Portland may need to keep the Trail Blazers here against Tom Dundon’s will

Portland may need to keep the Trail Blazers here against Tom Dundon’s will

Negotiating with Tom Dundon is like trying to win a staring contest against a man with no eyes.

Canzano: How much of Tom Dundon's act should be tolerated?

The Trail Blazers’ future remains cloudy. (Photo: Naji Saker)I don’t blame you if you bet against the foot-shuffling rubes at Portland’s City Hall, making a smart move in the poker game with the Trail Blazers’ ownership group. But that’s exactly what happened. Faced with the prospect of negotiating behind closed doors, the local politicians and their hired negotiator hatched a novel idea. They brought the fight right out in the open, into the su…