Portland Trail Blazers
These five veteran players could be highly sought-after in the weeks leading up to the 2022 NBA trade deadline.
Clyde Drexler never gets the credit he deserves as one of the best wing players in NBA history. The same applies to his time with the Dream Team.
The Portland Trail Blazers are falling apart at the seams, and the Philadelphia 76ers need to take advantage of their desperation by offering a specific Ben Simmons trade.
Ime Udoka felt the need to apologize to Chauncey Billups after his Boston Celtics showed up the Portland Trail Blazers with a late-game celebration.
Scottie Pippen flashed his championship rings at his Portland Trail Blazers teammates before Game 5 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals, setting the stage for an epic turnaround and subsequent organizational collapse.
Damian Lillard is losing patience about his brutal start to the season, and he just took some of his anger out on NBA referees for the new foul rules in place.
Clyde Drexler and Michael Jordan are both Hall of Famers, as Drexler had a legendary career with the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets, while MJ had a ton of success with the Chicago Bulls. But Drexler refused to say that Jordan was a better player than he was, even 20 years after his career.
Former Portland Trail Blazers center and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton wasn't much of an orator during the team's championship parade in 1977. He was so overcome with emotion that he could only ask for his motorcycle after it got lost in the crowd.
Bill Walton turned down an enormous offer from the ABA to leave UCLA after his junior year. In his memoir, Walton said the maverick league offered him his own team.
Following an offseason full of questions and an abundance of trade rumors, the Portland Trail Blazers have officially begun preparations under first-year head coach Chauncey Billups. Star point guard Damian Lillard, a subject of ample trade chatter, offered encouraging insights into Billups' coaching style, which could pay big dividends for the Blazers.