Blazers
All the things the Blazers have ever done to break your heart would pale in comparison to waking up to read that there were no Portland Trail Blazers.
Blazers appear to have a buyer. Tom Dundon, owner of the Carolina Hurricanes. Will keep team in Portland.
Quick research uncovered this tidbit from an Athletic article lol
Quick research uncovered this tidbit from an Athletic article lol
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Waiting for that announcement that @pdxKingsFan has purchased a minority stake in the franchise!
Although, if you ask me, I'd much rather he purchase his stake in the Kings, but if it HAS to be Portland, then so be it!
I won't even be buying NBA 2K this year, so don't hold your breath.
North Carolina barely supports the Hornets; there's no way in hell they can support two NBA teams.
iowamcnabb
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I agree Carolina couldn’t support two teams but they do average over 17k a game. Pretty good given they are both bad and their best player is chronically injured.
Yeah, they get decent crowds, but those crowds represent basically all of the NBA basketball fans in the state; North Carolina is one of those places with a bunch of "I love college and hate the pros" people that both confound and disgust me.
Frankly, it's more likely that the Hurricanes move to Portland than it is that the Trail Blazers move to Raleigh.
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