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.
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."
www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2026...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
