Top 5 all-time Trail Blazers

[42N8Bounce]

You can vote now for your Top 5 all-time Trail Blazers -
https://www.nba.com/blazers/

Here are my choices -



My Starting 5:
* C Drexler
* B Walton
* D Lillard
* L Aldridge
* T Porter

My Bench:
- J Kersey
- M Lucas
- R Wallace
- J Paxson
- C Robinson
- B Roy
- A Sabonis

That was harder than I thought. Lots of good players on the bench there.

Who are your top 5?

 

[Hoopguru]

Starters:
C - Big Red Head
SG - Clyde the cheap Glide
PG - Dame Dolla
PF - The Enforcer Maurice Lucas
SF - Uncle Cliffy Cliff Robinson

 

[calvin natt]

Top 5, meaning it doesn’t have to be a lineup right? Just top 5 Blazers. These five are my picks

Clyde
Lillard
Walton
Lucas
Kersey

 

[Chris Craig]

Walton
Lucas
Drexler
Roy
Lillard

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

My Blazer starting line up would be. Dame, BRoy, Clyde, Lamarcus, and Bill Walton.

 

[Chris Craig]

My Blazer starting line up would be. Dame, BRoy, Clyde, Lamarcus, and Bill Walton.

Aldridge over Lucas? Really?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Aldridge over Lucas? Really?

For all the hate LMA gets he was here a long time, got better year after year and I dunno I just think his talent gets overshadowed by his personality.

 

[Chris Craig]

For all the hate LMA gets he was here a long time, got better year after year and I dunno I just think his talent gets overshadowed by his personality.

I get that, but Lucas was better

 

[Five Second Violation]

For all the hate LMA gets he was here a long time, got better year after year and I dunno I just think his talent gets overshadowed by his personality.

I agree, ya know?

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I get that, but Lucas was better

Guess thats why you get to have your list! Lol

 

[Chris Craig]

Guess thats why you get to have your list! Lol

True

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

True

My general feeling is that Lucas was a better defender (and probably rebounder), but not as good offensively. I also think just like how LMA’s personality often overshadowed his talent I think that sort of comes into play with Lucas too. Except his personality was a huge plus. Tough, great teammate, endeared himself to fans, that definitely helps.

 

[Minstrel]

Bill Walton
Rasheed Wallace
Clyde Drexler
Brandon Roy
Damian Lillard

 

[stampedehero]

Rasheed Wallace
Clyde Drexler
Terry Porter
Damian Lillard
Jerome Kersey

 

[wizenheimer]

Guess thats why you get to have your list! Lol

humans make mistakes TB, but why must you be so human?...

I wouldn't put Aldridge over Lucas, and I wouldn't put him over Buck; and I might not put him over Rasheed, although Rasheed's T's really made me want him traded. I might even put Kersey over LMA. But I do think the way Aldridge left the Blazers is a factor

if we're talking about today's NBA, and the best lineup of prime 'healthy' Blazers to fit today's NBA:

Dame
Clyde
Kiki
Rasheed
Sabonis (the one we saw in Europe); otherwise Walton

on more consideration, if it's 'prime-healthy-whether-or-not-they-were-Blazers-when-prime', I might put a prime Pippen over Clyde at SG

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

humans make mistakes TB, but why must you be so human?...

I wouldn't put Aldridge over Lucas, and I wouldn't put him over Buck; and I might not put him over Rasheed, although Rasheed's T's really made me want him traded. I might even put Kersey over LMA. But I do think the way Aldridge left the Blazers is a factor

if we're talking about today's NBA, and the best lineup of prime 'healthy' Blazers to fit today's NBA:

Dame
Clyde
Kiki
Rasheed
Sabonis (the one we saw in Europe); otherwise Walton

My PF picks would probably go, LMA, Rasheed, Lucas. Maybe I'm misremembering Kersey but I honestly didn't think of him when I was putting it together. Interestingly enough it's much like today's Blazers I find the SF/PF positions the weakest of the bunch, even the guys like Rasheed who had incredible talent, well he had his issues on the court.

