Greg Cote

Because their owner is cheap.

The only one in basketball known as cheap.

There are no others.

Sterling's been run out of the sport.

When I say there are no others, there are no others ever in that salary cap age where a team is getting smeared with cheap.

Okay.

No, let's talk about this for a second, because I don't think people realize what's happening in Portland.

OK, and Trista was right in bucking on the idea that Portland is a sorry franchise.

It is not.

It has been run by one of the great owners and richest owners known to sports.

Portland's franchise has been very well run.

and is the most opulent of the franchises.

And now a guy's coming in, and he is cutthroat, and he already did this with the Carolina Hurricanes and has been rewarded for it.

Comes in and guts the soul of the franchise and then says all that matters is winning.

It doesn't matter.

Get out of the hotels.

Players, get out of the hotels at 1230.

Get out of your massages.

I'm not having support staff get free tickets anymore.

I am not allowing all of these people to travel.