Mid-Late 90s Blazers

[Sinobas]

The mid-late 90s Blazers were my favorite team (along with the Drexler era). I know that was the jailblazer era, but we had a lot of fun players on that team. Whitsitt really turned us around in 1996 Wallace, Rider and Anderson.

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[Natebishop3]

That was the team that I really fell in love with. I was too young to really connect with the Drexler team.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I loved the 1998-99 team. Lots of heart, and the knuckleheads were pretty much under control.

 

[Natebishop3]

That second video has Jason Kidd and Steve Nash on the floor together. It was absurd how much talent that Phoenix team had.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

That second video has Jason Kidd and Steve Nash on the floor together. It was absurd how much talent that Phoenix team had.

It seems like Phoenix backcourts have always been loaded... KJ and Hornacek, Kidd and Nash, Dragic and Bledsoe...

 

[Sinobas]

That second video has Jason Kidd and Steve Nash on the floor together. It was absurd how much talent that Phoenix team had.

But we had John Crotty.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

It seems like Phoenix backcourts have always been loaded... KJ and Hornacek, Kidd and Nash, Dragic and Bledsoe...

Nash and Joe Johnson

 

[OneLifeToLive]

I loved the 1998-99 team. Lots of heart, and the knuckleheads were pretty much under control.

They were alright but I think I like last years team better.

Love the early 90's team and was very fortunate to watch this group play.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

The mid-late 90s Blazers... I know that was the jailblazer era,

No it wasn't.

 

[Sinobas]

No it wasn't.

Strickland, Trent, Rider, Wallace, Wingfield, who the fuck do you think the jailblazers are?

 

[Boob-No-More]

It seems like Phoenix backcourts have always been loaded... KJ and Hornacek, Kidd and Nash, Dragic and Bledsoe...

For a couple years, they actually had KJ, Kidd and Nash all at the same time. That's insane. 3 Hall of Fame PGs on the same roster.

BNM

 

[Minstrel]

That second video has Jason Kidd and Steve Nash on the floor together. It was absurd how much talent that Phoenix team had.

For a short time, they had Kevin Johnson, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash on the same roster.

 

[Natebishop3]

No it wasn't.

It definitely was the beginning of that era.

Rider and Ruben Patterson were probably the two worst criminal offenders during that era (at different times).

 

[Sinobas]

Nash was a rookie in that game. Then he gets traded to dallas then back to phoenix. Jason Kidd started his career in Dallas then when to phoenix and ended up back in Dallas.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

That was the team that I really fell in love with. I was too young to really connect with the Drexler team.

Too young? I was obsessed at 4 and freaking out at 6 when we were in the finals. And you're five years older than me

 

[Natebishop3]

Too young? I was obsessed at 4 and freaking out at 6 when we were in the finals. And you're five years older than me

I was watching cartoons when I was 4. I didn't give a shit about sports.

 

[tlongII]

I was a teenager in the 70's so the 76-78 era will always be my favorite. They played the game the right way. This Spurs team came the closest to replicating their style of any team I've seen in a long time.

 

[Natebishop3]

I was a teenager in the 70's so the 76-78 era will always be my favorite. They played the game the right way. This Spurs team came the closest to replicating their style of any team I've seen in a long time.

Is that why you enjoy tormenting their fans?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Title gave me a stiffy. Sheed was the man. Anyone that doesnt let shit nba refs push them around is alright with me.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

They were alright but I think I like last years team better.

Love the early 90's team and was very fortunate to watch this group play.

I definitely love last year's team more. It's probably my favorite starting five ever (since I started watching in 1990), and was one of my favorite seasons ever (The Shot!), even though we didn't get to the conference finals.

 

[Minstrel]

I liked the 1999-2000 team the best, so much length with Pippen, 'Sheed, Smith, Wells, Augmon, Sabonis, etc. Very balanced passing and scoring, too.

The current team is a lot of fun, too, and the late-80s/early-90s Blazers were a lot of fun to watch play. I'd put the late-90s Blazers behind those eras, personally (I wasn't around for the '70s Blazers, so not considering them).

 

[blue9]

I liked the 1999-2000 team the best, so much length with Pippen, 'Sheed, Smith, Wells, Augmon, Sabonis, etc. Very balanced passing and scoring, too.

The current team is a lot of fun, too, and the late-80s/early-90s Blazers were a lot of fun to watch play. I'd put the late-90s Blazers behind those eras, personally (I wasn't around for the '70s Blazers, so not considering them).

I'd probably agree with 99/00 - Sabonis is my all-time favorite player, so it'd have to be that era.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

99/00 team was my favorite but last years team was real close

 

[handiman]

I liked the 1999-2000 team the best, so much length with Pippen, 'Sheed, Smith, Wells, Augmon, Sabonis, etc.

The Ninja Defense, as Ainge always referred to them!

 

[Boob-No-More]

Other than the championship team, I really liked the '91 team that won 63 games. Unfortunately, they got derailed in the WCF by the Lakers. After making the finals the year before, that team jumped out to a 19-1 start and I really thought that was going to be our year. We finished with the best record in the league, and prior to that season, the Bulls had had trouble getting by the Celtics and Pistons in the East. Michael Jordan had yet to win his first ring and the Bulls were not yet invincible. If we wouldn't have stumbled against the Lakers, I think we would have beaten the Bulls in the finals that year.

BNM

 

[maxiep]

Other than the championship team, I really liked the '91 team that won 63 games. Unfortunately, they got derailed in the WCF by the Lakers. After making the finals the year before, that team jumped out to a 19-1 start and I really thought that was going to be our year. We finished with the best record in the league, and prior to that season, the Bulls had had trouble getting by the Celtics and Pistons in the East. Michael Jordan had yet to win his first ring and the Bulls were not yet invincible. If we wouldn't have stumbled against the Lakers, I think we would have beaten the Bulls in the finals that year.

BNM

Agreed on the 1990-1991 team. Had we gotten past the F'L*kers, I think we would have beaten the Bulls that year. My second favorite team was the 1977-1978 team. Before the injuries, that team was incredible.

 

[santeesioux]

I'm too young to remember all but the 1999-2000 team, really missed out on not seeing the Drexler teams.

I only remember Drexler as a Rocket and Porter as a Spur.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I'm too young to remember all but the 1999-2000 team, really missed out on not seeing the Drexler teams.

I only remember Drexler as a Rocket and Porter as a Spur.

And Kersey as a... *barf* laker.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I'm too young to remember all but the 1999-2000 team, really missed out on not seeing the Drexler teams.

I only remember Drexler as a Rocket and Porter as a Spur.

That makes me very sad for you.

 

[Sinobas]

Kenny Anderson came to Portland and had 1 pretty good season then sucked every since then.