Bummer!

One of the few Blazers who stuck around and made Portland his home. His biggest contribution was always being involved in charity and children’s events after his career. You’ll be missed, Duck.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

I just saw him the other day in Oregon City. He lived around here. Used to see him in Albertsons, Jack in the box, and the the Pet Shop. I saw his big white truck at least two or three times a month. He was a very nice, and aproachable guy. Enormous guy. Would talk to anyone that wanted to talk to him with a huge smile on his face. He was very nice to my kids too. You were a great guy Duck. I’ll always remember you walking into the playoff game from the tunnel with your broken hand.

He was a great guy on and off the court, and apparently just about to hold another basketball clinic for kids in the region. My condolences to his family and friends.

I always appreciated that Kevin Duckworth stuck around and lived here. He was great with kids and always had a smile for a fan. We’ll miss you Kevin.

Duck was always one of my favorites. Rest in Peace Duck, we will miss you.

This is really sad, RIP.

Such a down to earth personality who will be missed and remembered.

He was also the first Blazer I met when I was a kid.

Of that great Blazer team, Duck was surrounded by a lot of talent that usually stole the spotlight, but was a great talent in his own right. He invested real emotion into his work. There probably wasn’t a Blazer I cheered more for when he did well and felt his anguish more personally when he didn’t. That was just Duck. A real guy, and he will be really missed.

R.I.P.

I don’t know what else to say :(

active in the community. I really pray for his family and hope they can get through this alright. They need to pay tribute to him, one of the all time great Blazers. Died way too young. RIP.

and prayers start now for Kevin.

This is such sad news for such a glorious morning.

Duck had a Heart of Gold, he was very generous and would never spurn any fan. He was a solid big man during the early ’90s, and there is no way the Blazers could have made their trips to the finals without him. He died doing what he loved best – promoting the Blazers, basketball and giving to the community. It has been suggested that there be a Kevin Duckworth Community Service Award and I agree it is a great idea.

Rest in Peace Duck – You were and are loved.
(I am just another guy named Kevin)

Every Blazer should be like Kevin Duckworth. RIP big fella.

Just sayin’

Duck’s Willis Reed moment against the Spurs in the playoffs. The crowd went NUTS absoultly NUTS!

OO you will be missed.

They had a big block party one 4th of July. I remember him driving around on his golf cart and feeding his gazelles. Second favorite Blazer growing up. Sad, but not surprising.

Wow, very sad indeed. I heard him and Kersey being interviewed on Courtside a few weeks ago, it sounded like they were having a great time on their traveling road show through Oregon. Rest in peace Duck, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

Duck is one of the “original” Trail Blazers to me and perhaps others my age, since he was our big man when I started following the Blazers. When I think of our team, I think of Duck, Drexler, Porter, Kersey, Buck, the amazing teams they had and how instrumental Duck was in our success.

I remember Duck getting criticism back then, and I’ve often thought that if he only played ten years later (when the amount of quality big men was much lower) he’d be appreciated more for what he did. I loved to watch him play as a kid and he’ll always be a Trail Blazer to me.

He was an allstar, has helped establish a tradition of post-career community service in Portland, and was one of the friendliest and funniest people, let alone athlete or celebrity, that I knew of. He was always out and about in the community, and it seems like everyone got a chance to meet him and were amazed with his cool he was, how good with kids he was. He always seemed more than happy to say hi, and as a kid you might not realize how special that is in a guy who is instantly recognized everywhere he goes and might not always feel like meeting strangers and being “Duck” all the time.

This is pretty sad. I’m gonna miss big Duck. I really liked that it seemed like he was being around the team more.

Mortimer

May God bring his comfort to his family, friends and fans.

He walked through my backyard while fishing the Washougal. Apologized profusely when I came out to investigate.

We chatted about the old days for a good 10 to 15 minutes, then I let him get back to fishin’. Smiled and joked the whole time. An absolutely great guy.

Took some grief for his weight, but I have to say he contributed alot more than Bowie or Johnson did. My favorite memory was of him cheering on rookie Cliff Robinson from the bench when Duck was injured during the Spurs playoff series that year.

It would be easy to point to numerous great performances that Duckworth provided over his career as a Blazer but I’d like to be a little more general in my memory. What I liked about having Duckworth as our center in the early 90’s was he seemed to me in many ways to be the perfect representation of The Blazers. He was NOT a flashy star. Even when he was obtaining All-Star level stats he still was Kevin Duckworth. You wouldn’t mistake him for Hakeem or Robinson and in Portland that just seemed right. I remember attending games and the sounds of Duck Calls ringing out in the stadium. Duck Calls! It was something you couldn’t really imagine happening in NY or in Staples Center. Kevin Duckworth fit in here in Oregon and on The Blazers. He’s going to be missed.

Despite the criticism he received during his later years in Portland, Duck truly was loved, and I think as the years passed by people realized just how special the guy was.
I remember when they were retiring Clyde Drexler’s number at the Rose Garden in 2001, they were showing several people in the crowd. Then, they stopped on one man, and it was Kevin Duckworth, and he received one of the biggest cheers of the night.
It just goes to show you how loved Duck really was.

Jerome and The Schonz.
Very Emotional.

Sad day.

Duck was one of the original Blazers to me as well. I didn’t know much about him back then, so it’s good to see that he lived a life that was bigger than his waistline and better than his considerable basketball skills. Even if his jersey isn’t retired (which I don’t expect it to be), he will be forever remembered as one of the greats in Trail Blazer history.

    will live on. There are and have been
many practitioners here in Southern Oregon.
It’s a HORSE tradition. I know I’m going to
throw up a few today in rememberance.
     RIP Duck ! You will be missed, but not
forgotten !!!

RIP Kevin…

May people remember you not only for what you meant to our community on the court, but more for who you were off it.

My condolences to his family.

collection of highlights from the 90s blazers team we all loved so much. It was posted as a tribute to Duck on espn, check it out.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3555389

on NBA.com and I was suprised to find a link to Blazersedge on that site, first time I’ve seen a link to bedge on such a large site.

Duck

Evidently the autopsy showed that Duck suffered from an enlarged heart. Link

I loved Duck. I was in Newport to see him. Sad! I used to joke when he played that he would get a bunch of hotdogs during timeouts. I will miss him! wow he was really big at the end. 7 foot, and really overweight. can’t even guess how much. he really did have a big heart in more then one way!