Nitko na Zapadu nema tako dobru ekipu i tako jakog pojedinca poput Kobea. 2. Portland Trail Blazers: Blazersi su mlada, talentirana i gladna ekipa.

Dražen je prošao sve Šibenka od 1979. do 1983., Cibona od 1984. do 1988., Real Madrid od 1988. do 1989., Portland Trail Blazers od 1989. do 1991. i posljednja postaja, ona najviša bili su New Jersey Netsi od 1991. do tragične smrti 1993. Dražen je uvijek imao " ono nešto " što ga je vuklo prema košarci.

Njegova karijera u NBA ligi je bila slična, a igrao je za Portland Trail Blazers i New Jersey Netse. (Youtube, Net.hr)

Miller je na toj dužnosti bio od 1999. do 2006. godine kada je imenovan predsjednikom košarkaške momčadi Portland Trail Blazers.

All of which may explain why I began to dream in all seriousness of a stadium and black and brown and even a few white faces crowded in bleachers, and Chuck and me laughing over drinks in the members ' enclosure and waving to people we know, and stiff flags on the pavilion roof, and fresh white sight-screens, and the captains in blazers looking up at a quarter spinning in the air, and a stadium-wide flutter of expectancy as the two umpires walk onto the turf square and its omelette-colored batting track, whereupon, with clouds scrambling in from the west, there is a roar as the cricket stars trot down the pavilion steps onto this impossible grass field in America, and everything is suddenly clear, and I am at last naturalized.

Godine 1972. Portland Trail Blazers su ga izabrali kao broj 1 u 10. rundi drafta.

Centar košarkaške NBA momčadi Portland Trail Blazers, Raef LaFrentz (32), podvrgnut je operaciji desnog ramena, a oporavak bi se mogao produžiti na cijelu sezonu.

Oberto je šest sezona proveo u NBA ligi igrajući za San Antonio Spurse (2005 2009), Washington Wizardse (2009 - 2010) i Portland Trail Blazers (2010).

On me začuđeno gleda kad počnem zavrtati rukave da se vidi podstava, na dužinu 3/4 rukava, ja objašnjavam da se to tako nosi i ukratko izlažem nedavni modni povratak osamdesetima, Sonny Crockettu, boyfriend blazers, nošenju blejzera u casual kombinacijama i čak na svečane haljine i blablabla...

Za najboljega košarkaša Europe nominirani su Španjolci Pau Gasol (LA Lakers), Rudy Fernandez (Portland Trail Blazers) i Juan Carlos Navarro (Barcelona), Srbi Novica Veličković (Real Madrid), Miloš Teodosić (Olympiacos) i Igor Rakočević (Efes Pilsen), Grci Ioannis Bourousis (Olympiacos) i Vassilis Spanoulis (Panathinaikos), Turci Hidayet Turkoglu (Toronto Raptors) i Ersan Ilyasova (Milwaukee Bucks), Francuz Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs), Crnogorac Nikola Peković (Panathinaikos), Poljak Marcin Gortat (Orlando Magic), Izraelac Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Slovenac Erazem Lorbek (Barcelona) i Nijemac Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)

U doigravanju je Bryant bio druga " violina " O ' Nealu, ali je imao nekoliko izvanrednih nastupa, kada je u sedmoj utakmici finala Zapadne konferencije protiv Portland Trail Blazers ubacio 25 poena, uz 11 skokova, 7 asistencija i 4 blokade.

Vrlo brzo je u Madridu stekao božanstveni status, posebice kod publike. 1990. godine odlazi u NBA, u Portland Trail Blazers gdje je nažalost cijelu sezonu uglavnom prosjedio na klupi.

The Nederlands Blazers Ensemble www.nbe.nl. čine solisti Kraljevskog Concertgebouw Orkestra, Roterdamske Filharmonije, Radijskog Orkestra i Rezidentnog Orkestra Haag.

37. Portland Trail Blazers: Josh McRoberts, KC, 20 god

Opening things up for LaMarcus Aldridge and eliminating about the last of the Jail Blazers makes sense, but was this the best the Blazers could get?

Not only had the Blazers struggled on the floor, missing the playoffs four straight years, their reputation was stung by player arrests and misconduct, earning the team the nickname " Jail Blazers.

" Kevin will be remembered by fans as one of the most popular and recognizable players to ever wear the Blazers uniform, but to people who knew him, he ' ll be remembered as one of the warmest and biggest-hearted, " Blazers President Larry Miller said

52. Portland Trail Blazers: Taurean Green, PG, 21 god

The former Blazers center and two-time NBA All-Star died Monday night in Lincoln County

The Blazers acquired the 27 th pick before the draft from New Orleans for cash

A second-round draft pick of the San Antonio Spurs out of Eastern Illinois University in 1986, Duckworth was only 14 games into his NBA career when he was acquired by the Trail Blazers from San Antonio in exchange for Walter Berry

" I was such a shy kid growing up that when I was in grade school and all that, I never said much to my father at all, ' ' Kevin Duckworth said after the Blazers ' practice the eve of Game 2 of the first-round playoff series against Seattle

The Blazers acquired Nicolas Batum from the Rockets for the rights to Darrell Arthur (No. 27) and Joey Dorsey (No. 33)

He also was there to visit fans as part of the Trail Blazers " Make It Better " tour of the state

Rodriguez - - considered the Jason Williams of Spanish basketball because of his flashy passing - - was selected in the First Round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns and traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, who were looking to add young talent for the future

They come from fans weighing in on whom the Trail Blazers should take with the first pick of this week ' s NBA draft.

1. Portland Trail Blazers: Greg Oden, Ohio State, C, 19 god

After Kevin Duckworth signed an eight-year, $ 16 million contract with the Blazers in the summer of 1988 - - he had been making $ 175,000 a year before that - - he had messages for both his mother, Maxine, and his father, who have been separated for about seven years

53. Portland Trail Blazers: Demetris Nichols, K, 22 god

The Blazers released a statement calling Duckworth ' s death " an extremely sad day.