The Portland Trail Blazers have been around for 56 years now. That’s several generations, the better part of a lifetime. During that time 405 players have suited up for the Blazers. They range from Clyde Drexler’s 867 games played all the way down to Slavko Vraneš, Bill Stricker, Brian Shaw, Jeremy Richardson, Georgios Papagiannis, Roy Hamilton, Chance Comanche, and Carl Bailey with one apiece.
Usually we rank players based on talent, statistical production, or winning. Today we’re going to open a slightly different question. Which player do you think represented the franchise the best over that five-decade span?
You can use any criteria you wish in your response. You can value on-court production, national reputation and awards, community engagement, or just the player who connected with you the most, personally. However you approach it, let us know which player has stood out most to you as the example of a True Trail Blazer. Share your player and reasoning in the comments section below!
