Since news broke yesterday that financier and businessman Tom Dundon was in line to buy the Portland Trail Blazers, speculation has abounded regarding his fitness, intentions, and governing style. Among those weighing in is Truehoop founder Henry Abbott, who penned an article [subscription required] on NBA billionaires and the difficulty of ascertaining the same kind of question Blazers fans are asking today.

While admitting that nothing is certain, Abbott generally found Dundon to be favorable, given his public track record.

I’m naturally skeptical of every billionaire, including Tom Dundon. But to get a sense of Dundon I just read several bios and listened to a 45-minute appearance Dundon made last year on the North Carolina-based David Glenn show. I wear two different hats here: Blaze

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