We expected publishing a picture of Damian Lillard in a Seattle SuperSonics jersey on the front page would get a reaction, and it did. Our cover story on the uncertain future of the Blazers in Portland ( “Anything but This,” WW , July 30 ) was described by some readers as baseless fearmongering, and by others as a necessary provocation. A decent number of people saw us as stalking horses for the team’s next billionaire owner, sowing paranoia to ease the giveaway of public dollars for a new or renovated arena. (If that actually works, we want free popcorn for life.) Here’s what our readers had to say:

Chuck Thompson, via email: “Just want to congratulate the person/people who conceived, designed and put the copy on the ‘Anything but This’ WW cover. I can’t recall the last time I

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