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If you don’t like the NBA, just keep on moving.

NBA team owners voted overwhelmingly in favor of allowing the Seattle Supersonics to move out of Seattle and into a market that is more than a million people smaller than Seattle. It is ridiculous.

The great news is two of my favorite NBA executives were the ones who voted against the deal.

Mark Cuban, the famous owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen, the slightly less vocal owner of the Portland Trail Blazers. That’s it, everyone else voted for the move.

Let me just say that I am happy that Allen is the owner of MY basketball team today. If the owner of your home team voted to allow a deal like this, I wonder what their intentions could be? Maybe they want the flexibility to move their team when the city or state won’t pay 500 million for a new arena (after a 74 million dollar renovation 13 years ago).

I am feeling overwhelmed on my friends page about the new baseball season (something I could really care less about) so I figured a basketball post would be worthwhile. Specifically, a top 10 of the worst of the “jail blazer” era.

Now in case you’re not familiar, there was about an eight year stretch where my NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers, were basically a bunch of criminals playing together. You worried if any of them were violating their probation by hanging out with other criminals. It was an embarrassment.

Recently, the Blazers have cleaned up their act (which is great) but I was reminded of this past era when I was listening to the radio on the way home from

work yesterday (1080 the fan). They put together a top five of the worst Jail Blazers. I am going to put together a top ten list of the worst Jail Blazers and why. And just as a note, this is an “all time” list so it is going to include everything (even when they weren’t with the Blazers). As if we need to demonstrate that most of these guys had issues before and after they came to the Blazers.

So without further ado:

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I love German food. Maybe it is the heritage speaking but it really tastes right to me. But ever since Jen and I decided to go out to dinner before we left for her parent’s house on Friday, I have been craving Rheinlander so that’s what we are doing.

Rheinlander has a red headed step-child named Gustav’s that is pretty decent as well.  The prices are a bit cheaper and it is good if we don’t want to drive all the way across Portland but The Rheinlander is where it is at.

Start with the fondue and a bowl of lentil soup. Then go for any of the schnitzels, sausages or (one of my favorites) Klopse. End with a piece of apple strudel and you have one of the perfect meals.

I am so hungry right now just waiting for it. Rheinlander is becoming my Case Bonita. It is disturbing.