'@nuggets coach David Adelman on his father's decision to make Portland home:
“He chose to live in Portland, and chose to die here. He was an LA kid, but this was his home. His love for the basketball community here — high school, college, the Blazers — was deep. He could have lived in Sacramento and just been the man there. He looked at this city as home. His kids grew up here. This is where he wanted to be. It would be a shame if they moved the franchise, because there are people like him who invested their emotions, their lives in this city.”
@RipCity
(for the full story on Rick's life go to https://t.co/zSYwtrAohO)
Heckuva leap to achieve this headline lmao. Another way to sum up Dundon’s comments: retained staff were able to confidently and capably communicate how they do their job and why they’re good at it.
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The membership of the National Basketball Coaches Association joins the NBA family in mourning the passing of legendary Head Coach and Hall of Famer, Rick Adelman.
Rick Adelman coached in the NBA for 29 years, serving as a Head Coach for 23 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. Over his coaching career, Rick won 1,042 games (10th all-time), was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 and received the NBCA Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. Coach Adelman also enjoyed an eight-year NBA playing career with the San Diego Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Jazz, and Kansas City-Omaha Kings.
Adelman will be remembered not only as a coach and a player, but also as a mentor to so many in the basketball community. Rick was a husband to Mary Kay for 56 years; father to Kathy, RJ, Laura, David, Caitlin, and Patrick; and a grandfather of twelve. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Adelman family during this difficult time.
As respectfully as I can put this, I will never take Sports Business Radio seriously again after this interview. Here's why:
- Brian says owners dont want to vote against relocation, doesnt acknowledge that the NBA had a relocation committee (made up of 12 owners) unanimously deny the Kings move to Seattle.
- Questions why the city hasn't written a letter to Adam Silver yet, ignoring that Silver has been engaged with Oregon lawmakers
- Says that city council hasn't hired outside representation with the caveat of "to my knowledge" (i.e. he doesnt know whether this is true)
- In general, there's a whole lot of "I think", "I believe", etc... I dont buy that these opinions are well-sourced
- Implies that Dundon not saying he "fully intends to keep the Blazers in Portland" is a sign he doesnt want to keep the team in Portland. I would think "Sports Business Radio" would understand negotiations...
- He gets called out on it and immediately falls back to "but they laid off 70 people, you know some of them!"
- Notices how former players of Spurs and Knicks come around their former teams. Somehow he didnt notice this with the Blazers the past couple years...
- Says Dundon "Whiped out any connection to the past" with his layoffs. You cant whipe out "any" and all connection to the past by laying off 20% of employees...
- Makes a point about how the NHL and NBA are very different and that you have to spend more in the NBA, but then contradicts this point by comparing the changes Dundon has made in both places, saying he didnt make the changes in Carolina that hes made in Portland. He then REITERATES how different the leagues are and says you cant compare "apples to apples".