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The Portland NBA club was put up for sale in accordance with the will of the former owner
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The Portland Blale Blaires basketball club is officially put up for sale. This was confirmed by the press service of the team in club social networks.
The owner of the club, the Allen & Company Investment Foundation, sells Trail Blaseers in accordance with the testament of its founder Paul Allen, co -founder of Microsoft, a business partner Bill Gates.
The departed in 2018, Allen wished that his sports assets were sold out, and the proceeds were launched for charity.
According to ESPN, one of the possible applicants for the club is a billionaire, founder of Nike and a native of Portland Fil Knight, who in 2022 was already contacting the fund with a proposal to redeem the franchise. Then the parties did not agree in the transaction.
Portland Trail Blaires took 12th place in the west in the last NBA regular championship and finished the season, not managing to get either in the playoffs or in the play -in tournament.
Source: Sportbox
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