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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:36 PM

October 6, 2018 - A short description of a few homes around Portland owned by Blazer players and management.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:31 PM

There are 15 days remaining before the Blazers open the 2026/27 season. This year, Draft Positions is the order of the countdown. Three players were selected by the Blazers with the 15th pick but only one would wear the Blazers uniform, with two from the same college.

Named the ACC-Player of the year as a junior at the Univ. of Virginia when he averaged 21 points, Barry Parkhill was expected to provide scoring off the the Blazers bench behind Geoff Petrie when he was selected in the 1973 NBA Draft. Parkhill instead chose to play closer to home, signing with the Virginia Squires of the ABA, becoming the first UVA player to play in either league, and averaged 6.4 points in his two seasons in Virginia. The 6’-4” guard was traded to the Spirits of St. Louis in 1975 and went undrafted in the 1976 ABA dispersal draft. Parkhill moved in the collegiate coaching ranks, spending the next 16 years before joining his alma mater in various positions since 1992. In 2002, Parkhill was recognized as one of the top 50 ACC players history.

In the 1982 NBA Draft, Jeff Lamp became the fourth UVA player selected by the Blazers since 1973. When he made his pro debut with Portland, he was only the third Virginia player to play in the NBA. The 6’-6” small forward played three years with the Blazers, averaging 4.7 points in 177 games. Lamp played a total of 291 games in five years in the NBA as well another four years in Europe before retiring in 1993

The Blazers selected Justin Jackson from North Carolina in the 2017 NBA Draft, and promptly traded him with Harry Giles to the Sacramento Kings for Zach Collins. Jackson played three years with the Tar Heels, averaging 18.3 points in his junior season before declaring for the draft. In the NBA, the 6’-8” forward played seven years, averaging 6 points, with a few stops in the G-League.

@ripcitybasketball.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:08 AM

Here ya go, #ripcity! The classics to enjoy this season.

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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:32 AM

October 5, 2015 - The Blazers opened their preseason with an OT loss against the visiting Sacramento Kings as DeMarcus Cousins scored 22 points with Darren Collision adding 21 points and 10 assists.

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The Blazers were led by Damian Lillard with 17 points, with Meyers Leonard and Maurice Harkless each adding 14 points. Noah Vonleh came off the bench to score 12 points and grab a game-high 11 rebounds.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 8:36 PM

October 5, 2010 - Wesley Matthews made his Blazers preseason debut, scoring 20 points, to help Portland put a damper on the newest debut of Clippers rookie forward Blake Griffin.

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$Signed as a free agent during the summer, Matthews is the only veteran newcomer on the Blazers roster. He connected on 3-of-8 from beyond the arc and 9-of-10 from the line in 20 minutes. LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy were next on the scoring list, with 17 and 12 points respectfully. Griffin, playing his first game in nearly a year, missed his all of the 2009/10 regular season after suffering a stress fracture in his left knee in the final preseason game. He was expected back in January of 2010, but when the knee did not heal, surgery forced him to miss the rest of the season. He will make his regular season debut on Oct. 27 when the Blazers visit the Clippers.$

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:31 PM

October 5, 1985 - Drazen Petrovic scored 112 points in a game in Zagreb, Croatia.

The future Blazer hit the total for his team, Cibona Zagreb, in a game against Olimpija Basketball Club. Petrovic connected on 40 of his 60 field goal attempts and all 22 free throw attempts.

According to reports, Petrovic was nervous before the game, wanting to break the Yugoslav First Basketball League scoring record of 74 points, set in 1962 by Radivoj Korac. According to Igor Durovic, who was guarding Petrovic that game, "He (Petrovic) broke the promise that he would leave the game after he breaks the previously set record."

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:27 PM

October 5, 1977 - The Blazers "slid" into a 100-94 preseason victory against the Phoenix Suns in front of 7,351 fans on the campus of the Univ. of Arizona in Tucson.

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The portable floor at the university, which recently received a new coat of wax, was put together for a double-header for the first time since the new coating. The Denver Nuggets defeated the Seattle Super Sonics 99-91 played in the first game. Both teams, actually all four teams, slowed their fast breaks down at various times. "I really feel bad about this," said Suns GM Jerry Colangelo. "Coach John McLeod just wouldn't let the guys run on this floor." David Thompson and Fred Brown each scored 18 points for high honors in the first game.

