Blazers All-Time Fantasy Draft

What does a bored group of Blazer fanatics do to pass the time instead of watching the Lakers win a championship? Conduct a four-team draft of all-time Blazer greats and pit them against each other via the Internet, of course.

Sheed, Bowerz, Scotty B! and I took turns drafting from the pool of every player that ever wore a Blazer uniform, to create individual Blazer fantasy teams. The plan is to then battle it out using the amazing website WhatIfSports.com to create and simulate games between our Blazer dream teams.

See our draft results below. Take in to consideration that WhatIfSports uses an individual season of a player in its simulations. So we were drafting players that had the best individual seasons as Blazers, not the best careers. The year we chose for each player can be found below.  Onto the draft...

Round 1 1. Scotty B! - Clyde Drexler 2. Bowerz - Bill Walton 3. Sheed - Brandon Roy 4. CDub - Geoff Petrie	Round 2 5. CDub - Kiki Vandeweghe 6. Sheed - Sidney Wicks 7. Bowerz - Terry Porter 8. Scotty B! - Arvydas Sabonis
Round 3 9. Scotty B! - Zach Randolph 10. Bowerz - Mo Lucas 11. Sheed - Rod Strickland 12. CDub - Mychal Thompson	Round 4 13. CDub - Kevin Duckworth 14. Sheed - Jerome Kersey 15. Bowerz - Rasheed Wallace 16. Scotty B! - Jim Paxson
Round 5 17. Scotty B! - Cliff Robinson 18. Bowerz - Isaiah Rider 19. Sheed - Leroy Ellis 20. CDub - Kenny Anderson	Round 6 21. CDub - Scottie Pippen 22. Sheed - Sam Bowie 23. Bowerz - Bonzi Wells 24. Scotty B! - Lionel Hollins
Round 7 25. Scotty B! - Buck Williams 26. Bowerz - Shareef Abdur-Rahim 27. Sheed - LaMarcus Aldridge 28. CDub - Damon Stoudamire	Round 8 29. CDub - Calvin Natt 30. Sheed - Kermit Washington 31. Bowerz - Steve Smith 32. Scotty B! - Jim Barnett
Round 9 33. Scotty B! - Danny Ainge 34. Bowerz - Nick Van Exel 35. Sheed - Darnell Valentine 36. CDub - Brian Grant	Round 10 37. CDub - Rudy Fernandez 38. Sheed - Kenny Carr 39. Bowerz - Travis Outlaw 40. Scotty B! - Steve Johnson
Round 11 41. Scotty B! - Ron Brewer 42. Bowerz - Greg Oden 43. Sheed - Lloyd Neal 44. CDub -Bobby Gross	Round 12 45. CDub - Joel Przybilla 46. Sheed - Jarrett Jack 47. Bowerz - John Johnson 48. Scotty B! -Danny Young

We also got the "Godfather of Portland Sports Media," Dwight Jaynes, to look over our final rosters to give us his thoughts. Think of him as our Mel Kiper Jr. for this draft.

Scotty B's Ball Busters

Dwight Jaynes: Scotty B's team would be handicapped by some VERY slow big men. Good low-post scorers, but small and slow. Clyde and Danny would be frustrated playing with those turtles.

1. 1988-89 Clyde Drexler
2. 1997-98 Arvydas Sabonis
3. 2006-07 Zach Randolph
4. 1994-95 Clifford Robinson
5. 1982-83 Jim Paxson
6. 1977-78 Lionel Hollins
7. 1989-90 Buck Williams
8. 1970-71 Jim Barnett
9. 1990-91 Danny Ainge
10. 1986-87 Steve Johnson
11. 1979-80 Ron Brewer
12. 1988-89 Danny Young
    

Championship Menaces (Bowerz)

DJ: If all these players are used at the absolute peak of their careers, I have to like this team the best. Walton, at his best, is enough to make any of these teams the favorite...he should have gone No. 1 overall (Scotty B...are you nuts?). Granted, Walton has some real attitude problems to deal with on this team, but guess what? He's got Mo Lucas there to police those dudes—so trust me, there will be no problems with that group.

1. 1977-78 Bill Walton
2. 1988-89 Terry Porter
3. 1976-77 Maurice Lucas
4. 2000-01 Rasheed Wallace
5. 1996-97 Isaiah Rider
6. 2001-02 Bonzi Wells
7. 2004-05 Shareef Abdur-Rahim
8. 1999-00 Steve Smith
9. 2004-05 Nick Van Exel
10. 2007-08 Travis Outlaw
11. 2008-09 Greg Oden
12. 1973-74 John Johnson
    

Sheed's Shenanigan's

DJ: As for Sheed's squad...Jarrett Jack? Seriously? Wow. I'd take Dave Twardzik any day over he or Danny Young...and come on—where's Fat Lever???

1. 2008-09 Brandon Roy
2. 1971-72 Sidney Wicks
3. 1995-96 Rod Strickland
4. 1987-88 Jerome Kersey
5. 1970-71 Leroy Ellis
6. 1984-85 Sam Bowie
7. 2008-09 LaMarcus Aldridge
8. 1979-80 Kermit Washington
9. 1984-85 Darnell Valentine
10. 1983-84 Kenny Carr
11. 1972-73 Lloyd Neal
12. 2006-07 Jarrett Jack
    

Fighting Kiki's (CDub)

DJ: CDub has a great offensive team that will give up a ton of points, but man, to see those guys at their best on offense would be something. Kiki is still probably one of my favorite all-time players to watch...an incredible scorer who could nail threes, drive on you, or dunk it right in your grill with either hand. He NEVER missed a dunk...huge hands.

1. 1972-73 Geoff Petrie
2. 1986-87 Kiki Vandeweghe
3. 1981-82 Mychal Thompson
4. 1988-89 Kevin Duckworth
5. 1996-97 Kenny Anderson
6. 1999-00 Scottie Pippen
7. 2004-05 Damon Stoudamire
8. 1981-82 Calvin Natt
9. 1998-99 Brian Grant
10. 2008-09 Rudy Fernandez
11. 1977-78 Bob Gross
12. 2008-09 Joel Przybilla

DJ: The amazing thing about an exercise like this is that it makes you realize how much talent has passed through this franchise. If there is any justice though, Team Bowerz wins this thing going away. Best roster on paper, but you have to play—oops—you play ON PAPER in this game. I guess Bowerz wins!

Thanks for the commentary, Dwight. But we'll have to see if your predictions are correct, as we'll see what the computers have to say about these outcomes. Stay tuned!