2008–09 Portland Trail Blazers season

Portland Trail Blazers
2008–09 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
Arena	Rose Garden
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 2nd (Northwest); Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Rockets 2–4)
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	CSN Northwest, KGW
Radio	KXTG

The 2008–09 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 39th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the playoffs, the Trail Blazers lost to the Houston Rockets in six games in the First Round.

Key dates

June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 1: The free agency period started.

Offseason

An MRI revealed that Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy needed arthroscopic surgery to repair a tear in the meniscus of his left knee. The surgery was scheduled for Thursday, August 14.[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College / Club Team
1	13	Brandon Rush (traded to Indiana)	Guard/Forward	United States	Kansas
1	27	Darrell Arthur (traded to Houston)	Power Forward	United States	Kansas
2	33	Joey Dorsey (traded to Houston)	Center	United States	Memphis
2	36	Ömer Aşık (traded to Chicago)	Center	Turkey	Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)
2	55	Mike Taylor (traded to LA Clippers)	Point Guard	United States	Iowa State

Draft Day trades

Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts were traded to the Indiana Pacers for Jerryd Bayless and Ike Diogu
Darrell Arthur and Joey Dorsey were traded to the Houston Rockets for Nicolas Batum
Ömer Aşık was traded to the Chicago Bulls for three future second round draft picks
Mike Taylor was traded to the L.A. Clippers for a future second round draft pick

Roster

Roster listing

Portland Trail Blazers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
F	12	Aldridge, LaMarcus (C)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Texas
G/F	88	Batum, Nicolas	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	France
G	4	Bayless, Jerryd	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Arizona
G	2	Blake, Steve	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	Maryland
G	5	Fernández, Rudy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Spain
F/C	44	Frye, Channing (FA)	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Arizona
F/C	9	LaFrentz, Raef (FA)	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Kansas
C	52	Oden, Greg	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	285 lb (129 kg)	Ohio State
F	25	Outlaw, Travis	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Starkville HS (MS)
C	10	Przybilla, Joel	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Minnesota
PF	42	Randolph, Shavlik (FA)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Duke
G	11	Rodríguez, Sergio	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	Spain
G	7	Roy, Brandon (C)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	Washington
F	51	Ruffin, Michael (FA)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	248 lb (112 kg)	Tulsa
G/F	8	Webster, Martell	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Seattle Prep HS (WA)

Head coach

Nate McMillan (North Carolina State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Preseason

2008 preseason game log

Preseason

2008–09 preseason schedule

Regular season

Standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y–Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	—	33–8	21–20	12–4	82
x–Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	—	34–7	20–21	11–5	82
x–Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	6	33–8	15–26	10–6	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	30	11–30	13–28	3–13	82
Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	31	15–26	8–33	4–12	82

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	—
2	y-Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	11
3	y-San Antonio Spurs	54	28	.659	11
4	x-Portland Trail Blazers	54	28	.659	11
5	x-Houston Rockets	53	29	.646	12
6	x-Dallas Mavericks	50	32	.610	15
7	x-New Orleans Hornets	49	33	.598	16
8	x-Utah Jazz	48	34	.585	17

9	Phoenix Suns	46	36	.561	19
10	Golden State Warriors	29	53	.354	36
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	24	58	.293	41
12	Memphis Grizzlies	24	58	.293	41
13	Oklahoma City Thunder	23	59	.280	42
14	Los Angeles Clippers	19	63	.232	46
15	Sacramento Kings	17	65	.207	48

Game log

2008–09 game log

October: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)

November: 11–5 (Home: 6–0; Road: 5–5)

December: 8–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–3)

January: 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3)

February: 7–5 (Home: 5–0; Road: 2–5)

March: 11–5 (Home: 8–2; Road: 3–3)

April: 7–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 4–1)

2008–09 season schedule

Playoffs

2009 playoff game log

First Round: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3)

2009 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Source:	[2]

