Adam Silver does not want the Trail Blazers leaving Portland.

That, the NBA Commissioner said on Tuesday, would be considered a “failure.”

“I would see it as a failure if we did not keep the team in Portland,” Silver said, via KATU’s Guillermo Motta. “I’ve spent a lot of time in that community over hte years, they’ve shown amazing support for the Trail Blazers … We need a state of the art arena. I think by any objective measure, the current building there is in the bottom measure of any arena in the league.”

The Trail Blazers were purchased earlier this year by Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon , who landed the team from the estate of late…

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