Portland Trail Blazers Regular Season Rosters

1983-1984 Portland Trail Blazers Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
  Kenny Carr GF 6-7 220 6 NC State 1977 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
42 Wayne Cooper FC 6-10 220 5 New Orleans 1978 Rnd 2 Pick 18 United States
22 Clyde Drexler SG 6-7 210 0 Houston 1983 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
  Eddie Jordan PG 6-1 170 6 Rutgers 1977 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
3 Jeff Lamp GF 6-6 195 2 Virginia 1981 Rnd 1 Pick 15 United States
12 Fat Lever PG 6-3 170 1 Arizona State 1982 Rnd 1 Pick 11 United States
  Calvin Natt F 6-6 220 4 Louisiana-Monroe 1979 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
  Audie Norris C 6-9 230 1 Jackson State 1982 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
  Jim Paxson SG 6-6 200 4 Dayton 1979 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
  Tom Piotrowski C 7-1 240 0 La Salle 1983 Rnd 3 Pick 15 United States
43 Mychal Thompson FC 6-10 226 5 Minnesota 1978 Rnd 1 Pick 1 Bahamas
14 Darnell Valentine G 6-1 183 2 Kansas 1981 Rnd 1 Pick 16 United States
  Kiki Vandeweghe SF 6-8 220 3 UCLA 1980 Rnd 1 Pick 11 United States
31 Pete Verhoeven F 6-9 215 2 Fresno State 1981 Rnd 4 Pick 16 United States

1983-1984 Portland Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Valentine J. Paxson C. Natt K. Carr M. Thompson
Rotation F. Lever C. Drexler J. Lamp W. Cooper A. Norris
Rotation     P. Verhoeven    
Lim PT         T. Piotrowski

1983-1984 Pacific Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Los Angeles Lakers54-28-
2Portland Trail Blazers48-346
3Seattle SuperSonics42-4012
4Phoenix Suns41-4113
5Golden State Warriors37-4517
6San Diego Clippers30-5224

1983-1984 Portland Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jim Paxson All-NBA Second Team (1984)
Jim Paxson Western All-Star Coaches Selection (1984)
Clyde Drexler Slam Dunk Contest Participant (1984)

1983-1984 Portland Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jim Paxson 81 33.2 21.3 2.1 3.1 1.5 0.1 1.8
Kenny Carr 82 29.9 15.6 7.8 1.9 0.8 0.4 2.5
Calvin Natt 79 33.4 16.2 6.0 2.3 0.9 0.3 2.1
Mychal Thompson 79 33.5 15.7 8.7 3.9 1.1 1.4 3.0
Wayne Cooper 81 20.5 9.8 5.9 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.4
Fat Lever 81 24.8 9.7 2.7 4.6 1.7 0.4 1.5
Darnell Valentine 68 27.8 10.2 1.9 5.8 1.6 0.1 2.2
Clyde Drexler 82 17.2 7.7 2.9 1.9 1.3 0.4 1.5
Audie Norris 79 14.6 4.5 3.3 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.4
Jeff Lamp 64 10.3 5.0 1.0 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.8
Pete Verhoeven 43 7.6 2.7 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5
Eddie Jordan 13 14.1 2.5 1.0 3.0 1.6 0.0 1.4
Tom Piotrowski 18 4.3 1.7 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3

1983-1984 Portland Trail Blazers Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Clyde Drexler was selected as the #14 pick in the First Round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Clyde Drexler signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on October 22, 1983.

Jeff Lamp was selected as the #15 pick in the First Round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jeff Lamp signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on August 10, 1981.

Fat Lever was selected as the #11 pick in the First Round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Fat Lever signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on October 7, 1982.

Audie Norris was selected as the #14 pick in the Second Round of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Audie Norris signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1982.

Jim Paxson was selected as the #12 pick in the First Round of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jim Paxson signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on August 13, 1979.

Tom Piotrowski was selected as the #15 pick in the 3 Round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Tom Piotrowski signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1983.

Mychal Thompson was selected as the #1 pick in the First Round of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Mychal Thompson signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 13, 1978. Mychal Thompson re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on August 1, 1983.

Darnell Valentine was selected as the #16 pick in the First Round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Darnell Valentine signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 22, 1981.

Pete Verhoeven was selected as the #16 pick in the 4 Round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Pete Verhoeven signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1981.

Acquired via Trade

Kenny Carr was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Detroit Pistons on June 23, 1982.

Wayne Cooper was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Dallas Mavericks on June 28, 1982. Wayne Cooper re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1983.

Calvin Natt was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the New Jersey Nets on February 8, 1980. Calvin Natt re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on July 6, 1983.

1983-1984 Portland Trail Blazers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Larry Weinberg Owner 1970-1971 N/A
Jack Ramsay Head Coach 1976-1977 Head Coach (Atlanta Hawks, 1972 to 1976)
Rick Adelman Assistant Coach 1983-1984 N/A
Harry Glickman Owner, General Manager 1970-1971 N/A
Stu Inman General Manager 1981-1982 Head Coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 1971 to 1972)
Bill Schonely Television Play-By-Play 1970-1971 N/A