Portland Trail Blazers

Harry Glickman, Bob Schmertz, Larry Weinberg and Herman Sarkowsky founded the team and invited public naming suggestions. “Trail Blazers” was chosen from about 10,000 submissions.⁠[1]

Won the first game at Memorial Coliseum 115–112 over Cleveland.⁠[2]

Bill Walton helped the team win the NBA championship and earned the Finals Most Valuable Player award.⁠[3]

Walton won the regular-season MVP and was selected to the All-NBA First Team.⁠[3]

Larry Weinberg announced the sale of the team to Paul Allen.⁠[2]

Clyde Drexler led Portland to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. He spent 12 seasons with the team and made eight All-Star appearances before being traded to the Houston RocketsHouston RocketsThe Houston Rockets are an NBA basketball team playing at Toyota Center in Houston. Founded in San Diego in 1967, the franchise moved to Houston in 1971.Open the full entry in 1995.⁠[4]

The Rose Garden opened on October 12.⁠[5]

The team moved in for the 1995–96 season, ending its long stay at Memorial Coliseum.⁠[6]

Reached consecutive Western Conference Finals.⁠[2]

Selected Damian Lillard sixth overall.⁠[2]

The team and Moda Health announced a partnership that renamed the Rose Garden as Moda Center.⁠[6]

Longtime owner Paul Allen died.⁠[7]

Beat Denver in Game 7 to reach the West finals for the first time since 2000.⁠[2]

Partnered with StormX on poster NFTs.⁠[8]

Lillard was traded to the Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are an NBA basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with Fiserv Forum as their home arena.Open the full entry.⁠[9]

The City of Portland acquired Moda Center and signed an operating lease through October 11, 2030.⁠[5]

Lillard returned on a three-year deal.⁠[10]

The team announced that Chauncey Billups was on leave and Tiago Splitter would serve as interim head coach.⁠[11]

The NBA approved Dundon’s group’s controlling-interest purchase.⁠[12]

The acquisition closed the next day, with Tom Dundon as Governor.⁠[13]

Lost the first round 4–1 to San Antonio.⁠[14]

Micah Nori became head coach after spending the previous five years as an assistant with the Minnesota TimberwolvesMinnesota TimberwolvesThe Minnesota Timberwolves are an American NBA basketball team whose home arena is Target Center in Minneapolis.Open the full entry.⁠[15]

Acquired Ja Morant by trade.⁠[16]

The City Council approved a non-binding renovation and lease term sheet aimed at keeping the team in Portland for at least 20 more years; it remained a framework for subsequent agreements.⁠[5]

The logo, nicknamed the pinwheel, uses two sets of five lines to represent competing five-player teams and teamwork. The primary colors are red, black and white.⁠[1]

Moda Center, the team’s home arena, is in Portland’s Rose Quarter complex.⁠[6]

Portland Trail Blazers: Official website: https://www.nba.com/blazers/ (opens in a new window).⁠[17]

Portland Trail Blazers: X: https://x.com/trailblazers (opens in a new window).⁠[18]

Portland Trail Blazers: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trailblazers/ (opens in a new window).⁠[19]

Portland Trail Blazers: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trailblazers (opens in a new window).⁠[20]

Portland Trail Blazers: YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/user/portlandtrailblazers (opens in a new window).⁠[21]