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. 12 | Jerome Kersey
Games Played with Blazers: Regular Season 831, Postseason 91
*PTS: 12.1 | REB: 6.1 | OREB: 2.3 | FG%: 46.5%
*Statistics are pulled from a player’s time in Portland
Joined Club: June 1984, drafted 46th overall in the 1984 NBA Draft
Departed Club: June 1995, drafted by the Toronto Raptors in NBA expansion draft
Place in History: Nobody who followed the Portland Trail Blazers during the 1980’s and 1990’s could ever forget the golden voice of broadcaster Bill Schonely ringing out with, “Mercy, Mercy, Jerome Kersey”.