Portland Trail Blazers Regular Season Rosters

1986-1987 Portland Trail Blazers Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
21 Walter Berry F 6-8 215 0 St. John's 1986 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
50 Joe Binion F 6-8 235 2 North Carolina A&T 1984 Rnd 3 Pick 10 United States
31 Sam Bowie C 7-1 235 2 Kentucky 1984 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States
34 Kenny Carr GF 6-7 220 9 NC State 1977 Rnd 1 Pick 6 United States
22 Clyde Drexler SG 6-7 210 3 Houston 1983 Rnd 1 Pick 14 United States
00 Kevin Duckworth C 7-0 275 0 Eastern Illinois 1986 Rnd 2 Pick 9 United States
50 Chris Engler C 6-11 245 4 Wyoming 1982 Rnd 3 Pick 14 United States
6 Mike Holton G 6-4 185 3 UCLA 1983 Rnd 3 Pick 6 United States / Israel
00 Ken Johnson F 6-8 240 1 Michigan State 1985 Rnd 2 Pick 4 United States
33 Steve Johnson FC 6-10 235 5 Oregon State 1981 Rnd 1 Pick 7 United States
27 Caldwell Jones FC 6-11 216 12 Albany State (GA) 1973 Rnd 2 Pick 14 United States
  Charles Alexander Jones F 6-8 215 2 Louisville 1984 Rnd 2 Pick 12 United States
25 Jerome Kersey PF 6-7 215 2 Longwood 1984 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
21 Brian Martin F 6-9 212 2 Kansas 1984 Rnd 9 Pick 1 United States
10 Fernando Martin C 6-9 220 1 Real Madrid (Spain) 1985 Rnd 2 Pick 14 Spain
4 Jim Paxson SG 6-6 200 7 Dayton 1979 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
30 Terry Porter PG 6-3 195 1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 1985 Rnd 1 Pick 24 United States
  Ron Rowan SG 6-5 200 0 St. John's 1986 Rnd 3 Pick 20 United States
55 Kiki Vandeweghe SF 6-8 220 6 UCLA 1980 Rnd 1 Pick 11 United States
2 Perry Young G 6-5 210 1 Virginia Tech 1985 Rnd 3 Pick 14 United States

1986-1987 Portland Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters T. Porter C. Drexler K. Vandeweghe S. Johnson C. Jones
Rotation   J. Paxson J. Kersey   K. Duckworth
Lim PT   M. Holton C. Jones   F. Martin
Lim PT   R. Rowan K. Johnson   S. Bowie
Lim PT     K. Carr    

1986-1987 Pacific Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Los Angeles Lakers65-17-
2Portland Trail Blazers49-3316
3Golden State Warriors42-4023
4Seattle SuperSonics39-4326
5Phoenix Suns36-4629
6Los Angeles Clippers12-7053

1986-1987 Portland Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Jerome Kersey Slam Dunk Contest Participant (1987)
Clyde Drexler Slam Dunk Contest Participant (1987)
Kiki Vandeweghe Three Point Shootout Participant (1987)

1986-1987 Portland Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Kiki Vandeweghe 79 38.3 26.9 3.2 2.8 0.7 0.2 1.8
Clyde Drexler 82 38.0 21.7 6.3 6.9 2.5 0.9 3.1
Steve Johnson 79 29.7 16.8 7.2 2.0 0.6 1.0 3.5
Terry Porter 80 33.9 13.1 4.2 8.9 2.0 0.1 3.2
Jerome Kersey 82 25.5 12.3 6.0 2.4 1.5 0.9 1.8
Jim Paxson 72 25.0 12.1 1.9 3.3 1.1 0.2 1.5
Kenny Carr 49 29.4 10.8 10.2 1.7 0.6 0.3 2.1
Caldwell Jones 78 20.2 4.1 5.8 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.1
Kevin Duckworth 51 14.8 6.0 3.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 1.5
Mike Holton 58 8.3 3.3 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.7
Sam Bowie 5 32.6 16.0 6.6 1.8 0.2 2.0 3.0
Fernando Martin 24 6.1 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.8
Joe Binion 11 4.6 1.3 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
Walter Berry 7 2.7 1.9 1.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
Ron Rowan 7 2.3 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.4
Chris Engler 7 2.4 1.6 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Perry Young 4 13.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.0 0.2 0.8

1986-1987 Portland Trail Blazers Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Sam Bowie was selected as the #2 pick in the First Round of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Sam Bowie signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 26, 1984.

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. Clyde Drexler signed a multi-year extension with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 17, 1985.

Jerome Kersey was selected as the #22 pick in the Second Round of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jerome Kersey signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1984.

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. Jim Paxson re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on October 15, 1984.

Terry Porter was selected as the #24 pick in the First Round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Terry Porter signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 27, 1985.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Ken Johnson, the #4 pick in the Second Round of the 1985 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Chicago Bulls on June 18, 1985. Ken Johnson signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 1, 1985.

Acquired via Trade

Kenny Carr was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Detroit Pistons on June 23, 1982. Kenny Carr signed a multi-year extension with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 28, 1984.

Kevin Duckworth was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the San Antonio Spurs on December 18, 1986.

Steve Johnson was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the San Antonio Spurs on June 19, 1986.

Kiki Vandeweghe was acquired in a trade by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Denver Nuggets on June 7, 1984. Kiki Vandeweghe re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on September 30, 1986.

Acquired via Free Agency

Mike Holton signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on August 7, 1986.

Caldwell Jones signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on October 12, 1985.

Charles Alexander Jones signed a contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on April 16, 1987.

Fernando Martin signed a contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on June 11, 1986.

Ron Rowan signed a contract with the Portland Trail Blazers on March 16, 1987. Ron Rowan re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on March 26, 1987. Ron Rowan re-signed to a contract as a free agent with the Portland Trail Blazers on April 5, 1987.

1986-1987 Portland Trail Blazers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Larry Weinberg Owner 1970-1971 N/A
Mike Schuler Head Coach 1986-1987 Assistant Coach (Milwaukee Bucks, 1983 to 1986)
Rick Adelman Assistant Coach 1983-1984 N/A
Harry Glickman Owner, General Manager 1970-1971 N/A
Bucky Buckwalter General Manager 1986-1987 General Manager (Oklahoma City Thunder, 1973 to 1974)
Chris Wallace Scout 1986-1987 N/A
Bill Schonely Television Play-By-Play 1970-1971 N/A