In the nightcap, Larry Steele led the Blazers with 17 points, while Phoenix rookie Butch Feher matched Steele. For Portland, six players hit for double-digits while Feher, Greg Griffen (16 points), and Mike Bratz (10 points) were the only Suns to reach double-digits of the 14 that played .

Prior to the game the Blazers announced they have traded Rich Laurel to the Atlanta Hawks for a second round pick in 1978 plus, as Portland VP Stu Inman added, "some cash now, some future cash, and other future considerations."

Former Blazer forward John Johnson, who was recently traded by the Houston Rockets to the Boston Celtics, has been returned to Houston. "This is the most outrageous misrepresentation of a contract that I have seen in 31 years," said Celtics President Red Auerbach, who would not elaborate, but added, "I want it perfectly understood this has nothing to do with John Johnson." Johnson was traded by Portland to the Rockets in Nov. 1975.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 7:08 PM

October 5, 1976 - The Blazers suffered their first loss of the exhibition season on the campus of Oregon State Univ. against the Golden State Warriors, 104-103.

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Rick Barry scored two free throws with 16 seconds remaining to give the Warriors the final lead. The Blazers had two chances before the buzzer, with Larry Steele missing a layup, while Maurice Lucas missed the put-back attempt.

Lucas led the Blazers with 23 points and 15 rebounds, while Bill Walton added 12 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Moses Malone came off the bench to score 12 points and grab 6 rebounds in 16 minutes.

Barry, who scored 20 points, was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line, and connected on four free throws in the final minute to secure the win. Gus Williams had high scoring honors with 24 points.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 4:51 PM

There are 16 days remaining before the Blazers open the 2026/27 season. This year, Draft Positions is the order of the countdown. Two players were selected by the Blazers with the 16th pick but only one would wear the Blazers uniform.

$A three-time Academic All-American at Kansas, Darnell Valentine was the Blazers second first round pick in the 1981 NBA Draft. The 6’-1” point guard backed up Kelvin Ransey but moved into the starting lineup after Ransey was traded following his rookie season. Valentine started the first 35 games before being sidelined with a stress fracture in his foot. Despite other minor injuries that limited Valentine to 300 games with the Blazers, Valentine outlasted Ransey, Fat Lever, and Steve Colter before finally being supplanted by Terry Porter in 1986. Valentine played 9 years in the NBA and three more in Italy before retiring in 1994.$

Isaiah Stewart played a single year at the Univ. of Washington before being selected by the Blazers, and was much traveled during the week after the 2020 NBA Draft. The 6’-8 forward was traded to the Houston Rockets four days after the draft, but traded again just two days later to the Detroit Pistons. Stewart found a home with the Pistons, playing six years in the Motor City until a trade this past summer to the Memphis Grizzlies.

@dloitz.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 10:20 AM

Fan fest intros super 8 style #ripcity

@eliasesquivel.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:44 AM

Though the competition was not exactly fierce, it provided fans an opportunity to welcome head coach Micah Nori and Ja Morant, as well as get a glimpse of this season's #Blazers squad.

It sounded like #RipCity enjoyed what they saw.
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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:34 AM

October 4, 2021 - Chauncey Billups opened his head coaching reign with a 121-107 preseason loss against the Golden State Warriors. "Obviously, the Warriors are a difficult team to guard," said Billups.

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@dloitz.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:38 PM

This place is packed.... #ripcity

@hankstern.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:27 PM

Already Ja-dropping hoops by Morant at FanFest. #RipCity

@hankstern.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:22 PM

Dame is back on the floor in a Trail Blazers uniform and all is right once again in #RipCity

@jasonmca.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:57 PM

Can’t believe I’m about to watch Damian Lillard play basketball 🏀
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@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 6:08 PM

October 4, 1973 - Playing in front of 1,850 fans in the Salem Armory, the Blazers defeated their PNW rival Seattle in a controversial finish.

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John Johnson connected with 33 seconds remaining to provide the final 90-88 margin, but the Sonics missed their attempt to tie, with the Blazers rebounding. Geoff Petrie missed a long shot with seconds remaining and the Sonics rebounded as the horn sounded, though the scoreboard showed :01 second remaining. Sonics coach Bill Russell, and his players, complained at the scorers table and to referee Manny Sokol, who replied, "It shows no time, the ball game is over." Russell responded later, laughing, "Every city has its crooks."

