How Acquired --- Selected from San Diego in the 1970 NBA Expansion Draft.
Departed --- Traded to Chicago for cash and 1974 2nd round draft choice (Phil Lumpkin) 9/14/73
As a Trail Blazer --- One of the original Trail Blazers and in the starting lineup in the club’s regular season inaugural against Cleveland on Oct. 16, 1970 . . . Named team’s first captain at start of 1971-72 season . . . Missed only nine games in his three seasons with Blazers because of injury or illness . . . Averaged 9.8 points and 4.6 assists in 237 contests . . . His best NBA season was 1970-71 when he scored at a 12.6 ppg clip and averaged a team-best 5.2 assists while starting 59 of 81 games . . . Scored in double figures 121 times in his three seasons . . . Registered 20 or more points 12 times, including an NBA career high 27 in a 124-120 win over Boston 1/5/71 . . . Dished out 10 or more assists in nine games as a Blazer, including a career-high 17 vs. Cleveland 11/19/71, the eighth highest total in team history.
After Basketball --- Played two more NBA seasons, retired and returned to Loyola-Marymount to earn a master’s degree in history . . . Head coach at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., for six seasons where his teams posted a 141-39 (78.3%) record and won or shared three league and one regional title . . . Became a Blazers assistant coach under Jack Ramsay in 1983 . . . When Mike Schuler was fired in the middle of the 1988-89 season, Rick was named interim coach and led the Blazers to the playoffs . . . The very next season, he guided Portland to the NBA Finals . . . In five-plus years as the Trail Blazers’ head man, he posted a 291-154 record, a franchise best 65.4% win percentage, and took the team to the NBA Finals twice . . . His teams were in the playoffs six times and had a 36-33 post season record . . . Now head coach of the Sacramento Kings.
