1984–85 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA season
team = Portland Trail Blazers
end_year = 1985
wins = 42
losses = 40
division = Pacific
division_place = 2nd
conf_place = 5th
coach = Jack Ramsay
arena = Memorial Coliseum (Portland)
playoffs = TBD

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

Offseason

Draft picks

At the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden, fans in attendance booed the Blazers selection of Sam Bowie. [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] 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. 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] 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 rebounds 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. When Bowie returned from his injury in 1983, he would average 10.5 points per game and 9.2 rebounds per game. 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. [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] 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. [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] 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.

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free Agents

Additions

col-end

References

ee also

*1984-85 NBA season