29 years ago, the Spurs drafted Tim Duncan with the 1st pick and the rest was history 👏
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I know ayo just got paid, but he has to continue to come off the bench. Keep Jaden at the 3. Him & ant can lock up and switch. They have to find another big, or they believe they have them already.
Triple H says people lose perspective of WWE being fun and instead take it too seriously:
“I think people lose perspective of sometimes, which is fun, we’re fun, and sometimes people take it too seriously. Sometimes people get too caught up in it. But it’s there to entertain, there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world, if you just want to turn off for a couple of hours and tune into something cool that you can just lose yourself in and have a good time, WWE is the place to do it.”
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The Rock reveals how he grossed $14,000,000,000 at the box office and become the highest paid actor in the history
Interviewer: "You are the highest grossing actor in the world in 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024. Fifth highest grossing actor of all time. The 40 films you've starred in have taken in just under $14 billion worldwide an average of $349 million"
Johnson: "Stats… numbers. Lunch is on me, boys"
The Rock: "I reached this point in my career maybe seven, eight years ago where I had this little voice behind my rib cage and that voice for me was, well, what's more?"
The Rock: "I started asking myself, am I living my dream, or mine plus a lot of other people and entities around me?"
The Rock: "The big movies are fun to do if they flop, it's okay, we move on. But I had this obsession to do something for me"
Losing the Trail Blazers would be an economic catastrophe that Portland cannot afford. We aren't talking about subsidizing a hobby; we are talking about protecting a massive economic engine that generates $670 million in annual impact and supports over 4,500 jobs.
The Moda Center is the anchor of the Rose Quarter, and without the Blazers, that district becomes a ghost town. In a city that is desperately trying to claw its way back to economic stability, voluntarily letting your biggest commercial tenant walk away isn't just negligence, it’s financial suicide.
The argument that this is a "handout to billionaires" is lazy and ignores the actual mechanics of the proposed deal (Senate Bill 1501). The funding model doesn't hike your property taxes; it reinvests the income taxes paid by the players, visiting teams, and touring artists—money that wouldn’t exist without the arena—back into the building.
We are essentially telling the NBA: "We will use the massive revenue you generate to keep your workplace world-class." That is not charity; that is basic business retention. If we don’t do it, cities like Las Vegas or Seattle will happily build a palace for our team and take that tax revenue for themselves.
Furthermore, this isn't just about the NBA anymore.
We finally secured a WNBA franchise (the Portland Fire), and its success is tethered to a viable, modern venue. If the Moda Center continues to rot as the oldest un-renovated arena in the league, we lose Tier 1 concerts, we lose the NCAA tournaments, and eventually, we lose the Blazers. You cannot have a "major league" city with minor league infrastructure.
The choice isn't between "schools or stadiums"—that’s a false dichotomy.
The choice is between having a thriving entertainment district that funds public services or a vacant concrete shell that funds nothing.
Portland is at a tipping point. We have a limited window before the current lease expires in 2030 to secure a long-term commitment from ownership.
Refusing to partner on this renovation gives them every excuse to look elsewhere. We have already seen what happens when Portland rests on its laurels—businesses leave and the tax base crumbles.
Let’s not make the same mistake with the only major professional sports team that puts this city on the global map. Renovate the Moda Center, secure the team for the next 30 years, and stop gambling with the city’s economic future.
One thing every politician has made clear - from the Governor to the Mayor to the City Council - is that they are willing to invest in the Trailblazers, and don't want to be blamed if the team leaves town.
That first part is great, but won't hold up the second part. People can cite whatever economic analysis they want, it would be a disaster if the Blazers left town, and there would be plenty of blame to go around.
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Obama on Trump:
If this whoever you were talking about was in front of me — which has happened a couple times — he don't talk like that because he knows better.
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Lions CB Terrion Arnold arrested in connection with an armed robbery, kidnapping in Florida earlier this year.
He's facing multiple felony charges that carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.