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Blazers Top 100: The Founding Father

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. 14 | Harry Glickman

General Manager/President, 1970-1994, currently President Emeritus

Place in History: In the celebratory history “Blazermania: This is Our Story” author Wayne Thompson recounts the improbable story of the day the Portland Trail Blazers were founded.

In February of 1970, a young executive named Harry Glickman was in Los Angeles to talk with Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin and the members of the NBA Expansion Committee.