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[C.J. Miles @masfresco]

There’s been 5,400 players ever to play in the NBA.

There are more division 1 basketball players right now than the total of players to ever play in the NBA.

I just want to leave that here.

[Phil @philinoc70]

@seanhannity Is he holding a gun to her head?

[Yaron Weitzman @YaronWeitzman]

Could Portland actually be on the verge of losing the Blazers?

I spoke to multiple NBA ownership-level sources this week. Every one had the same take: Dundon is bluffing and simply trying to squeeze as much as he can out of the city of Portland. Or, as one said, "There's nowhere for him to go."

For one, you can take Seattle and Vegas off the board. NBA owners want the expansion fees, expected to land in the $6-7 billion range. As one source put it to me, "Even if I liked Tom a lot, I like $200 million a lot more."

As for other markets: even if you believe a place like Kansas City or Nashville is ready for an NBA team, the math doesn't check out for someone who approaches ownership the way Dundon does. He'd have to pay a relocation fee, then spend to renovate or build an arena in the new city, all in a market without the built-in fan base he already has in Portland. It'd be bad business.

So why is Dundon being so aggressive and antagonistic toward Portland now? Especially when, as one source put it, "None of this was a secret. He bought Portland and knew it needed a new arena. It's not like he found an accounting error in the books."

"My guess is because he knows that the second the NBA moves on Seattle and Vegas, he loses all his leverage," a different ownership source said. "He knows he's got a very tight window now to play this game and I guess he's going for it."

That said, one line, from a third source who's dealt with plenty of owners and team sales, stuck with me.

"If the plan was to come in and bully a bunch of politicians in Portland, well he clearly didn't do any research."

So the good news for Blazers fans: Most people around the NBA think the team's remaining in Portland. The bad news is that it looks like Tom Dundon is going to be part of your lives for a long time.

[Phil @philinoc70]

@Dodgers Is the early Sunday game not available on MLD extra innings? I’m in AZ and cannot find the telecast. Thx

[Phil @philinoc70]

@richarddeitsch @JimmyTraina And his career expands well beyond 30 years.

[Phil @philinoc70]

@richarddeitsch @JimmyTraina Legendary! Greatest radio media career ever!

[Phil @philinoc70]

@JJWatt Shea and the 101?

[Phil @philinoc70]

Auf Wiedersehen

[Phil @philinoc70]

This some fine tweeting right here

[Mitch Goldich 🐙 @mitchgoldich]

The biggest game of the first round is on Friday, when Long Island battles Arizona for iced tea supremacy

[Kings on NBCS @NBCSKings]

Brodie throws a lob to Eubanks 🔥

[Kings on NBCS @NBCSKings]

Drew Eubanks is a GROWN MAN 😤

[Kings on NBCS @NBCSKings]

Drew Eubanks with the clutch hook 🪝

[NBA @NBA]

Drew Eubanks flies in for the putback jam 💥

Grizzlies-Kings underway on NBA League Pass: https://t.co/RPauFCBp3o

[Kings on NBCS @NBCSKings]

GET UP, DREW EUBANKS 😲

[Kings on NBCS @NBCSKings]

Drew Eubanks says count it 👇

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a COMPLETE GAME to even the World Series at 1-1 🔥

Series now shifts to LA 🍿

(via @MLB)

[Phil @philinoc70]

@GeoffLong33 Dodgers in 5

[MLB @MLB]

THE @DODGERS HANG ON FOR A GAME 1 VICTORY! #NLCS

[Phil @philinoc70]

What a finish! On to the next!

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

DODGERS WIN ON INSANE WALK-OFF AFTER PHILLY ERROR ‼️🤯

WOW. 😱

[Karl Ravech @karlravechespn]

The Dodgers are looking a lot like the team most people thought capable of winning 120 games. Timing is everything