Portland Trail Blazers draft history

They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard hold multiple Blazer records and are first in many stats.

Portland has held the first overall pick four times, selecting Walton in 1974, LaRue Martin in 1972, Mychal Thompson in 1978, and Greg Oden in 2007.

Geoff Petrie, the franchise's first ever draft pick, was named co-Rookie of the Year with Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics in 1971.

[5] The first pick in the Trail Blazers' history was Geoff Petrie, a guard from Princeton University who was selected 8th overall in 1970.

He was a 2x NBA All-Star and was named co-rookie of the year with Dave Cowens of the Boston Celtics in 1971.

[8] Martin spent his entire career in Portland, playing from 1972 to 1976, and averaged 5.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 271 games.

[10] Walton played for the Blazers from 1974–1979, helping lead the team to the only championship in franchise history in 1977.

The team defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4–2 and Walton was named as the Finals MVP after averaging 18.5 points, 19.0 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 3.7 blocks during the series.

[14] Oden had a lot of hype coming out of Ohio State, with a strong debate over who the Blazers should choose between him and Kevin Durant.

[19] Portland has had four players named Rookie of the Year, three of whom were drafted by the team: Petrie, Sidney Wicks, and Lillard.

He is the franchise leader for games played (867), minutes played (29,496), two-point field goals made (6,425), total field goals (6,889), offensive rebounds (2,227), steals (1,795), steals per game (2.1), and triple doubles (18).

[23] Lillard was drafted 6th overall in 2012 after a trade deadline deal with the New Jersey Nets the previous March.

[14] Lillard averaged the aforementioned franchise high 25.2 points, along with 4.2 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 3.1 three pointers made in 769 games.

[34] Nine draft picks have had their number retired by the Blazers, most of whom were part of the 1977 championship team: Dave Twardzik (#13), Lionel Hollins (#14), Larry Steele (#15), Drexler (#22), Bob Gross (#30), Terry Porter (#30), Walton (#32), Lloyd Neal (#36), and Petrie (#45).

[35] Twardzik was drafted 20th overall in 1972, but played for the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association (ABA) before he joined the Blazers.

[41] Six players who have played for the Blazers in their careers have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with four of them being drafted by Portland: Walton (inducted in 1993), Dražen Petrović (2002), Drexler (2004 as a player, 2010 as a member of the Dream Team), and Sabonis (2011).

For his career in Portland, Sabonis averaged 12.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 470 games.