[New Ownership] Carolina Hurricanes Owner to Buy the Portland Blazers for over 4 Billion

Overpriced.

I would also like if he moved the team to St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati or Kansas City.

 

Why do you want the team to move?

 

I think Seattle will eventually get a team, but there’s no real need for two in that region. I’d rather see some of those other cities that already have established professional teams get a major sports franchise.

 

I think Seattle is the NBA's version of what LA used to be for the NFL: a relocation boogeyman. The Blazers have been in the northwest for over 50 years. Moving them to other cities, some of which failed to support professional basketball in the past, doesn't make sense. More west coast teams means a more balanced TV product, too. The NBA should want good teams in Portland and Seattle to diversify the second half of Thursday doubleheaders. Then again, they may just show the Lakers 26 times a year now that they have Luka. Don't forget that one of the league's biggest partners, Nike, is located just outside of Portland.

If any team "needs" to move it's New Orleans. Professional basketball has never caught on there, the franchise is an afterthought for its ownership group, and the market itself is, by far, the smallest in the NBA.

 

Great post! I hadn’t looked at it that way before, and I agree with you about New Orleans.