Seeing people commenting on Blazers arena story. Arena and Rose Quarter land were sold by the team to the city for $7 million 2 years ago to incentivize public investment. In this particular situation, no matter who ended up buying the team, this would likely be happening.
BREAKING: Micah Nori has agreed to become the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, sources tell @TheAthletic. Nori was lead assistant of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the past five years. Nori, 52, signed a one-year deal with team options for each of the next two seasons.
The Portland Trail Blazers were prepared to sacrifice up to FOUR YEARS of first-round draft capital at the trade deadline in a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade without knowing if he would sign an extension, per @JakeLFischer
“It is strongly believed that the Blazers are no longer willing to go to such lengths — since it has been conveyed to them that getting such an extension signed is considered unlikely.”
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