Portland Trailblazers info

Why on earth would anyone want to buy Portland Trailblazer tickets? We’re not talking about Clyde “The Glide” Drexler's Blazers of the late eighties and early nineties. We’re not even talking about the Rasheed Wallace Blazers from the turn of the century. We’re talking about a team of not-ready-for-prime-time players, who underachieved last year, and got even younger for the 2005 season. So what can one expect from a ticket to the Rose Garden to watch the Blazers? One can expect a team of up and comers, who will need to mature quickly under the direction of new head coach Nate McMillan.

Youngsters like Sebastian Telfair and Joel Przybilla join all-star Zach Randolph to form a nucleus that only knows one thing about their team: no one thinks they have a chance. Telfair, a top point guard prospect out of high school, made great strides in his rookie season last year, while Przybilla came off the bench to average 8 rebounds and 2 blocks a game last year in limited time. He and the rest of the Blazers may just have a gold ticket to the NBA Playoffs up their sleeve.

Blazers tickets to the Rose Center have always been one of the hottest tickets in the NBA. From the heyday of Bill Walton’s championship days in the 70’s, to the high flying thug-fest of the late nineties, a ticket to see the Portland Trailblazers was unrivaled in demand. And Blazers ticket holders were well rewarded, as Portland was always able to put a contender on the floor. From “Big Red” to “The Glide” to “Sheed,” the Blazers were consistently among the NBA elite.

Walton brought Portland a championship in 1977, and Drexler returned them to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. But the Pistons and Bulls dispatched them quickly, despite Drexler and company’s best efforts. Wallace brought a team laden with talent to the brink of the Finals for 3 straight years, but the Kobe and Shaq Lakers were able to prevail en route to their 3 title runs.

Can the Blazers return to prominence in the NBA? If Telfair and company have anything to say about it, Portland Trail Blazers ticket holders will be watching their upstart squad in the playoffs at season’s end. The NBA is wide open this year, and Portland is part of a collection of teams that hope this is year they turn it around. Get your Trail Blazers tickets today and find out if this is the year the NBA Playoffs return to the Rose Garden.