Not going to give it up if they want to win. They’d have to start over with a new Tim Connelly, a new superstar, new developmental pieces. They’d get a handful in an expansion draft but it’ll take years to get a competent GM and superstar. Unless the took TC with them
I don’t see the other owners agreeing to forget the extra 1.5 billion dollars the expansion franchise was supposed to pay out compared to what Lore and Arod bought the wolves at.
BasedOz
Idk why they would want to pay the rumored expansion fees, when they could just let this go thru the legal process.
bearbrannan
Can we vote that they let Glen get the expansion team if he drops this crock of shit he’s pulling.
skolaen
If this ends up happening and glen keeps the wolves i swear man. Arod/lore/bloomberg are by far the best thing that coulda happened and it going away would blow
CheersBeersVeneers
I didn’t read the original Pioneer Press article that’s being quoted in this, but based on the provided excerpts, it seems like baseless speculation by Charley Walters
jinyx1
I hate Glen Taylor
TCbluelions
This is clearly a load of crap
HideUnderBridge
darin617
They would need a shit ton of money to be able to afford the expansion fee. Bloomburg would end up being the majority owner for sure.
marcos_MN
Rexafella_1120
Really can already see headlines Arod back in the emerald city. fuck Glen !
Otherwise-Contest7
This is from a Charlie Walters piece. It’s speculation based on nothing other than what would be a “clean break” from a messy situation.
The appeal of the Wolves to Arod and Marc is that the buy-in was low, and the ROI can be monumental if the team continues to play well. Yes, they’d cashout their 40% investment in the Wolves for a large profit, but expansion fees for a new team could be $2 billion.
Just forget about the ownership drama until some actual news happens.
subtleshooter
Fuck this speculation .
FuckThaLakers
It would be so cool if I never heard Glen Taylor’s name again
ElectricCowboy95
This is just speculation and a boring one at that
Ok_Excuse_3695
An absolutely astonishing pivot from “Lore and ARod are broke” to now “the NBA will give them first rights to an expansion”.
ComputerPractical748
NO NO NO DO NOT FUCK US LIKE THIS NBA I STG
HawaiianPunch42
Not believing anything until the arbitration begins
ZAKTMT
I know Charley Walters has been right in the past. But he hasn’t been right in quite awhile about the Wolves.
ComputerPractical748
Can somebody explain why the NBA would want to meddle in this or take a side anyway?
ResidentHooman
Get bent, Glen Taylor! No one likes you. And your farming practices make you a monster.
dead-memory-waste
God are we gonna get our own clipped series? Start digging up all the bs glen Taylor has said and done.
this is just such bullshit
SlowCrates
Honestly, though, if I’m A-Rod, I bite. Taylor is a douche, he blocked their ownership stake, so what next? Go be a hero in Seattle AGAIN? Oh no, nothing to lose, sell out and make millions, then be the ownership face of an expansion team. I can think of worse ways to coast into my 60’s.
Sam7sung
This sounds like a really bad rumor. The NBA have been hands off the whole time. Why would they jump in now?
JoeyBougie
“Plezzzz make them stop Adam” glen
kpruiz
bro WHAT??
Garrus
A Seattle expansion team is going to have a fee north of $4 billion and I might be underestimating it too. Even if Lore/Arod cash out double their money they put in, they still have to come up with what? Another $2-3 billion?
I find this kind of speculation incredibly weak, considering there are a few Seattle or PNW billionaires that could very easily jump in and outbid them. Phil Knight has been trying to buy the Blazers since Paul Allen died, maybe he goes after Seattle instead. It wouldn’t be hard to see Bezos potentially jump in.
ARod and Lore have plenty of money, but they’re not in the ballpark of some of these guys that would potentially be interested in a new Super Sonics.
I don’t know who Charley Walters sources are but this reads like fanfiction rather than anything solid.
ISelf_Devine
Other owners would never allow them to just not give them an extra billion and a half dollars and why would Arod and Lore want that? They would lose majority ownership of the team to limited with Bloomberg.
More bullshit from old man Walters.
JustBeingFranke
This is a Glen Taylor planted “story”…
HackWaters
It’s so crazy to me that Glen put everyone in this situation. Nobody was forcing him to sell the team in the first place. Nobody was forcing you to sell it at a discount. Nobody was forcing him to sell to Lore/ARod. How do you just take backsies at the last second.
Easy-Philosopher-562
Sure they can offer it but no way they take it. ARod and Lore have said many times they plan to invest heavily into the twin cities.
