Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:JALMOND wrote:http://blogs.seattletimes.com/fyi-guy/2 ... mojo-back/
Then there's this as well. So basically the Seattle Group has overpaid for a team that hasn't been a winner for a long time, who's best player has a problem of even suiting up for games, to leave a city that even with all this has been supportive of the team for 25 years, to move to a city that could care less about the NBA, even less than the Spokane market. Scream, you said so yourself that you don't really care about the NBA either. Is this really about returning to the NBA, or is it about trying to correct a perceived "slight" from years ago?
Would you care about the NBA if the NBA facilitated the relocation of the Blazers at the hands of a new owner who lied about his intentions? Well,
you might, but most people stop caring when they no longer have a team to root for, especially if it was taken away from a city as passionate as Seattle in the deceitful way that it was. Give me my team back, and I'll give a **** again. Seattle doesn't give a **** about the NBA because their team was taken from them, but they do care a whole **** ton about getting the Sonics back.
And you really think that an ownership group as financially stacked as Ballmer/Nordstrom/Hansen, who've shelled out $ at every turn to get an arena and team, aren't going to fork out the $ to get the best coaches and players possible? Their past success doesn't hold any weight... they won't be under past ownership and have the past players, except for Cousins and Thomas.
Why are you so against having a traditional rival in the PNW? Are you really that threatened by the Sonics? I know they were established before the Blazers and have a Championship, but simmer down a little Jalmond.
Scream, your talking to a fan of the team that is owned by Apple founder, Paul Allen. We tried the aspect of "buying" a championship back in 99-00 (Allen even was able to get Scottie Pippen here then) and we probably would have got it if we could have closed the Lakers out in the fourth quarter of Game 7. Allen has the money but he no longer wants to spend for a championship now, but wants MANY championships later.
As far as having your team taken from you, we have dealt with that ever since the Sonics left. Our owner is from Seattle and sees firsthand the support Portland gives from here towards his Seahawks team. Every offseason, talk emerges that this year is the year that Allen moves the Blazers to Seattle. The NFL and MLB both flourish with the lone NW team being in Seattle and Portland supports both teams. Here in Portland, we take great satisfaction when the Mariners and Seahawks do well. We just wonder why Seattle doesn't do the same with the Blazers . As far as an actual move, we've been told, however, that the lease with the Rose Garden is pretty solid and would take some serious "manunvering" to get out of it. We'll see what happens in 2025, though.
Don't get me wrong, it would be nice to renew the I-5 rivalry with the team in Seattle. However, after listening to all the whining from Seattle and watching them come down to Portland only to cheer against the NBA (and the Thunder), it just seems to me to be pretty hypocritical. They are doing exactly what was done to them.
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