Select Your Blazers 80s Decade Team

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  1. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    It's time to vote for your all-Blazers 80s decade team.



    Here's my selections:
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    Mychal Thompson (top 10 career Blazer in pts, rbs, blks, stl, and ast)
    Calvin Natt (5 seasons, 17.2 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 17.7 PER)
    Kiki Vandeweghe (5 seasons, 18.9 PER, second highest Blazer ppg ave 23.5)
    Jim Paxson (9 seasons, 2 all-star appearances, 1 2nd-team NBA selection)
    Billy Ray Bates (Dunk!)

    Just missed the cut:
    Kermit Washington (all-star)
    Steve Johnson (all-star)
    Darnell Valentine (He played 5 seasons, and Bates only played 3. But Bates was the fun one to watch.)
     
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    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    what? is there a minimum number of seasons?

    if there's not:

    Terry Porter
    Clyde Drexler
    Kiki Vandeweghe
    Buck Williams
    Mychal Thompson
     
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    Mine was the same but substitute Wayne Cooper for Natt.
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    My guess is that they're only putting a player into one decade. They must be putting Porter, Drexler, Williams into the 90s Decade.
     
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    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    ok....might be the case

    where it breaks down is that Clyde spent 11 seasons with the Blazers and 7 of those were in the 80's. Porter was here for 10 years and 5 were in the 80's. Meanwhile, guys you can "vote" on and the years they spent as a Blazer in the 80's:

    Ron Brewer - 2.5 years
    Steve Colter - 2 years
    Fat Lever - 2 years
    Kelvin Ransey - 2 years

    I guess I'm a square peg in a round hole world. Might be they didn't want Clyde in there because he'd be a near-unanimous choice and bollix the contest
     
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  6. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    My Picks:

    Mychal Thompson
    Kenny Carr
    Kiki Vanderwege
    Darnell Valentine
    Jim Paxson
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    My guess too
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Alternative: select the best team made up of former Blazers who are now in their 80s.

    barfo
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Easy there are only 2. Well, one of them would be 81 but he passed away 2 years ago.

    Darrall Imhoff would be 81
    Lenny Wilkens is 82
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I guess then start Lenny and have Imhoff on the bench.

    barfo
     
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    BTW- thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot about this....
     
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