They plan to finance the new arena privately, which they could then lease for other events and profit off of.
themoertel
This is baseless speculation and Lore and A-Rod would need to come up with a boatload more cash to appease the rest of the owners. The $1.5 billion price tag isn’t going to cut it for a brand new franchise.
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Glen Taylor can fuck right off.
Not going to give it up if they want to win. They’d have to start over with a new Tim Connelly, a new superstar, new developmental pieces. They’d get a handful in an expansion draft but it’ll take years to get a competent GM and superstar. Unless the took TC with them
I don’t see the other owners agreeing to forget the extra 1.5 billion dollars the expansion franchise was supposed to pay out compared to what Lore and Arod bought the wolves at.
Idk why they would want to pay the rumored expansion fees, when they could just let this go thru the legal process.
Can we vote that they let Glen get the expansion team if he drops this crock of shit he’s pulling.
If this ends up happening and glen keeps the wolves i swear man. Arod/lore/bloomberg are by far the best thing that coulda happened and it going away would blow
I didn’t read the original Pioneer Press article that’s being quoted in this, but based on the provided excerpts, it seems like baseless speculation by Charley Walters
I hate Glen Taylor
This is clearly a load of crap
They would need a shit ton of money to be able to afford the expansion fee. Bloomburg would end up being the majority owner for sure.
Really can already see headlines Arod back in the emerald city. fuck Glen !
This is from a Charlie Walters piece. It’s speculation based on nothing other than what would be a “clean break” from a messy situation.
The appeal of the Wolves to Arod and Marc is that the buy-in was low, and the ROI can be monumental if the team continues to play well. Yes, they’d cashout their 40% investment in the Wolves for a large profit, but expansion fees for a new team could be $2 billion.
Just forget about the ownership drama until some actual news happens.
Fuck this speculation .
It would be so cool if I never heard Glen Taylor’s name again
This is just speculation and a boring one at that
An absolutely astonishing pivot from “Lore and ARod are broke” to now “the NBA will give them first rights to an expansion”.
NO NO NO DO NOT FUCK US LIKE THIS NBA I STG
Not believing anything until the arbitration begins
I know Charley Walters has been right in the past. But he hasn’t been right in quite awhile about the Wolves.
Can somebody explain why the NBA would want to meddle in this or take a side anyway?
Get bent, Glen Taylor! No one likes you. And your farming practices make you a monster.
God are we gonna get our own clipped series? Start digging up all the bs glen Taylor has said and done.
this is just such bullshit
Honestly, though, if I’m A-Rod, I bite. Taylor is a douche, he blocked their ownership stake, so what next? Go be a hero in Seattle AGAIN? Oh no, nothing to lose, sell out and make millions, then be the ownership face of an expansion team. I can think of worse ways to coast into my 60’s.
This sounds like a really bad rumor. The NBA have been hands off the whole time. Why would they jump in now?
“Plezzzz make them stop Adam” glen
bro WHAT??
A Seattle expansion team is going to have a fee north of $4 billion and I might be underestimating it too. Even if Lore/Arod cash out double their money they put in, they still have to come up with what? Another $2-3 billion?
I find this kind of speculation incredibly weak, considering there are a few Seattle or PNW billionaires that could very easily jump in and outbid them. Phil Knight has been trying to buy the Blazers since Paul Allen died, maybe he goes after Seattle instead. It wouldn’t be hard to see Bezos potentially jump in.
ARod and Lore have plenty of money, but they’re not in the ballpark of some of these guys that would potentially be interested in a new Super Sonics.
I don’t know who Charley Walters sources are but this reads like fanfiction rather than anything solid.
Other owners would never allow them to just not give them an extra billion and a half dollars and why would Arod and Lore want that? They would lose majority ownership of the team to limited with Bloomberg.
More bullshit from old man Walters.
This is a Glen Taylor planted “story”…
It’s so crazy to me that Glen put everyone in this situation. Nobody was forcing him to sell the team in the first place. Nobody was forcing you to sell it at a discount. Nobody was forcing him to sell to Lore/ARod. How do you just take backsies at the last second.
Sure they can offer it but no way they take it. ARod and Lore have said many times they plan to invest heavily into the twin cities.
They plan to finance the new arena privately, which they could then lease for other events and profit off of.
This is baseless speculation and Lore and A-Rod would need to come up with a boatload more cash to appease the rest of the owners. The $1.5 billion price tag isn’t going to cut it for a brand new franchise.
FUCK GLEN TAYLOR