Phil Knight to buy Trailblazers

[MinnesotaFats]

Damn...will he spend what it takes to win?

 

[mikesmith99]

whaaaaaattt??? For real??? I actually think thats a great business

 

[Archie]

Damn...will he spend what it takes to win?

he's gotta be top 3-5 richest owners now. maybe 2nd only to Balmer.

let's hope he won't worry about $

but that doesn't seem to be a limiting factor in today's NBA

 

[biggins]

Nike founder Phil Knight and Dodgers co-owner Alan Smolinisky have made a $2 billion-plus written offer to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell ESPN. Discussions are ongoing with the Paul Allen trust that's overseeing ownership of team

 

[Bond Guy]

These guys don't buy teams to count pennies unless they are MLB where it pays to do it. It is all about ego.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

These guys don't buy teams to count pennies unless they are MLB where it pays to do it. It is all about ego.

No in these mid sized markets they trade away assets.

Trust me, Taylor in Minny wealthiest guy in mid west yet every fukking year it's a disaster and we trade away talent

 

[Bond Guy]

Phil Knight does not strike me as that kind of guy. I think he wants a title and he is from Oregon so I think he is going to be pretty heavily invested in the success of the team.

 

[biggins]

Balmer should move the Clippers to Seattle. To much competition in So Cal. Dodgers Rams Lakers and so forth.

 

[Archie]

glen taylor worth 2.4 billion

phil knight worth over 40 billion

isn't Glen selling to Arod?

 

[MinnesotaFats]

glen taylor worth 2.4 billion

phil knight worth over 40 billion

isn't Glen selling to Arod?

Yup that's a done deal.

What I meant was Taylor bought the club in the mid 90s and has been sitting on BILLIONS of net worth & hundreds of millions in cash flow, but never took the steps to "buy" a title.

Always a lower seed, always a seller at the deadline, never making moves except 1 year w Cassel, Sprewell, Smith.

Seems like the way Seattle was run, Portland, Chicago, Utah, etc.

Need more guys like Phx, Cle, Bos, etc that try to buy titles when they have a stud that they can surround

 

[Archie]

but sounds like he was one of the poorest NBA owners

 

[MinnesotaFats]

but sounds like he was one of the poorest NBA owners

Glen Taylor has $0 debt

His companies are privately owned.

His wealth measured by, say Forbes, is open to debate. He is the wealthiest guy in Minny, probably in the mid west, he is 300-325 wealthiest in USA, but since his companies have no debt, there's no record of what his wealth is other than estimates on Business, farm land, Wolves & media holdings.

Regardless- not many owners have 20+ years as majority nba owner. His wealth from that alone has to be over $800mm.

Yet not one time since 04 has ge spent a dime on a FA

 

[Bubbles]

are we going to see nike logo posted all over moda center soon?

 

[Bond Guy]

Yup that's a done deal.

What I meant was Taylor bought the club in the mid 90s and has been sitting on BILLIONS of net worth & hundreds of millions in cash flow, but never took the steps to "buy" a title.

Always a lower seed, always a seller at the deadline, never making moves except 1 year w Cassel, Sprewell, Smith.

Seems like the way Seattle was run, Portland, Chicago, Utah, etc.

Need more guys like Phx, Cle, Bos, etc that try to buy titles when they have a stud that they can surround

You can't really buy a title in Minnesota. You have to build one and that is pretty much going to be by accident. It is not easy to win in Minnesota. So he played it pretty smart. If he had a reasonable chance, he might have done something. Which is not to say, he did not try that hard. That is pretty much how you have to operate. Most owners are just going to try to make money and will take a loss if they really have a shot.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

No

If I owned the team I'd be covered in bling

 

[Enikk]

How many different types of uniforms are they going to have. Fans must be geeked. No better owner to have for them

 

[mikesmith99]

You can't really buy a title in Minnesota. You have to build one and that is pretty much going to be by accident. It is not easy to win in Minnesota. So he played it pretty smart. If he had a reasonable chance, he might have done something. Which is not to say, he did not try that hard. That is pretty much how you have to operate. Most owners are just going to try to make money and will take a loss if they really have a shot.

I dont know Bond, can't really recall the T'Wolves going all in with KG there always thought it was a waste of talent.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

I dont know Bond, can't really recall the T'Wolves going all in with KG there always thought it was a waste of talent.

Exactly

1 year, 04, they bought Spree & Cassel & Joe Smith.

Then Spree said he couldn't feed his kids on $15mm and it was over

 

[mikesmith99]

Exactly

1 year, 04, they bought Spree & Cassel & Joe Smith.

Then Spree said he couldn't feed his kids on $15mm and it was over

Word and not like Joe Smith was a game changer. They did get to the Western Conference finals, can't recall if it was that same year though

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Word and not like Joe Smith was a game changer. They did get to the Western Conference finals, can't recall if it was that same year though

It was

They were up 2 1 on Kobe & blew a 12 pt lead in gm 4