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Portland Trail Blazers: Who is the team’s biggest rival?

May 24, 2021; Denver, Colorado, USA; Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic (27) gestures to forward Carmelo Anthony (00) in the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets during game two in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Who would be considered the biggest rival of the Portland Trail Blazers? Right now it would probably depend on who you asked.

From 1970 the year Portland was granted a franchise until they left for Oklahoma City in 2008 the Seattle SuperSonics and the “I-5 Rivalry” as it was called was Portland’s biggest rival.