Blazers Draft History
Year round pick player pos ht wt age pre draft team class draft trades yos.
Blazers draft history. The trail blazers first participated in the nba draft on march 23 1970 before their inaugural nba season. The blazers would be title contenders for years and with two mvp candidates on their team would contain one of the best duos in the last 20 years. As the end of the decade approaches i decided to take a look at the last 10 years of draft night for the portland trail blazers.
Number in parentheses is chronological order of selection. Portland trail blazers draft picks. Portland s draft history is filled with ups and downs and this decade was no different as the trail blazers experienced plenty of eventful draft nights.
Historical portland trail blazers draft selections. The portland trail blazers are an american professional basketball team based in portland oregon they play in the northwest division of the western conference of the national basketball association nba. Portland s draft history is filled with ups and downs and this decade was no different as the trail blazers experienced plenty of eventful draft nights.
1 more franchise info. Portland trail blazers seasons. Portland oregon team name.
The blazers returned to the lottery and draft glory in 2012 selecting damian lillard with the 6th overall pick followed by meyers leonard with the 11th. The next slide jumps straight to 2015 as the blazers had no picks and added no players in the 2014 draft. The 40th selection netted them will barton.
The blazers pulled off one of the best trades in franchise history when they traded for the rights to draft 6 foot 9 big man maurice lucas in the historic 1976 draft dispersal. The franchise was founded in the 1970 71 nba season. The blazers started play in the 1970 71 nba season along with the buffalo braves now the los angeles clippers and the cleveland cavaliers the team was led by coach rolland todd brought from the university of nevada and was based around geoff petrie a first round choice in the 1970 nba draft out of princeton university and leroy ellis whom they acquired in the 1970 nba expansion draft.
2005 martell webster 6 seattle prep 2005 linas kleiza 27 montrose christian hs md 2005 ricky sanchez 35 int team.