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Name: Terry Porter Position: Guard Born: April 8, 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Height: 6-3 Weight: 196 lbs. College: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Draft info: Selected No. 24 in the first round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers Years pro: 17 As Coach Jack Ramsay awaited the training-camp arrival of Terry Porter, the Trail Blazers' first-round selection in the 1985 draft, he wasn't quite sure what he was going to get. Yes, Porter had fared well in the tryouts for the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team -- nearly making the squad. But he was coming out of tiny Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where, at 6-foot-3, he'd played forward. Could he actually make the transition to being a point guard in the NBA? "You always wonder a little bit how those guys are going to take to the NBA game," Ramsay, Porter's first NBA coach, said recently. "But he showed a lot of confidence and toughness from the start. He never backed down to anybody. "His first year in the league, after we played the Lakers, Magic Johnson said something that I still remember. He said, 'That little kid is pretty tough.'" read more • Porter's No. 30 Rises To the Rafters • Teammates, Coaches and Opponents Remember Terry Porter |
Name: Robert "Bobby" Gross Position:Forward Born: August 3, 1953 in San Pedro, California Height: 6-6 Weight: 200 lbs. College: Long Beach State Draft info: Selected No. 7 (No. 25 overall) in the second round of the 1975 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers Years pro: 8 If you look back at the Trail Blazers' magical 1977 playoff run that brought the franchise its only world championship, it was Bob Gross who arguably made the difference between victory and defeat. Just ask Portland's Hall of Fame center Bill Walton about that and he just gushes with enthusiasm. Walton loves that championship team, often referring to it as "a perfect time, a perfect place." And Bobby Gross, then a second-year player out of Long Beach State, is the player whom Bill Walton always mentions in reminiscing about his Blazers. In Walton's eyes, Gross was one of those rare basketball prodigies who could move without the ball, get himself open for a shot and then hit the open man if defenders came his way. The consummate team-first player. read more • Gross' No. 30 Caps Week Of Retirements • Bill Walton Remembers Bob Gross |
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