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How many second chances should Ja Morant get? | Bill Oram Original

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By Bill Oram Verified
| Blazer Focused
A day later and still processing the Ja Morant trade. Do I like it? No. Does it make basketball sense? No. Do I understand it through the eyes of leadership? One. Hundred. Percent. This is how Portland is going to operate in the age of Tom Dundon, who made his bones in predatory lending and preying on distressed assets. Morant is a subprime swing, and Dundon sees only value.
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Commentary: Ja Morant is a ghost of ‘Jail Blazers’ past

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By Bill Oram Verified
| Herald and News Verified
Every day it’s another insult with this guy. Another screw you. Another I don’t care. Tom Dundon watched the “Jail Blazers” documentary, and this is what he came up with? Ja Morant? The Glock-brandishing malcontent? The immature, the reckless and the dangerous? The franchise-killer so toxic that the Memphis Grizzlies happily took on the worst contract in the NBA to get rid of him? That Ja Morant? No, this cannot be real.
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Micah Nori should rent not buy — but not because of his controversial contract | Bill Oram Original

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By Bill Oram Verified
| The Oregonian Verified
Say what you will about the absolute insulting absurdity of a one-year contract, Micah Nori’s no dummy. He knows what he’s doing. And if you are interested in following Nori’s lead, you might bet on him to outperform the flimsy contract that he signed to become the Trail Blazers’ head coach. “As far as I’m concerned,” Nori said Thursday in his first appearance in Portland, “the contract is signed. It’s in a drawer.” Nori has the right attitude about this thing, preposterous as it is.
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