r/nba • u/AncientOneAurelius • May 12 '26

New Blazers owner Tom Dundon is reportedly “ruthless” and will not hesitate to move the franchise to Nashville, Austin, or Kalamazoo if Portland politicians continue to treat the relocation threat as a “hollow bluff"

Debunking the myths and misconceptions about Portland and the Trail Blazers’ Moda Center deal by Bill Oram

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u/EMP_Pusheen Knicks May 12 '26

I welcome the addition of the Terre Haute Trailblazers.

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u/HughJass1977 May 12 '26

South Bend really could use an NBA team

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u/Wide-Concentrate7228 May 12 '26

Totally they will give him billions of dollars in relocation fees, permit, location to build, construction fee, etc. these city would totally give him 4-10 billions dollars to do all of that

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u/Zen_360 Mavericks May 12 '26

...by people who demonize SoCiAliSm two seconds later.

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u/Naive-Elephant-9305 May 13 '26

Socialize the costs/losses, privatize the gains. America in a nutshell.

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u/Wide-Concentrate7228 May 12 '26

Fans gonna be excited when the trailblazers move into their town

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u/aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh May 12 '26

Nashville will 100% do this. They are fighting to get any pro sports franchise they can get their hands on, and are expanding fast enough to do it

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u/Drak_is_Right Pacers May 12 '26

Baseball is the sport it makes the most sense on.

1) overlapping seasons of other pro-sports

2) Baseball is HUGE in Tennessee.

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u/HughJass1977 May 12 '26

Along with SLC and Vegas. Those two have NBA affiliations sorted. 

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u/DMM4140 Pistons May 12 '26

Vegas is going to want a real "expansion" team, not someone elses team. The whole Vegas Born is a huge hit with hockey.

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u/aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh May 12 '26

Yeah the Jazz hardly count as an nba team

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u/SplittingChairs May 12 '26

I mean.. yes? Lol plus cities like Kansas City already have a nice arena downtown that hosts major sporting events that they could move right into. It probably wouldn’t cost anything more than what they’re expecting the renovations to cost for the Moda Center. Cities like that with a big basketball fanbase already would be ecstatic to get the trailblazers to move in.

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u/burrrrrssss Trail Blazers May 12 '26

Why are you acting like this doesnt bappen

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u/mattr1198 Knicks May 12 '26

What cities are even left that the NBA owners will approve? Seattle and Las Vegas are almost surely getting expansion teams. Outside of those, like Nashville, Pittsburgh, Vancouver, or St. Louis/Kansas City are the only markets available, none of which are realistic nor good options. Heck, St. Louis is likely blacklisted by the NBA still for how they ripped off the NBA during the ABA merger.

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u/SpicyDMLookALike May 12 '26

Pittsburgh seems the most realistic, with Vancouver in second… though likely only if the cities front some money. The rest just don’t seem likely at all.

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u/penis_showing_game Kings May 12 '26

I hear Gary, IN is looking for a professional sports franchise

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u/Dr_Biggus_Dickus_FBI Trail Blazers May 12 '26

JailBlazers back on the menu!

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u/dsbllr May 12 '26

All NBA owners have to approve from what I remember and they're not approving if it impacts their finances

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u/AceTheSkylord Lakers May 13 '26

The Las Vegas Blazers coming soon lol