Portland Trail Blazers history is replete with beloved figures. Bill Walton, Geoff Petrie, and Lionel Hollins graced the early days of the franchise. Clyde Drexler and Jerome Kersey ruled the 1990’s. The basketball gods even gifted Portland franchise superstar Damian Lillard in the present day. All, in their way, are associated with the Trail Blazers DNA, as deeply embedded as fandom itself.

Recently I got an interesting Blazer’s Edge Mailbag question asking about the “other” players, guys who may have stayed only a season or two, who wouldn’t have defined the heart of the franchise, but who still made a significant impact. They probably weren’t drafted by the team. They may be associated with other franchises more strongly. But they still boosted the Blazers enough to be remembered with

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