Despite Terrible Arena, Maloofs Making Money

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Friday Mini-Bullets
Published 12/7/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... my name. The rat gets on the wheel in my head and I realize that we just checked in and he doesn't know what room I am in. How can he know my name? Being devilishly witty I say, 'How do you know my name?' He then tells me that he followed my NBA career and even has a few of my rookie cards. The question of to whom has my mother been selling cards to on the Internet has now been answered. Now I only have three more lost souls to search the earth for." Somehow, through it all, the Maloofs are making money. Amazing list of players who ...

Paul Allen's gonna go broke! Oh wait, nevermind
Published 12/7/2007 by Jack Brown at Deceptively Quick
Forbes (found via Sactown Royalty), released a list of NBA Team Valuations. A cliche statement the experts keep saying is that "Portland is on the right path," which feels true. We all see the potential, we know we're watching something being built that can be special. It looks like the business side of things will take longer to turnaround. I forget, because most the talent on the team is still on their rookie-contracts, that the Blazers still have the sixth highest payroll in the league. Technically, the most expensive Blazer is currently putting up 6 ...