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. 15 | Jim Paxson
Games Played with Blazers: Regular Season 627, Postseason 33
*PTS: 16.0 | AST: 3.2 | FG%: 50.3% | FT%: 80.4%
*Statistics are pulled from a player’s time in Portland
Joined Club: June 1979, drafted 12th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft
Departed Club: February 1988, traded to the Boston Celtics for Jerry Sichting
Place in History: A cultural and stylistic wave swept across the NBA in the early 1980’s.