2 questions:
1) The Blazers do not own the building. Should Dundon put money into the renovation of a building he does not own?
2) Would you be willing to live the fallout if the public money wasn't provided and the Blazers left Portland? Because there will be big-time fallout.
You can understand the situation and still have empathy.
Sorry to ruin your day, but Bill is still our (and my) sports columnist. Maybe try to better understand what BIll is writing ... he's never said Dundon's goal is to leave. But it's a tool if he doesn't get what he wants. And that is very much up in the air.
I'm aware, but it also depends on how much leverage the city and owner have. In this case, Dundon holds most of the cards. There are several cities that will open their wallets wide and build Dundon a nice, new arena.
That is your right. But you better stand there and hold the door open for a lot of other people. The Blazers are a community asset that people living in a metropolitan city want. Lose the Blazers, are you're going to lose a lot of folks.,
I'm not going to get into a back-and-forth on social media. It never goes anywhere. We have plenty of sources, close to the situation. Most decline to be revealed, for a variety of reasons. We have written many, many stories on the subject, and will continue to report.
Tom Dundon talks to @billoram.bsky.social in an Oregonian/OregonLive exclusive about Blazers' layoffs, differences between Carolina/Blazers franchises, getting a Moda deal done and more.
www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...
@billoram.bsky.social kept the censor busy with this takedown of Portland's city council and their game playing with the Blazers' arena renovation.
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There's no pretense with new Blazers majority owner Tom Dundon.
Are you the hard-ass everybody says you are?
“I think so,” he said.
Dundon was in LA for his first day in this position, and talked to The O's @billoram.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...
Blazers lay off more than 70 employees. From our story:
"The Blazers were one of the largest organizations in the NBA, an unsustainable reality considering they fetch the league’s lowest sponsorship revenue and rank near the bottom in ticket revenue."
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The hard-driving owner of the Carolina Hurricanes says, "I'm not flexible about my standards."
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The controversial billionaire says that fans have focused on "wrong things" as he takes over in Portland.
136 likes, 32 comments - theoregonian on May 13, 2026: "Sports columnist @BillOregonian says that the threat of the Trail Blazers moving is real and we need to start treating it as such.
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The moves, which affected just over 70 employees, came seven weeks after Dundon, the Dallas billionaire, and his ownership group officially took over the franchise.
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Blazers are F’d with this guy. 600M in public money? How stupid do these billionaires think we are? I guess we’ll find out how stupid.
1. It is extremely common for tenants to pay for leasehold improvements. And I’m not suggesting the city should pay nothing. But cities/states are broke and I’m tired of seeing them lay down for the billionaire owners and the millionaire players to get richer and richer.
Seems @billoram.bsky.social has been demoted by the Oregonian for his clickbait journalism. Here Tom Dundon contradicts everything Bill has been writing about for months (that Tom’s main goal is leaving, and that it would be easy to do so.)
www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...
This is business people. Hell I have been laid off from over five jobs in 40 years. Quit complaining and go find a better job. You never know what is out there until you are forced to.
Every piece you have done has been vibes. No meaningful relocation analysis, no sources, no discussion of what a fair deal should look like for taxpayers, no discussion of what leverage the city has. Tom Dundon even contradicted your reporting on how easy it would be for him to leave.
2. I’ve been a blazer fan for 50 years and if they try to take 600M from me and my fellow taxpayers, I’ll hold the door open so they can get the hell out. Terrible misuse of public funds.
