How things have changed in Portland It's amazing how many things can change over the course of a few weeks. About a month ago, the Portland Trail Blazers had one of the best starting lineups in the league. They were young and rising and a perennial playoff team. Fast forward a month and the Trail Blazers are without four of their five starting players. Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews, Robin Lopez, and LaMarcus Aldridge are no longer with the team. Nicolas Batum (small forward) is the only player
Statement The Portland Trail Blazers organization is a sports entertainment company dedicated to not only winning NBA Championships, growing new basketball consumers, providing superior entertainment, value and service to the people but making a real difference outside the basketball arena in the local and regional communities. The Trail Blazers work outside the arena to make a difference in the local and regional communities by effectively serving people in need. The Trail Blazers enrich the lives
The Portland Trail Blazers is a basketball team that is in dire need of improving season ticket holders. Through their research, multigame packages are one of the most successful Blazers promotions. Using conjoint analysis survey data there are ideal factors that support both the fan’s utility and the organizations profit strategy with respect to purchasing multigame packages. Although, there are many factors a fan considers when deciding to purchase tickets to a basketball game, the data analysis
The Portland Trail Blazers, are NBA (National Basketball Association) franchise in the city of Portland Oregon. The Portland Trail Blazers were founded in February 1970. They were founded by Harry Glickman who awarded the city of Portland, Oregon with a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise. The investors who had made the 3.8 million were Herman Sarkowsky, Larry Weinberg, and Bob Schmertz. Portland joined Buffalo, Cleveland in the new teams of the NBA in 1970. Sarkowsky named Glickman
great Trail Blazers’ teams of the late 80s and 90s. He wasn’t asked to be the leading scorer, but rather a distributor. His job was to get the ball to his playmaking teammate Clyde Drexler, and he did just that. On top of his prolific passing ability, Porter was also a capable defender. Him and Drexler proved to be among the best defensive backcourt in the NBA, both averaging over 1.5 steals per game during their time together. Porter’s two All-Star appearances came as a member of the Trail Blazers
go back home to Texas and play for either the Dallas Mavericks, or San Antonio Spurs; He also could leave for larger markets in Los Angeles, or New York, or he could remain a Blazer. This July will be a big month not only for Aldridge but for the entire NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers have spent years surrounding
discusses how in the early 1980s the Portland Trail Blazers tried to move their radio broadcasting of games "in-house." While doing this they sought out a fast food chain to sell its radio commercials to. McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's all declined so they decided to go for a more local chain Burgerville. The partner ship turned to be quite profitable for both as the "Blazer Meal" was a big hit for Burgerville and it allowed them to build more stores. The Trail Blazers made $900,000 with the business
The year is 2004, all the Portland boys are playing street ball at the park. All the kids are anywhere between 16 to 35. Damian, built like a tank, is 14 and about 5’8”. The competition in the neighborhood is uncomparable. Even at 14, Damian is easily the best player out of the group. The reason he is so good, is because of his work ethic. Damian spends every possible second at the park or in the gym. Damian is a hard worker, coach-able, and compassionate, and humble. One day, Damian and his father
miss Game 3 and is uncertain for the series. This series could have gone the distance and be ranked number one but without the “Stifle Tower” the Jazz don’t possess enough firepower. Prediction: Clippers in Six 5 Golden State Warriors vs Portland Trail Blazers This series has been extremely entertaining, from one side. The Warriors are putting up clinics. Even without Kevin Durant in Game 2, the Warriors beat
The NBA Draft really affects the teams in the NBA. Some franchises can be turned around because of the draft. Other teams make poor selections who don’t pan out. Some teams play differently throughout the season because of the draft. Many General Managers are busy on draft day making trades and ultimately making their selection. One way that the NBA Draft can affect a team is the following season. Teams who have the number one pick usually don’t do well the following year, it usually takes two