The Trail Blazers’ 50-year anniversary season is temporarily on pause as the NBA goes on hiatus to slow the spread of COVID-19. During that break, Blazer’s Edge is counting down the top 100 Blazers: players, executives, and other influencers who made the franchise what it is today.
No. 81 | Ron Brewer
Games Played with Blazers: 192 Regular Season, 6 Postseason
*PTS: 13.4 | AST: 2.3 | REB: 2.5 | FG%: 33.2
Playoffs Totals: 18.3 PPG and 48.0% shooting
*Statistics are pulled from a player’s time in Portland
Joined Club: 1978 NBA Draft, selected 7th overall
Departed Club: December 1980, traded to the San Antonio Spurs for Mike Gale and a first-round pick
Place in History: Of all the “dead times” in Portland Trail Blazers franchise history, none are “deader” than the years between 1978-80 after Bill Walton went down but before Jim Paxson became a thing.