The Blazers played most of the game without Sidney Wicks, who was injured in the opening quarter, which pushed Greg Smith, Ollie Johnson and LaRue Martin into service. Smith finished with 18 points, two shy of Geoff Petrie, while Johnson and Martin combined for 17 points and 19 rebounds. John Johnson ended with 11 poinnts and 13 rebounds.

Seattle started a front line of former ABA players, with Spenser Haywood scoring a game-high 23 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. Jim McDaniels added 18 points with John Brisker grabbing 12 rebounds.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 3:32 PM

There are 17 days remaining before the Blazers open the 2026/27 season. This year, Draft Positions is the order of the countdown. Three players were selected by the Blazers with the 17th pick with all three wearing the Red and Black uniform.

A 6’-5’ shooting guard Ronnie Murphy averaged 22 points during his senior year at Jacksonville Univ. while shooting .466 from the field. Selected in the 1987 NBA Draft, Murphy later admitted he arrived in Portland out of shape, and soon suffered a “stress reaction” in his foot, which made Murphy start his rookie season on the injured list. Activated in mid-December, Murphy would play 18 games in his single season in Portland, which ended in March after another foot injury. Still dealing with a weight issue in his second season, Murphy was waived on December 7, 1988, which he later challenged as he was still injured at the time. The Blazers settled with Murphy, who never played in the NBA again.

The Blazers selected 6’-5” shooting guard Aaron McKie in the 1994 NBA Draft as a potential replacement for Clyde Drexler, which he did after Drexler was traded, starting 20 of the remaining 25 games.The Temple grad averaged 10.7 points and 2.5 assists in his second in Portland. Traded to Detroit midway through his third season with the Blazers, McKie the next eight years with Philadelphia, winning the NBA Sixth-Man of the Year Award in 2001, the same season the 76ers played in the 2001 NBA Finals with Allen Iverson.

McKie, who retired in 2007 after playing 10 games with the Los Angeles Lakers. joined the Philadelphia coaching staff, with Los Angeles still retaining his playing rights. On February 1, 1988, while an assistant coach with Philadelphia, his playing rights were included in a trade between the Lakers to the Memphis Grizzlies. The NBA approved the trade after Los Angeles signed McKie to a contract in order to trade him. Memphis released him after the 2007/08 season.

At the age of 17 years, 255 days, Jermaine O’Neal became the youngest player to ever to be drafted into the NBA, when he was selected in the 1996 NBA Draft. When the 6’-11” forward made his debut 18 games into his rookie year, O’Neal became the youngest player to ever play in a game at 18 years, 52 days.

While both marks were later passed, O’Neal did play 45 games his first season, stuck behind Brian Grant, Rasheed Wallace, Arvydas Sabonis, and Clifford Robinson among other veterans. After four years, O’Neal was traded to the Indiana Pacers where he blossomed into six-time NBA All-Star, winning the 2002 NBA Most Improved Player Award. O’Neal would play 1,011 games over 18 years

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 5:49 AM

October 3, 1978 - The Blazer rookies, who out-number the total of injured veteran players with a 6-5 advantage, helped secure the 111-109 victory over the defending Western Conference Champion Seattle Super Sonics.

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While veteran Tom Owens led the way with 22 points, first round picks Mychal Thompson and Ron Brewer added 20 and 14 points. Rookies Kim Anderson, Clay Johnson, Clemon Johnson and Keith Herron totaled 23 points.

On the Blazers bench watching the rookies were the injured veterans Lloyd Neal, Maurice Lucas, Bobby Gross, Larry Steele, and Dave Twardzik.

Portland played before the first non-sellout crowd since April 1977. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening act of double-header. Total attendance for the games were 12,036 fans, a total of 630 short of capacity.

@blazershistory.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:53 AM

October 3, 2017 - The Phoenix Suns overcame a 12-point deficit entering the final quarter to eek out a 114-112 road victory over the Blazers.

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Rookie forward Caleb Swanigan matched Damian Lillard in the scoring department, with each finishing with 18 points. Jusuf Nurkić adding 16 points, while rookie guard Isaiah Briscoe of Kentucky scored 8 points but missed a three-pointer at the buzzer.