Thread Tools

Display Modes

**sa1177** · 06-09-2006, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neplife

Just because people have money does not mean they will go to sports events, and in addition LA has so many other things for those people to waste there money on there is no guarentee that they would invest it into tickets for another pro sports team. Until the Clips became the fad thing this year no one in a city of like 8-9 million came out to watch them, so what makes anyone believe that the Blazers the worst team in the NBA would draw a crowd if they moved to the LA area?

The Clippers made money in that market with those low attendance numbers...IMO the market is saturated enough that another team could be sucessful. Sure if the team sucks then attendance #'s will struggle but that's true of any team in any city. The Knicks haven't sold out MSG consistently in a long long time.

azsun18 · 06-09-2006, 02:38 PM

Maybe he plans on buying the Blazers and the RG and move the Ducks here, instead of moving the Blazers down there?

neplife · 06-09-2006, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sa1177

The Clippers made money in that market with those low attendance numbers...IMO the market is saturated enough that another team could be sucessful. Sure if the team sucks then attendance #'s will struggle but that's true of any team in any city. The Knicks haven't sold out MSG consistently in a long long time.

Well they made money because they had not much in the way of salary, and got money back from teams like Portland who paid $40M in luxury taxes which were given back to teams who did not go over the salary cap.

The Florida Marlins and other smaller market MLB and NFL teams do the same thing, but would you consider them to be successful? They take advantage of revenue sharing, cut their salaries to as small as possible and then all of a sudden they are making money, doesnt mean they are successful what so ever.

**sa1177** · 06-09-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neplife

Well they made money because they had not much in the way of salary, and got money back from teams like Portland who paid $40M in luxury taxes which were given back to teams who did not go over the salary cap.

The Florida Marlins and other smaller market MLB and NFL teams do the same thing, but would you consider them to be successful? They take advantage of revenue sharing, cut their salaries to as small as possible and then all of a sudden they are making money, doesnt mean they are successful what so ever.

Basketball is a business..making $$ is part of sucess IMO.

neplife · 06-09-2006, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sa1177

Basketball is a business..making $$ is part of sucess IMO.

Wait I thought we were talking about how attractive another team in the LA area would be, not about whether basketball is a business or not. I agree that its a business and if an owner wants to take advantage of League revenues that are given back to the teams while they have low player salaries thats fine, but that does not mean there is a demand for another team in the LA area.

Oil Can · 06-09-2006, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azsun18

Maybe he plans on buying the Blazers and the RG and move the Ducks here, instead of moving the Blazers down there?

Strangely enough...there has been some discussion about this....Apparently some pollsters are calling around.

http://www.soccercityusa.com/cgi-bin...num=1147561779

Oil Can · 06-09-2006, 05:09 PM

Oregonian: OK. Also, there's a report out of LA that the Anaheim Mighty Ducks owner, Dr. Samueli, is interested in the Blazers. My question is could the LA area, Southern California area support three NBA franchises?
Stern: Good question.

Oregonian: Do you have an answer?
Stern: No.

**Dan** · 06-09-2006, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oil Can

Oregonian: OK. Also, there's a report out of LA that the Anaheim Mighty Ducks owner, Dr. Samueli, is interested in the Blazers. My question is could the LA area, Southern California area support three NBA franchises?
Stern: Good question.

Oregonian: Do you have an answer?
Stern: No.

does he mean "no, I don't have an answer" or (hopefully) "no they couldn't".

me thinks he means "no, I don't have an answer"

**sa1177** · 06-09-2006, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neplife

Wait I thought we were talking about how attractive another team in the LA area would be, not about whether basketball is a business or not. I agree that its a business and if an owner wants to take advantage of League revenues that are given back to the teams while they have low player salaries thats fine, but that does not mean there is a demand for another team in the LA area.

We are...but I was simply responding to this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by neplife

They take advantage of revenue sharing, cut their salaries to as small as possible and then all of a sudden they are making money, doesnt mean they are successful what so ever.

Foulzilla · 06-09-2006, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SMiLE

does he mean "no, I don't have an answer" or (hopefully) "no they couldn't".

me thinks he means "no, I don't have an answer"

That would be my interpretation as well.

wastro · 06-09-2006, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Stern

"I can tell you that because the league's first choice is to maintain the team in Portland, if there are buyers willing to keep the team in Portland, and we think they are, that would be the most likely scenario."

Well that's encouraging.

By the way, he really didn't come off well in that interview with Jung. I mean, the news was slightly encouraging for Portland fans, but Stern himself just came off poorly.

soonerterp · 06-09-2006, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wastro

Well that's encouraging.

By the way, he really didn't come off well in that interview with Jung. I mean, the news was slightly encouraging for Portland fans, but Stern himself just came off poorly.

Poorly? I read that thing with Ms. Jung and he came off like a total [I don't want to say it but you know what I mean, it can be a derivative of a masculine name or an anatomical part]. I have read other pieces with the Commissioner, and I observe his body language and whatever when he is on camera or speaking to a presser or whatever, and he doesn't seem like remotely the bad guy he came off as toward Ms. Jung at all.

Then again, he's probably sick of being asked the same crap because as it is, he has much on his table.

soonerterp · 06-10-2006, 01:03 AM

Sorry for consecutive posts but:

There was some other story I read today (might have been at Yahoo! Sports) that made reference to some kind of secret list of buyers that Stern has or is aware of.

In my neck of the woods there has been no serious talk of buying the Blazers, but there is a group in Oklahoma City led by a man named Clay Bennett which is very serious about buying an NBA team somewhere down the road (if not the minority stake in the New Orleans Hornets that George Shinn has allegedly been trying to sell, but hows that going to work out when the team returns to NOLA?)

The Blazers-to-Anaheim talk seems too way out there ... how can there possibly be three NBA teams in one market that's already kind of saturated with major pro sports?

Thread Tools Display Modes

Thread Tools

Display Modes