消息來源： http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/exclude/ 1055418963322500.xml 文章中指出拓荒者即將在星期三的會議中宣布Steve Patterson為新任president。 拓荒者發言人Mike Hanson對於這消息細節不表示任何意見， 只說在星期三早上會 對外公佈細節內容。把原文貼在下面： The Trail Blazers have scheduled a Wednesday news conference at which they are expected to announce that Steve Patterson, a senior vice president and chief development officer of the NFL's Houston Texans, will be named president. Mike Hanson, a Blazers spokesman, would not offer specifics on the team's choice this morning, saying only that a news conference was scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, and that "further details will be available at that time." Patterson, a former general manager with the Houston Rockets, would neither confirm nor deny his imminent return to the NBA when reached at his Houston home Sunday. "Where they are right now, if anybody is going to comment, it ought to be the Blazers," he said. A spokesperson for the Texans on Monday also suggested that questions about Patterson's connection to the Blazers be directed to the Blazers. At the same time, the Texans provided extensive biographical information about Patterson and his career. "To be honest, we don't really have any comment until everything is official," the spokesperson said. "Our comment is we're not going to comment until an announcement is made." Patterson, 45, is expected to fill one of the two Blazers front office vacancies created last month when Bob Whitsitt announced that he would step down as president and general manager June 30. Patterson, a 1984 graduate of the University of Texas Law School, became one of Houston's most successful professional sports executives while bouncing from the NBA's Rockets, to the International Hockey League's Aeros, to the NFL's Texans. Patterson, son of longtime NBA executive Ray Patterson, spent nine seasons with the Rockets. He was criticized early in his career for riding his father's coattails, but he started making a name for himself not long after Charlie Thomas, the Rockets owner at the time, made Patterson the general manager in 1989. At 32, Patterson was the youngest general manager in the NBA. During his tenure as the Rockets' general manager up to 1993, Patterson drafted Alabama's Robert Horry, signed free agents Mario Elie and Matt Bullard, and negotiated trades for Kenny Smith, Vernon Maxwell, Otis Thorpe and Carl Herrera - all integral players on the Rockets' 1994 NBA championship team. Shortly after Leslie Alexander bought the Rockets in 1993, Patterson left the team and joined the IHL Aeros. He was named the league's Executive of the Year in 1995 and helped turn the Aeros into one of the most successful franchises in IHL history. In 1997, he joined businessman Bob McNair and not only engineered the efforts to build Reliant Stadium, but also outmaneuvered Los Angeles in orchestrating the bid that landed an NFL expansion franchise in Houston. Patterson serves on the Board of Texas Special Olympics and the Sam Houston Area Boy Scouts. He and his wife, Yasmin, have two sons, Austin and Dylan, and a daughter, Leila. --

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