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
LaMarcus Aldridge	81	81	37.1	.484	.250	.781	7.5	1.9	.95	.95	18.1
Nicolas Batum	79	76	18.4	.446	.369	.808	2.8	.9	.63	.51	5.4
Jerryd Bayless	53	0	12.4	.365	.259	.806	1.1	1.5	.30	.04	4.3
Steve Blake	69	69	31.7	.428	.427	.840	2.5	5.0	1.0	.06	11.0
Rudy Fernández	78	4	25.6	.425	.399	.839	2.7	2.0	.88	.15	10.4
Channing Frye	63	1	11.8	.423	.333	.722	2.2	.4	.27	.25	4.2
Greg Oden	61	39	21.5	.564	.000	.637	7.0	.5	.41	1.13	8.9
Travis Outlaw	81	6	27.7	.453	.377	.723	4.1	1.0	.58	.70	12.8
Joel Przybilla	82	43	23.8	.625	.000	.663	8.7	.3	.41	1.18	5.5
Shavlik Randolph	10	0	3.7	.615	1.000	.250	1.8	0	0	.1	1.8
Sergio Rodríguez	80	13	15.3	.392	.325	.792	1.6	3.6	.68	.03	4.5
Brandon Roy	78	78	37.2	.480	.377	.824	4.7	5.1	1.13	.28	22.6
Michael Ruffin	11	0	3.2	.286	.000	1.000	1.0	0	.27	.09	.5
Martell Webster	1	0	5.0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
LaMarcus Aldridge	6	6	39.5	.490	.250	.700	7.5	1.3	.5	1.67	19.5
Nicolas Batum	6	5	10.5	.556	.500	0	.5	.2	.7	.33	2.0
Jerryd Bayless	2	0	5.5	.333	.000	.667	.5	0	0	.5	3.0
Steve Blake	6	6	38.5	.489	.417	.714	4.0	6.2	.83	0	9.8
Rudy Fernández	6	1	27.0	.429	.421	1.000	2.8	1.0	1.33	.5	7.5
Channing Frye	4	0	9.0	.357	.000	.667	.8	.3	0	0	3.0
Greg Oden	6	0	16.0	.524	.000	.667	4.3	0	.33	1.0	5.0
Travis Outlaw	6	0	28.3	.318	.250	.667	3.0	.5	.83	.67	9.0
Joel Przybilla	6	6	27.0	.556	.000	.500	7.3	1.3	.67	2.0	3.8
Sergio Rodríguez	5	0	5.4	.333	.000	.000	.6	1.4	0	.2	.8
Brandon Roy	6	6	39.7	.459	.471	.870	4.8	2.8	1.33	1.17	26.7
Michael Ruffin	1	0	5.0	.000	.000	.500	5.0	0	0	0	1

Awards and records

Awards

Brandon Roy, All-NBA Second Team
Rudy Fernandez, NBA All-Rookie Second Team

Records

12/18/08 – Brandon Roy scores 52 points (2nd most in team history) in 124-119 win over Phoenix.
2/22/09 – Steve Blake ties the NBA record and sets the team record of assists in a quarter with 14 against the Los Angeles Clippers.
4/15/09 – Rudy Fernández sets the rookie record for 3-point baskets made in a season with 159.

Transactions

[3]

Trades

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Jerryd Bayless	July 9	Indiana Pacers
Ike Diogu	July 9	Indiana Pacers
Michael Ruffin	February 18	Chicago Bulls[4]

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Jarrett Jack	July 9	Indiana Pacers
Josh McRoberts	July 9	Indiana Pacers
Brandon Rush	July 9	Indiana Pacers
Ike Diogu	February 18	Sacramento Kings[4]

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Shavlik Randolph	September 25	Philadelphia 76ers

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
James Jones	July 8	Miami Heat
Darius Miles	August 22	Boston Celtics

References

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Basketball/NBA/2008/08/14/6443766-ap.html
"Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
http://www.nba.com/transactions/movement2008_index.html
"Blazers trade Ike Diogu to Sacramento for Michael Ruffin in three-team deal". The Oregonian. February 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.

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[1] ttp://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Basketball/NBA/2008/08/14/6443766-ap.html

[2] "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.

[3] ttp://www.nba.com/transactions/movement2008_index.html

[Diogutrade-4] "Blazers trade Ike Diogu to Sacramento for Michael Ruffin in three-team deal". The Oregonian. February 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.