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Portland Trail Blazers 2008 Outlook

The Trail Blazers finished a very respectable 41-41 in 2007-08. The record was not good enough to get into the playoffs in the highly competitive Western Conference, but the record shows that the team is not only loaded, but also disciplined enough to make a serious title run in the near future. Brandon Roy continued to excel as a floor leader, offering a mix of scoring, assists, defense. LaMarcus Aldridge has proven time and again that he is a special player at the four position. His rebounding numbers continue to improve and his scoring jumped eight points a game this season. The team is waiting for Greg Oden to play his first professional regular season game after an injury had him out the entire year.

Portland Trail Blazers Team History

The Portland Trailblazers were an expansion team when they started playing in 1970. The team went through the traditional period of struggle in their beginnings, posting losing records in their first six seasons. The Trail Blazers became a force in their seventh season behind the strong play of center Bill Walton and Maurice Lucas. The team won 49 games, finishing over .500 for the first time, and made it to the NBA finals, winning the Finals in six games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Walton and Lucas left the team in the seasons following the Finals victory, but the Trail Blazers remained a playoff team with Mychael Thompson, Fat lever, Darnell Valetine, Wayne Cooper, T.R. Dunn, Jim Poxson, and Calvin Natt. The team struggled to get over the first round throughout the ‘80s.

In 1983 the Trail Blazers drafted Clyde “The Glide” Drexler. Drexler’s quick step and amazing athleticism was combined with key players like Jerome Kersey, Buck Williams, and Kevin Duckworth in the late ‘80s to create a championship contender. The club made it to two NBA Championships in three years (1989-90 and 1991-92), but fell to the dynasties of the Pistons and the Bulls.

The Trail Blazers began rebuilding soon after the team’s chances had faded. With the window closed, the team built teams around Damon Stoudamire, Steve Smith, and Scottie Pippen. The 1986 draft pick Arvydas Sabonis finally made his way over and the Blazers once again threatened to make championship runs. The Blazers lost the Western Conference Finals two years in a row (1998-99 and 1999-2000) before the club began to retool.

Unfortunately the club descended into locker room dissention and a public relations nightmare. Rasheed Wallace, Zach Randolph, Ruben Paterson, and others formed a talented roster, but their off the court problem with the law took the team to nothing more than first round exists. The Blazers rebuilt again after clearing the roster, seeking players who were more mature and have since built a roster that is just waiting to seriously compete. The Seats has the best Trail Blazer tickets available to watch this young team grow up and reach for the championship.