Comments on: Blazers’ Allen talks openly about being small market owner

By: troy10

troy10 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:56:24 +0000

might want to work on that wit a little bit.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:22:29 +0000

Once again, I was being a wise-ass. But on a serious note, all the Blazers had o do was draft Jordan in 84 and Durant in 08..

By: philtration

philtration — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:18:49 +0000

So was Paul Allen kidnapped and forced to buy an NBA team in a smaller market against his will or did he expect the population of Portland to suddenly boom to 3 million people?

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:39:01 +0000

My explaination is that I was being a wise-ass. Just go back to booing Lebron.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:44:38 +0000

Mr. Allen is investing heavily in next-gen space shuttle stuff, he isn’t and never has been afraid to spend money. He doesn’t need to make a dime off the Blazers, and he shouldn’t have to lose a dime.

1972wasalongtimeago:
He didn’t make a trillion dollars in Portland. Microsoft is worldwide, I’m surprised you didn’t know that

By: troy10

troy10 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:13:37 +0000

You’re trying to say, if I understand correctly, that because he “co-founded” Microsoft, and just happened to live in the Pacific Northwest when he did.

(Again, Microsoft.. a company and product that not only revolutionized the computer industry, but spans the globe as far as marketability and sales)

So, because he founded Microsoft and did well for himself, then that should somehow correlate into a small local (relatively speaking) Portland economy being able to support a professional sports franchise in these days of inflated sports salary?

Could you please explain, that pretty much seems like apples and oranges to me.

By: somekat

somekat — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:11:09 +0000

Gotta love Kurt “I heart NBAPA” Helin. “The co-found of Microsoft can cerainly afford it”

Just like your agruments during the lockout. These guys are rich, they should completely be willing to lose millions of dollars a year, while the players get rich and take no financial risk!!

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:30 +0000

Read the post about Cuban predicting an athlete comes out of the closet within 3-5 years. Then, when this article was posted and the title began, “Blazers’ Allen talks openly about being….” I thought this was it.

Insted it was an artice about a guy who made a Trillion dollars in the exact market he is now calling “small”.