1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers season

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1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head Coach
Arena
Results
Record 42–40
(.512)
Place Division: 2nd (Pacific)
Conference: 5th (West)
Playoff Finish TBD
Portland Trail Blazers seasons

< 1983-84

The 1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 15th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Contents:
Offseason – Draft picks – Roster – Regular season (Standings – Game log)
Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records – Transactions – References – See also


[edit] Offseason

[edit] Draft picks

At the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden, fans in attendance booed the Blazers selection of Sam Bowie. [1] Part of the problem was that some had perceived Bowie as damaged goods. In September 1981, while at the University of Kentucky, Sam Bowie was diagnosed with having a fractured shin bone in his left leg. This was previously misdiagnosed as a shin splint. [2]Bowie would not play for Kentucky until the 1983-84 season. Prior to the diagnosis, Bowie averaged 17.1 points per game and 9.1 assists per game in 1980-81. At that time, there were serious discussions about Bowie entering the 1981 NBA Draft. Bowie was so highly thought of, that he was named to the 1980 US Olympic Basketball Team. [3] When Bowie returned from his injury in 1983, he would average 10.5 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. [4] The Blazers General Manager Stu Inman had made it known that if Sam Bowie passed the Blazers physical examination, he would be drafted by the Blazers. [5] The Blazers had given Bowie a seven hour physical to ensure that his leg had recovered from the two year layoff between 1981 and 1983. [6] The Blazers criteria in selecting Bowie over Jordan was that the Blazers backcourt already had Clyde Drexler and John Paxson. The Blazers felt that they had lacked a true center since Bill Walton left the club, and the hope was that Bowie would be able to fill this role.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

[edit] Roster

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Game log

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Legend

[edit] Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

[edit] Records

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Free Agents

[edit] Additions

Player Signed Former team

[edit] Subtractions

Player Left New team

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.171, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0
  2. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.33, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0
  3. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.33, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0
  4. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.33, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0
  5. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.130, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0
  6. ^ Tip-Off, How the 1984 NBA Draft Changed Basketball Forever, Filip Bondy, p.172, Da Capo Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2007, ISBN 978-0-306-81486-0

[edit] See also

v • d • e
1984–85 NBA season by team
1984 NBA Draft • All-Star Game • Playoffs • Finals • Transactions
East
Boston • New Jersey • New York • Philadelphia • Washington
Atlanta • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Indiana • Milwaukee
West
Dallas • Denver • Houston • Kansas City • San Antonio • Utah
Golden State • L.A. Clippers • L.A. Lakers • Phoenix • Portland • Seattle
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Portland Trail Blazers seasons
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Bold indicates NBA Finals victory