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Portland Trail Blazers Brief History

The Portland Trail Blazers was established 1970 and they are officially located in Portland, Oregon. The team is currently a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the NBA. The Blazers’ first home court is the Memorial Coliseum before they moved to the Rose Garden Arena.

The Portland Trail Blazers is the only major league franchise in Oregon. The name Trail Blazers is a result of a contest made two weeks after the NBA committee awarded the city with the franchise. The team’s official colors are white, black, red, and silver. Their official pin wheel logo is designed by the cousin of former Blazer executive Harry Glickman. It was an interpretation of a two five-on-five teams that are lined up against each other. The logo is in red and monochrome colors. The Portland Trail Blazers’ uniforms at home come in black and red with silver accents. Their road uniform is in black with red and white with silver accents.

The Blazers was led by Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks in its early years. During their first six years in the league, they had failed to qualify in the postseason. At that time, they had three head coaches, which included Lenny Wilkens and Stu Inman. Stu Inman is also one of the team’s executives.

In the 1976 merging of ABA and NBA, four ABA teams joined the NBA while the other teams that were left are dissolved. The players were distributed in the existing NBA squads. During the dispersal draft, the Blazers had selected Maurice Lucas. Come summer, they hired Jack Ramsay as head coach. The season started out as good as it was expected for the team. In the 1976-77 NBA season, the Blazers finally won their first championship title. The victory was followed by three conference titles and four division titles.