 

[wizenheimer]

My PF picks would probably go, LMA, Rasheed, Lucas. Maybe I'm misremembering Kersey but I honestly didn't think of him when I was putting it together. Interestingly enough it's much like today's Blazers I find the SF/PF positions the weakest of the bunch, even the guys like Rasheed who had incredible talent, well he had his issues on the court.

whenever I create the alternate universe(s) where past players move forward to this current time, I assume those players would actually have grown up in the current time. That means they would go thru high school and college with the modern emphasis on floor spacing and ball handling

in that regard, Kiki Vandeweghe might very well be a superstar SF. For his era, he was a premier perimeter shooter with a quick release, and if he would have grown up in this era, he would have been unstoppable.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

whenever I create the alternate universe(s) where past players move forward to this current time, I assume those players would actually have grown up in the current time. That means they would go thru high school and college with the modern emphasis on floor spacing and ball handling

in that regard, Kiki Vandeweghe might very well be a superstar SF. For his era, he was a premier perimeter shooter with a quick release, and if he would have grown up in this era, he would have been unstoppable.

I'm sort of at a disadvantage with some of the older guys, like Kiki I've seen the play but his best days I was a newborn. I agree though from what I've seen he would really shine in today's NBA.
I almost listed Scottie as my SF, Kind of cheated I think taking two SG's in Roy / Clyde.

 

[42N8Bounce]

I saw this posted on another site, and thought it was a good twist on this topic -

You have $15 to spend:


I'm spending my $15 on:
$5 Walton
$4 Porter
$3 Paxson
$2 Petrie
$1 Grant

 

[Minstrel]

I almost listed Scottie as my SF, Kind of cheated I think taking two SG's in Roy / Clyde.

It's crazy how valuable a prime (or even the Portland) Pippen would be in today's switch-happy defensive schemes. I couldn't pick Pippen, even though he's my favorite player ever, because he didn't play in Portland long enough.

I don't think it's cheating to switch players between shooting guard and small forward. There's really no functional difference between the two, except perhaps you'd like a bit more height at small forward. Both are called "swingmen" for a reason. Perimeter players who can swing between either position.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

@42N8Bounce

$5 Dame
$2 Petrie
$3 Kiki
$1 Grant
$4 Sabonis

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

It's crazy how valuable a prime (or even the Portland) Pippen would be in today's switch-happy defensive schemes. I couldn't pick Pippen, even though he's my favorite player ever, because he didn't play in Portland long enough.

I don't think it's cheating to switch players between shooting guard and small forward. There's really no functional difference between the two, except perhaps you'd like a bit more height at small forward. Both are called "swingmen" for a reason. Perimeter players who can swing between either position.

Yeah Pippen would be a better version of Kawhi in my opinion. He would be perfect in today’s nba.

 

[Minstrel]

I saw this posted on another site, and thought it was a good twist on this topic -

You have $15 to spend:
View attachment 30549

I'm spending my $15 on:
$5 Walton
$4 Porter
$3 Paxson
$2 Petrie
$1 Grant

I've seen this game before. I don't recall how I answered it before, though. I think if I'm spending $5 on a player, it would have to be Lillard due to Walton unfortunately breaking down so soon. Walton was a near-perfect player, though, apart from health.

$5 Damian Lillard
$3 Rasheed Wallace (bargain, IMO)
$3 Kiki Vanderweghe
$2 Scottie Pippen (another bargain, even at his Portland level)
$1 Nic Batum

Wallace is my center, Vanderweghe is my power forward. That should not only be fine, it should work beautifully in today's game. And with such multi-positional defensive stars as Wallace, Pippen and Batum, the defense should be just fine.

I have an extra dollar, so maybe I'll bring McCollum off the bench!

(Damon Stoudemire has to be the worst value in that table at $3!)

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I've seen this game before. I don't recall how I answered it before, though. I think if I'm spending $5 on a player, it would have to be Lillard due to Walton unfortunately breaking down so soon. Walton was a near-perfect player, though, apart from health.

