He was formerly a Marketing and Communications Manager with the Portland Trail Blazers.
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When Greg Oden sprained his right foot in the Portland Trail Blazers' Oct. 27 season opener, fans and management surely cringed.
Fernandez moved to the U.S. after the 2008 Olympic final in Beijing, where Spain lost to the Americans, and spent three years with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Most conversations on highly-touted basketball flops begin with Sam Bowie, who was famously taken No. 2 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1984--one spot ahead of Michael Jordan.
Hence the brittle Portland Trail Blazers' center, Greg Oden, isn't spared, nor is underachiever Eddy Curry of the Knicks, whose lack of interest in conditioning has contributed to his injury problems the past two years.
Last Easter Paul Allen, owner of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, held the fate of his team in his hands.
When Pernetti hired Rice away from Robert Morris in 2010, Jordan, who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers and the Lakers, also interviewed for the position.
The string broke the record of 814 set by the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers from 1977-95.
He was with Portland in 1977 when the Trail Blazers rallied to beat Philadelphia for the NBA championship.
Among the others are Paul Allen (Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Seahawks) and Malcolm Glazer (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Manchester United).
At the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference here Friday, a panel of experts including former NBA exec Russ Granik of Galatioto Sports Partners, sports economist Andrew Zimbalist of Smith College, former Houston Rockets CEO George Postolos and former Portland Trail Blazers VP Tom Penn, a noted salary cap expert, kicked around the labor issues confronting the major sports leagues.
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