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March 7, 2001: Portland Trailblazers Retire Clyde Drexler’s Number

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BlazersLargerClyde “The Glide” Drexler entertained Portland Trailblazer fans with his acrobatic flair and scoring prowess from 1983 until he moved on to his hometown Houston Rockets in 1995.

With Houston Clyde promptly won an NBA championship, something he couldn’t quite pull off in Portland, though the team made it to the NBA finals in 1990 and 1992. Other Portland greats on the two finals teams were Terry Porter, Buck Williams, Jerome Kersey, Cliff Robinson, and the late Kevin Duckworth.

Clyde Drexler retired from the NBA in 1998. On March 7, 2001 his number, 22, was retired during a ceremony at the Rose Garden Arena.

He now works as the color commentator for the Rockets.

The Dave Knows Portland Trailblazers 2010-2011 Preview

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Portland Trail BlazersWelcome to the 4th Annual Portland Trailblazers Season Preview at Dave Knows Portland. Normally I would now proceed to provide my analysis of off season moves, speculate on rookie potential, and provide a wins and losses prediction for the new season. But I have a confession to make, I haven’t been paying attention. What with the Portland Timbers final season in the USL and, oh, my wedding, I didn’t spend much time this summer considering the Trailblazers. But fear not! My brother Steve, the biggest Blazers fan in Elko, Nevada, is on the case – here are his thoughts:

I’m excited about the new season. There has been a lot of offseason drama, like always. Jeff Pendergraph tore his ACL, Wesley Matthews is overpaid, Greg Oden and Joel Przybilla haven’t recovered completely, Brandon Roy and Andre Miller hate each other, and Rudy Fernandez is sad. But I think all that’s done is reduce expectations and give the team a little bit more of an “underdog” feel to them. I’m optimistic about this season, but not quite as excited as I have been in the past. I’m hoping for 50 wins, any more than that would be icing on the cake. If the Blazers don’t make the playoffs, I think McMillan gets fired. Just what I think.

Read the rest at his site, Elko Steve: Sunday Morning Musings – Blazer Edition.

And in any case, Go Blazers!

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2010-2011 Portland Trailblazers Schedule

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Portland Trailblazers

OCTOBER
Tuesday Oct. 26 Phoenix 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Oct. 27 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 30 at New York 4:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER
Monday Nov. 1 at Chicago 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 2 at Milwaukee 5:00 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 4 Oklahoma City 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 6 Toronto 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 7 at L.A. Lakers 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 9 Detroit 7:00 p.m.
Friday Nov. 12 at Oklahoma City 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 13 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 16 at Memphis 5:00 p.m.
Thursday Nov. 18 Denver 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Nov. 20 Utah 7:00 p.m.
Friday Nov. 26 New Orleans 7:00 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 28 at New Jersey 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday Nov. 30 at Philadelphia 4:00 p.m.
DECEMBER
Wednesday Dec. 1 at Boston 4:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 3 at Washington 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 5 L.A. Clippers 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 7 Phoenix 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 9 Orlando 7:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 10 at Phoenix 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 12 at San Antonio 4:00 p.m.
Monday Dec. 13 at Memphis 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Dec. 15 at Dallas 6:30 p.m.
Friday Dec. 17 Minnesota 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 18 Golden State 7:00 p.m.
Monday Dec. 20 Milwaukee 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 25 at Golden State 7:30 p.m.
Monday Dec. 27 at Utah 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Dec. 28 at Denver 6:00 p.m.
Thursday Dec. 30 Utah 7:00 p.m.
JANUARY
Sunday Jan. 2 Houston 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Jan. 4 at Dallas 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 5 at Houston 5:30 p.m.
Friday Jan. 7 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Jan. 9 Miami 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday Jan. 11 New York 7:00 p.m.
Friday Jan. 14 at Phoenix 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 15 New Jersey 7:00 p.m.
Monday Jan. 17 Minnesota 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Jan. 19 at Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 20 L.A. Clippers 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Jan. 22 Indiana 7:00 p.m.
Monday Jan. 24 Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Thursday Jan. 27 Boston 7:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY
Tuesday Feb. 1 San Antonio 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 2 at Denver 6:00 p.m.
Friday Feb. 4 at Indiana 4:00 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 5 at Cleveland 4:30 p.m.
Monday Feb. 7 Chicago 7:00 p.m.
Friday Feb. 11 at Toronto 4:00 p.m.
Sunday Feb. 13 at Detroit 3:00 p.m.
Monday Feb. 14 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 16 New Orleans 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 23 L.A. Lakers 7:30 p.m.
Friday Feb. 25 Denver 7:30 p.m.
Sunday Feb. 27 Atlanta 7:30 p.m.
MARCH
Tuesday March 1 Houston 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday March 2 at Sacramento 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 5 Charlotte 7:00 p.m.
Monday March 7 at Orlando 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 8 at Miami 4:30 p.m.
Friday March 11 at Charlotte 4:00 p.m.
Saturday March 12 at Atlanta 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday March 15 Dallas 7:00 p.m.
Thursday March 17 Cleveland 7:00 p.m.
Saturday March 19 Philadelphia 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 20 at L.A. Lakers 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday March 22 Washington 7:00 p.m.
Friday March 25 San Antonio 7:00 p.m.
Sunday March 27 at Oklahoma City 5:00 p.m.
Monday March 28 at San Antonio 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday March 30 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m.
APRIL
Friday April 1 Oklahoma City 7:00 p.m.
Sunday April 3 Dallas 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 5 Golden State 7:00 p.m.
Thursday April 7 at Utah 7:30 p.m.
Friday April 8 L.A. Lakers 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday April 12 Memphis 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday April 13 at Golden State 7:30 p.m.
*All times Pacific

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Portland Trail Blazers 2010-2011 Preseason Schedule

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Update: 2010-2011 regular season schedule is HERE

Portland Trail BlazersThe 2010-2011 Portland Trail Blazers preseason schedule has been released.

All the home games are at the Rose Garden, except for Monday, October 11, when the Blazers host the Utah Jazz at the Memorial Coliseum.

Date Opponent Time
Tuesday, October 5 L.A. Clippers 7pm
Thursday, October 7 @ Utah Jazz 6pm
Friday, October 8 @ Denver Nuggets 6pm
Monday, October 11 Utah Jazz 7pm
Saturday, October 16 Golden State 7pm
Monday, October 18 @ Golden State 7:30pm
Thursday, October 21 Denver Nuggets 7pm

Biggest Trailblazers Fan in Elko, Nevada?

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My brother Steve and his family moved to Elko, Nevada a few years ago. But despite keepin’ it rural (as the tagline of his blog succinctly puts it), he has stayed true to his Portland roots in at least one way: he’s a huge Trailblazers fan.

As I’ve mentioned before, he secured a personalized license plate as soon as he moved to Nevada: BLZRFAN. Well recently he and his wife bought a second car, so of course they needed to get another personalized license plate declaring their allegiance:

Blazer Fans

Steve is also an entertaining (if infrequent) blogger at the confusingly named blog Dave Knows: Elko. And though he only started Twittering recently, he’s a natural; follow him at @ElkoSteve.