Portland Trail Blazers
PG – Damian Lillard
Damian Lillard is not only one of the most skilled players in the league today, but he’s also one of the most clutch players. In his time with the Portland Trail Blazers, he has two buzzer-beating series-ending game-winning shots. Few people in the history of the NBA have even one. “Dame Time” is just beginning in the Pacific Northwest.
SG – Brandon Roy
Another career cut short by injury, Brandon Roy was sensational to watch when healthy. Roy could play on or off the ball but he was capable of getting buckets in any fashion. Roy just missed out on pairing up with Damian Lillard and the thought of the two of them in the same backcourt was too good to pass up in this scenario.
SF – Clyde Drexler
With the depth of the Portland Trail Blazers’ backcourt options, I made an audible of my own and bumped Clyde Drexler up to the small forward spot. It just seemed wrong to have to knock out one of Roy or Drexler from this lineup and substitute in someone like Jerome Kersey — no disrespect to Kersey. Drexler is easily an all-time Trail Blazer.
PF – Maurice Lucas
Maurice Lucas started his professional basketball career playing in the ABA. He then joined the Portland Trail Blazers after the ABA and NBA merged where he joined Bill Walton in the frontcourt to become one of the best duos in the NBA. Lucas was an enforcer and was a big factor in the team winning the 1977 NBA Finals over the Philadelphia 76ers.
C – Bill Walton
Today, Bill Walton is known for his hilarious commentary on PAC-12 basketball, however, when Walton was young enough to play in those games he was as talented a player as there was at center. Walton went from UCLA to Portland and remained a dominant force in the paint. Injuries would derail Walton’s career — seems like that happens more often to the Trail Blazers’ best players — but in Portland he was special.