Monday afternoon Blazers insider Jason Quick dropped that Portland president Chris McGowan is in talks about ad patches next season:
Blazers president @ChrisDMcGowan envisions team wearing ad patch on uniform in '17. Says "having great conversations" w/prospective partners
Now, Portland wouldn’t be the first team to pursue this. In fact, they’d join a list — currently at eight — that’s only growing.
The trend started with Philadelphia and StubHub, who are giving the ticket outlet jersey real estate next season. Then came the Nets, Kings, Celtics, Jazz, Cavs, Magic and T’Wolves.
(You can read up more on the teams and their partners from Business Insider here.