$5 Damian Lillard
$3 Rasheed Wallace (bargain, IMO)
$3 Kiki Vanderweghe
$2 Scottie Pippen (another bargain, even at his Portland level)
$1 Nic Batum

Wallace is my center, Vanderweghe is my power forward. That should not only be fine, it should work beautifully in today's game. And with such multi-positional defensive stars as Wallace, Pippen and Batum, the defense should be just fine.

I have an extra dollar, so maybe I'll bring McCollum off the bench!

(Damon Stoudemire has to be the worst value in that table at $3!)

Raymond Felton at 0, you should get money for taking him.

 

[42N8Bounce]

A few fun rankings to give some context of greatness:

Blazers WS:
108.7 C Drexler
79.9 D Lillard
79.3 T Porter
69.4 L Aldridge
61.3 R Wallace
59.0 J Kersey
50.4 B Williams
50.0 J Paxson
47.3 A Sabonis
46.8 C Robinson



Blazers PER:
22.1 B Walton
21.9 D Lillard
21.3 C Drexler
21.2 A Sabonis
21.2 J Nurkic
20.3 L Aldridge
20.1 B Roy
19.5 Z Randolph
19.3 R Strickland
19.0 B Bates



Blazers All-Star Appearances:
8 C Drexler
5 D Lillard
4 L Aldridge
4 S Wicks
3 B Roy
3 M Lucas
2 B Walton
2 R Wallace
2 T Porter
2 J Paxson
2 G Petrie
2 K Duckworth



Blazers 50+ Point Games:
10 D Lillard
2 G Petrie
1 D Stoudamire
1 A Miller
1 B Roy
1 C Drexler
1 CJ McCollum



Blazers NBA MVP:
1 B Walton

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I saw this posted on another site, and thought it was a good twist on this topic -

You have $15 to spend:
View attachment 30549

I'm spending my $15 on:
$5 Walton
$4 Porter
$3 Paxson
$2 Petrie
$1 Grant

I like this one

I'd do
$5 Lillard
$5 Drexler
$2 Pippen
$1 Grant
$2 Duckworth

 

[HolyBackboard]

I saw this posted on another site, and thought it was a good twist on this topic -

You have $15 to spend:
View attachment 30549

I'm spending my $15 on:
$5 Walton
$4 Porter
$3 Paxson
$2 Petrie
$1 Grant

G - Lillard ($5)
G - McCollum ($1)
G/F - Drexler ($5)
F - Grant ($1)
F/C - Wallace ($3)

Given the Blazers have 3 G.O.A.T.s, it's hard not taking two in this exercise.

Here's another option, going Walton w/ the big money:

G -McCollum ($1)
G - Roy ($4)
F - Pippen ($2)
F - Wallace ($3)
C - Walton ($5)

OR

G -Porter ($4)
G - McCollum ($1)
F - Pippen ($2)
F - Wallace ($3)
C - Walton ($5)

 

[blazerkor]

Yeah the only one I struggle with is who the fifth best of all time is. To me the rest are pretty obvious and the order is pretty obvious.
Clyde
Bill Walton
Dame
Sheed

The fifth spot probably goes to Maurice Lucas but Roy is close, and LMA has a claim to that spot too.

My criteria may be different than some of yours. I'm strictly looking at who is the best basketball player. You know, who would I draft out of college with the hindsight of how good they actually were/are in the league. Not stats or who won the most while they were here just who the best baller was and in Dame's case is. If I took into account entire careers instead of just Blazers careers then it would be Sabonis fifth and Pippen as the honorable mention sixth but I was going off of when they were Blazers, who was/is the best player.

 

[tykendo]

I saw this posted on another site, and thought it was a good twist on this topic -

You have $15 to spend:
View attachment 30549

I'm spending my $15 on:
$5 Walton
$4 Porter
$3 Paxson
$2 Petrie
$1 Grant

I go Dame, Bill, Buck, Geoff, and CJ. Plenty of rebounding, play making, and a team ,Except Williams, that can flat out drain the J.

 

[jlprk]

A new Reddit post, to remind you who won the 1977 Finals.