What is the best draft pick in the history of the Blazers?

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Terry Porter? Uncle Cliffy? Jerome?
 
I think you have to go Clyde at #14. A franchise player at #14 is pretty awesome.
 
Honorable mention to Arvydas Sabonis at #24. IF he would have came over in his prime, I think Portland would have had multiple championships. Would have put us over the hump in the 1990 and maybe the 1992 finals.
 
Dollar Bill. Without him we have zero titles. There is no such thing as Blazermania
 
I've got to go with MM. Big Red is why the Blazers won their only title.

Go Blazers
 
Ya, but Bill was supposed to be good.... he was the #1 pick..... not as impressed as a later pick with less expectations that steps up. Or what about Petro? Because of him, we were able to get Buck right?
 
Crazy thing about Sabonis....... he had actually been drafted by Atlanta the year before right?
 
Crazy thing about Sabonis....... he had actually been drafted by Atlanta the year before right?

Yes with the 77th pick. It was later voided because he was under the age of 21.
 
Larue Martin. If Portland would have drafted McAdoo we would not have sucked the following year which means we would not have gotten Bill or the top players from the ABA the year they went under.

OK I agree with the Drexler choice.
 
Kind of related question, how and why were there so many rounds in the draft until 1987?
 
Kind of related question, how and why were there so many rounds in the draft until 1987?

I would imagine it was because teams simply didn't have the ability to scout as many players as they can now. Tape simply didn't exist on lots and lots of good players, and giving more rounds for teams to reach for guys, bring them into camp, and then see if they stuck seems to make sense.

Ed O.
 
No minor league. The Eastern League existed but wasn't reliable or subsidized.
 
Terry Porter? Uncle Cliffy? Jerome?

No. No. And No.

Drexler.

Sabonis second.

Walton was great, but he was a super obvious pick. So, he wasn't a great pick, it was just great timing to get the #1 pick.
 
No. No. And No.

Drexler.

Sabonis second.

Walton was great, but he was a super obvious pick. So, he wasn't a great pick, it was just great timing to get the #1 pick.

Flawed thinking, IMO
 
Check out some of the old Blazer draft picks in the 6th,7th rounds..... It's awesome. They used to take guys from Linfield and Lewis and Clark and shit like that. I think Dave Winfield and guys like Carl Lewis used to get drafted as well.(not by us)
 
Check out some of the old Blazer draft picks in the 6th,7th rounds..... It's awesome. They used to take guys from Linfield and Lewis and Clark and shit like that. I think Dave Winfield and guys like Carl Lewis used to get drafted as well.(not by us)

Lewis got drafted by the Bulls, if I remember correctly
 
Got to go with Clyde for reasons others have said. But there have been other success stories, Jerome & Cliffy in the second round, Porter at 24 all late picks who were big impact players on the team.
 
The problem is that the question is poorly worded. Is "Best" the best player for the team, or the craftiest pick given it's position.

I will agree with Clyde; with Porter in second place. Let's not forget that if it weren't for a guy named Michael (as in best player ever), Clyde would have as many titles as Walton.
 
The problem is that the question is poorly worded. Is "Best" the best player for the team, or the craftiest pick given it's position.

I will agree with Clyde; with Porter in second place. Let's not forget that if it weren't for a guy named Michael (as in best player ever), Clyde would have as many titles as Walton.

bah

If Walton had stayed healthy

If Sabonis had come right over
 
bah

If Walton had stayed healthy

If Sabonis had come right over

Good points. If Sabonis had come right over, I think he would win this vote running away. It would be a combination of titles won and getting him with a low pick.
 
Good points. If Sabonis had come right over, I think he would win this vote running away. It would be a combination of titles won and getting him with a low pick.

I keep having nightmares/dreams of Sabonis running Adelman's motion offense with TP, Clyde, Buck and Jerome. We would still likely have had Duckworth as well
 
If Walton had stayed uninjured he'd have been the most dominant basketball player of all time.
 

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