James Mirtle

And I think there's some frustration in Canada in general.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, the fans there do a great job.

I mean, it's one of the louder buildings in the league, I would say.

I mean, it's certainly top 10.

I don't know if I'd go as far as top five, but it's an older building and they get pretty rowdy and drunk in the parking lot before the game.

And then when they get going, they get fired up.

So, yeah.

Yeah, I was there for the whole Eastern Conference final and they had some games where they just completely ran over the Montreal Canadiens and some overtime games and things like that.

And it's a good crowd.

It's a good time.

I recommend that if people are in that part of the world to go check it out.

Yeah, he invited me into his owner's box.

He had a bunch of friends and family there at Game 5, so it was right before the game was getting going, and we just chatted for 10 or 15 minutes, and

I think he was feeling like he was getting a lot of bad press in Portland, and obviously things are going well in Carolina.

So he said, let's have a conversation.

And we did, and we got into some of the stuff.

I'm by no means an NBA expert.

I tried to do some of my homework on what's happening in Portland, but to me, it seems sort of similar to when he came in and bought the Hurricanes.

If anything, the Hurricanes were in a worse position than the Portland Trailblazers are in terms of the market and

arena and everything happening.