Guys who spent the majority of their careers in Portland coming off the bench but contributed to wins while in Portland. So for example Jermaine O'Neal would probably be the best bench guy we ever had, but he wasn't actually used much in Portland so he shouldn't count. PG: Greg Anthony SG: Bonzi Wells SF: Stacey Augmon PF: Brian Grant C: Dale Davis Bench's bench: Zach Collins, Ed Davis, Rudy Fernandez, Aaron McKie Jesus, I wasn't really trying to make this our 1999-2000 team's bench, but honestly, we won a lot of games that year and our bench was so damned good. I really don't have a backup backup point guard. You could argue Sabonis should be listed as he only started because he was creaky as fuck and you needed to keep him moving once he was warmed up, and he was talented as hell. But he only averaged 24mpg, which is usually the kind of time a bench player gets.
I like the premise of this thread but some of yours don't count as they spent the majority of their careers in Portland starting Bonzi started 190 of 310 games Davis 235/315 Grant 109/172 Sabonis started 314/470 McKie started 101/167 This is harder than you'd think. Przybilla started 292/422 Steve Blake started 232/350. Cliff starting exactly 50% of games is debatable. Cliff Robinson started 322/644 30.8mpg 16.2ppg PER15.6
Here's the best list I found; Ainge only played 2 seasons so maybe that is not enough. Greg Anthony started 3/190 16.9mpg 5.9ppg PER13.6 Danny Young 11/223 15.1mpg 4.5ppg 11.6PER Ainge started 6/161 20.5mpg 10.4ppg PER16.2 Rudy Fernandez started 9/218 24.1mpg 9.1ppg PER14.1 Stacey Augmon started 74/284 17.1mpg 4.6ppg PER11.8 Outlaw is a good one.... started 26/377 21.6mpg 9.6ppg PER15.0 Gary Trent (Senior 1995-98) started 51/192 21.6mpg 9.7ppg 15.5PER Ed Davis started 12/205 19.2mpg 5.6ppg PER16.1 Wayne Cooper started 99/342 17.6 mpg 6.1ppg 12.4PER
Stacey Augmon was the first guy I thought of when I saw this thread title. I'd probably go with: Greg Anthony Rudy Fernandez Stacey Augmon Travis Outlaw Ed Davis
My starters would be Anthony - Could shoot and defend Rudy - Amazing start to a career Augmon - It was awesome when out of nowhere in the playoffs he abused Kobe repeatedly in the post Trent - Super efficient bruiser - enforcer Ed Davis - All the intangibles First two off the bench; Ainge - older and limited on minutes. Outlaw - Low IQ but could always get a reasonably efficient bucket at bench scorer. Switch him and Trent if going small.
Without looking at anyone else’s answers and choosing from just players I watched starting in 1990... Greg Anthony Drazen Petrovic Jim Jackson Travis Outlaw Cliff Robinson Stacey Augmon, Evan Turner, Jarrett Jack, Meyers Leonard, Rodney Hood, Seth Curry, Mo Williams
Lloyd Neal is the best bench player we’ve ever had and it isn’t even close. It might suck to get old but at least I remember this dude.
one of my more memorable sports conversations I had with my dad regarding sports, probably about 25 years ago... Me: Blue Edwards got traded today. Dad: No way, Blue Edwards!? Me: Who’s Blue Edwards? Dad: I don’t know.
Jarrett Jack, Walt Williams and Jim Jackson were really good. Gosh the talent on 99 and 2000 rosters we had is insane. Detlef Shrimpf, Kelvin Cato, and Alvin Williams are a few more. Although I feel like Jackson/Shrimpf/Alvin shouldn't count because one season isn't enough.
In 95 we had three Robinsons at once: James, Cliff, Rumeal. I remember we talked about trading for Glenn or David, almost had a starting 5 of Robinsons.
Man, I forgot about Jimmy Jackson. Danny Ainge and Petrovic are pretty good ones too. Man, I had so much hope for Travis Outlaw. That guy had the most insane vertical of any Blazer ever. He's a guy who would be much, much better in the modern era. Tell him to switch everything on defense (he was a terrible man defender) and let him jack threes and dunk. He'd probably be a power forward in the modern league.
i know he started a bunch of games, but Cliff is the only Blazer to win 6th man of the year, so you have to have him on any list.
