Robert Pera's goal when buying the Memphis Grizzlies was to move them to Las Vegas Pablo Torre reports but he ultimately agreed to a poison pill that made relocation impossible

Bill Simmons One of the things I was fascinated by was 'Why did they let this guy buy the team Why let El Cheapo Tom Dundon get in there' Apparently they only had two offers for the Portland Trail Blazers sale I just don't think they had a lot of people that wanted to buy in

Bill Simmons It's just never worked in New Orleans and I am not sure they should have an NBA team I feel way differently about Portlandeven Memphis which you mentioned earlier

Bill Simmons My fear for people in Portland is that he Tom Dundon looked at what the expansion number would bewhich everybody's saying is between 7 billion and 8 billionand he's like 'Ahh I can just steal Portland for 425 billion and just move them somewhere else'

Club 520 Jeff Teague on Pablo Torre Im tired of him why he keep fuckin with Kawhi Ballmer he the man He just built a new arena for the league Leave him alone leave the NBA alone

Pablo Torre and Stavros Halkias discuss the sports bubble with Stavros arguing that private equity is ruining sports franchises If they destroy the Lakers guys with Kobe back tattoos are going to start fucking like the proletariat revolution

Shelburne The price for the Vegas team was climbing into the stratosphere And at one point they kind of looked and said Why are we going so hard for an expansion team They called Mark Walter on Sunday but he wasnt looking to sell He had to consider the offer because of the money involved