Ranking the Drexler-era Blazers playoff starters from best to worst

SelakStreet · Post #1 » by **SelakStreet** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 2:44 am

1983-84 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Darnell Valentine
SG: Jim Paxson
SF: Calvin Natt
PF: Kenny Carr
C: Mychal Thompson
Teams they fought: Phoenix

1984-85 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Darnell Valentine
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Kenny Carr
PF: Kiki Vandeweghe
C: Sam Bowie
Teams they fought: Dallas, L.A. Lakers

1985-86 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Steve Colter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Kenny Carr
PF: Kiki Vandeweghe
C: Mychal Thompson
Teams they fought: Denver

1986-87 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Kiki Vandeweghe
PF: Caldwell Jones
C: Steve Johnson
Teams they fought: Houston

1987-88 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Jerome Kersey
PF: Caldwell Jones
C: Kevin Duckworth
Teams they fought: Utah

1988-89 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Jerome Kersey
PF: Kevin Duckworth
C: Sam Bowie
Teams they fought: L.A. Lakers

1989-90 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Jerome Kersey
PF: Buck Williams
C: Kevin Duckworth
Teams they fought: Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix, Detroit

1990-91 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Jerome Kersey
PF: Buck Williams
C: Kevin Duckworth
Teams they fought: Seattle, Utah, L.A. Lakers

1991-92 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Terry Porter
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Jerome Kersey
PF: Buck Williams
C: Kevin Duckworth
Teams they fought: L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Utah, Chicago

1992-93 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Rod Strickland
SG: Terry Porter
SF: Clyde Drexler
PF: Buck Williams
C: Mark Bryant
Teams they fought: San Antonio

1993-94 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Rod Strickland
SG: Clyde Drexler
SF: Buck Williams
PF: Clifford Robinson
C: Chris Dudley
Teams they fought: Houston

1994-95 Portland Trail Blazers:
PG: Rod Strickland
SG: Harvey Grant
SF: Clifford Robinson
PF: Buck Williams
C: Chris Dudley
Teams they fought: Phoenix

for the entirety of the era that had Clyde Drexler on the Portland Trail Blazers (including the half season he spent before they shipped him to the Houston Rockets for Otis Thorpe), which of those Drexler-era playoff starting units do you think ranked the best/worst and why?

GrindCityHustle · Post #2 » by **GrindCityHustle** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 3:04 am

PG: Terry Porter

SG: Clyde Drexler

SF: Jerome Kersey

PF: Buck Williams

C: Kevin Duckworth

6th man Cliff Robinson

They had the best chemistry of any team I've ever seen and all of them were friends off court. They just couldn't stop MJ or Isiah and by the time they left the NBA they were old.

rip to kersey cliff duckworth petrovic and adelman

Watch on YouTube

SHAQ32 · Post #3 » by **SHAQ32** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:16 am

1994-95 Portland Trail Blazers:
SG: Buck Williams
SF: Clifford Robinson
PF: Harvey Grant
C: Chris Dudley

DwayneSchintzus · Post #4 » by **DwayneSchintzus** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:19 am

Watching them at the time, I always felt like Terry Porter was the 2nd best player, then either Buck Williams or Kersey.

Duckworth was good too, he was pretty skilled.

bonita_the_frog · Post #5 » by **bonita_the_frog** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:21 am

DwayneSchintzus wrote:Duckworth was good too, he was pretty skilled.

Duckworth has the most entertaining shooting action EVER.
You can choose Duckworth's shooting action in video games and its so funny watching people shoot 3s

https://youtu.be/auPwPMfOARI?t=83

SelakStreet · Post #6 » by **SelakStreet** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 4:38 am

SHAQ32 wrote:
1994-95 Portland Trail Blazers:
SG: Buck Williams
SF: Clifford Robinson
PF: Harvey Grant
C: Chris Dudley

after Portland moved Drexler to Houston, they didn't have any definitive starter at SG for the rest of the regular season. They tried out a combo of James Robinson, Aaron McKie, Terry Porter, Rod Strickland and Buck Williams before settling on a lineup of Strickland, Harvey Grant, Uncle Cliffy, Buck Williams and Dudley for their '95 playoff run. McKie eventually ended up taking over as their new starting SG for the 1995-96 season.

kcktiny · Post #7 » by **kcktiny** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:07 am

Drexler
B.Williams
Porter
Kersey

The 6 seasons Buck Williams was there (1989-90 to 1995-96) the Blazers were the 2nd best defensive team in the league (103.1 pts/100poss allowed). Only New York was better defensively. They were better defensively than San Antonio, Houston, Utah, Seattle, and Chicago.

Buck Williams was a defensive stud and also their best rebounder those 6 seasons (4457 rebs, no other Blazer had even 2800). He had 500+ more offensive rebounds than any other Blazer, 1000+ more defensive rebounds. They were the best rebounding team in the league (grabbed 52.7% of all available rebounds) those 6 seasons.

bonita_the_frog · Post #8 » by **bonita_the_frog** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 5:54 am

^ And during Buck's first 7 years (for New Jersey) he averaged 16.9 points and 12.3 rebounds including 4.2 off reb!
And he had the build of Dennis Rodman, 6-8 215 lbs
He was Dennis Rodman + scoring...

JRoy · Post #9 » by **JRoy** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 6:11 am

bonita_the_frog wrote:
DwayneSchintzus wrote:Duckworth was good too, he was pretty skilled.

Duckworth has the most entertaining shooting action EVER.
You can choose Duckworth's shooting action in video games and its so funny watching people shoot 3s

And Portland had the best fashion of the 90s, along with Chicago

lol.

I remember that.