Editing Portland Trail Blazers (section)

==== Paul Allen ownership ====
In 1988, [[Microsoft]] co-founder [[Paul Allen]] purchased the Blazers for $70 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Monte |date=December 4, 2008 |title=Rebound |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1222/083.html#fe5b2d1f4ca8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214074022/https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/1222/083.html#fe5b2d1f4ca8 |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2018 |website=Forbes |quote=Allen bought the team [the Trailblazers] in 1988 for $70 million.}}</ref><ref name="sale">{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1988 |title=Trail Blazers Deal |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4D81739F932A35755C0A96E948260 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219091004/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4D81739F932A35755C0A96E948260 |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> At the time of the purchase, Allen, then 35, became the youngest team owner in the Big Four professional sports.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 4, 2008 |title=Sports Overview |url=https://www.vulcan.com/areas-of-practice/investments/key-initiatives/sports-overview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214073648/https://www.vulcan.com/areas-of-practice/investments/key-initiatives/sports-overview |archive-date=February 14, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2018 |website=Vulcan |publisher=Forbes |quote=In 1988, Paul Allen became the youngest owner in professional sports when he purchased the Portland Trail Blazers at age 35.}}</ref> His first season as owner was one marked by turmoil, as conflicts erupted over who should start at several positions. Both Vandeweghe and Johnson suffered injuries; they were replaced in the starting lineup by [[Jerome Kersey]] and [[Kevin Duckworth]]. Several players, most notably Drexler, were accused of undermining Schuler.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=McCallum |first=Jack |author-link=Jack McCallum |date=January 16, 1989 |title=Is anybody happy here? |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]}}</ref> The team went 25–22 to open the 1988–89 season, and Schuler was fired. He was replaced on an interim basis with assistant coach [[Rick Adelman]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Clifton |date=March 5, 1989 |title=PRO BASKETBALL; Changing Team Chemistry Adds Risk to Equation |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DE1E3AF936A35750C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321042405/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/05/sports/pro-basketball-changing-team-chemistry-adds-risk-to-equation.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |archive-date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=November 8, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and Vandeweghe was traded to the [[New York Knicks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldaper |first=Sam |date=April 25, 1989 |title=A Question Mark for Vandeweghe |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDB113EF936A15757C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201024230/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/25/sports/a-question-mark-for-vandeweghe.html |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Under Adelman, the team went 14–21 to finish the season, and barely qualified for the playoffs. That off-season, the team traded [[Sam Bowie]] (who had returned to the team to end the season) to the [[New Jersey Nets]] for forward [[Buck Williams]], and Adelman was given the coaching job on a non-interim basis.<ref name="teamhistory" />