(Stolen from RipCityMornings): If the Blazers put up a statue, who should be first?

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Who in Blazer history is most deserving of a statue?

  1. Bill Schonely

    3 vote(s)
    8.6%

  2. Jack Ramsey

    14 vote(s)
    40.0%

  3. Harry Glickman

    4 vote(s)
    11.4%

  4. Larry Weinberg

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  5. Bill Walton

    7 vote(s)
    20.0%

  6. Maurice Lucas

    3 vote(s)
    8.6%

  7. Clyde Drexler

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. Jerome Kersey

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  9. Arvydas Sabonis

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%

  10. Other (please specify)

    1 vote(s)
    2.9%
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  1. THE HCP

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    If they could figure out a way to get Duck and Clyde in there, THIS would be an amazing statue.......

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    fuck clyde he claims houston as his city to be worshipped in
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    If I'm not mistaken, he wore Blazers gear when chosen for the NBA Alltime 50 greatest ceremony......while he was a rocket. That speaks volumes.
     
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    says the guy with l*kers gear and purple and piss pinwheel avatars. :mooning:
     
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    Dr Jack was my vote......for a player I'd go with the team statue...a sort of Blazer Mt Rushmore.....I'm not sure but one of you probably knows...wasn't Larry Steele the longest tenured player on that team? I think he was actually drafted by Portland too......I have a hard time putting Walton or Lucas ahead of each other so I'd make 2 statues if they were choices
     
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    #purpleandgoldpinwheelspeaksvolumes
     
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    I was thinking along the same lines, but a symbolic collection of broken body parts.

    Other way around, unfortunately. He alienated Portland faithful by choosing to wear the jacket of the team he won the championship with.
     
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    Steele was a third round pick out of Kentucky in 1971, Portland's second year in the league. So yes, he was the longest tenured. Lloyd Neal was next.[/QUOTE]
     
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    dog statue.jpg
     
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    Walton. I think he was the most important player in franchise history, despite his short prime with the team. I still think he epitomizes Portland, not just in terms of playstyle and being by far the best player on the only title team but also the "keep it weird" counterculture mentality that Portland values as a city.
     
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    I thought Channing Frye was the King of keeping Portland weird....if ever a guy fit Portland, it was Frye
     
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    Mercy Mercy Jerome Kersey. Pretty much embodies Rip City.
     
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    I just changed my vote to Larry Weinberg, just to be different from everyone else. One of the original owners, and the principal owner during the title season. Gotta give him a little love.

    Kinda love that that leaves Clyde as the only option on the poll without a single vote...
     
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    Why would the Blazers pay for a statue in Houston?
     
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    Nobody.

    We've already minimized jersey retirements by retiring a boatload of jersey #s. Don't do the same with statues. We haven't had anyone who deserves a statue yet.
     
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    I'd vote for Mike Rice yelling at a ref.
     
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    Glickman, he literally gave Portland a pro sports team.
     
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    A piece of my childhood died the day that he walked on the court during that halftime ceremony wearing a fucking Rockets jacket. I may eventually learn to forgive, but I will never forget.
     
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    Only a statue of Felton would weigh that much
     
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