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. 36 | Sam Bowie
Games Played with Blazers: 139 Regular Season, 12 Postseason
*PTS: 10.5 | REB: 8.1 | OREB: 2.5 | FG%: 50.4
*Statistics are pulled from a player’s time in Portland
Joined Club: You already know
Departed Club: June 1989, traded with a first-round pick to the New Jersey Nets for Buck Williams
Place in History: Friends, Portlanders, NBA fans, I come not to bury Sam Bowie, but to praise him.