So ill start at 1977 our only glory year. We have had a terrible track record for draft picks through out our history, others are probly worse than us but i dont care nor pay attention to them. I got on a few websites and started looking through our draft history sonce 1977 and it isnt pretty. Please bare in mind i am omitting any trades up till recent times. (I.E. K.P.'s riegn)

1977: Rich Laurel #19, who is he again?

1978: Mychael Thompson #1, Stud, maybe our best overall #1 from '77 till now. G.O. may have something to say about that but thats yet to be seen.

1979: Jim Paxson #12, gotta love the Pax. Solid player his whole career.

1980: No draft picks that year.

1981: Jeff Lamp #15 Darnell Valentine #16, both very solid players but far from stars.

1982: Fat Lever #11, Outstanding scorer but played very little for us over his carrer(2-3 year from my memory)

1983: Clyde Drexler #14, Clyde the Glyde baby!!! woot!!! Nuf' said.

1984: The year that shall not be mentioned (Jerome Kersey was drafted Rd.2 pick.22, thats all that shall be said)

1985: Terry Porter #24, "T.P. for three!!!" Remeber the schonze saying that? Best PG we have ever had, period.

1986: Walter Berry #14, Arvydas Sabonis #24, Drazen Petrovic Rd.3 # 13, All three GREAT players but none of them played long for us. Sabas was awsome still at 34+ and two blown knees, loved his passing and three pointers. Petro rest in peice.

1987:Ronnie Murphy #17, Ronnie who?

1988: Mark Bryant #21, Great role player on those early 90's Drexler teams.

1989: Byron Irvin #22, Cliff Robinson Rd2 #9, Irvin never went anywhere, Uncle Cliffy was a stellar 6th man for us for quite a long time.

1990: Alaa Abdelnaby #25, (special note here) Kevin Pritchard Rd.2 #9 by GSW, Alaa has the best name of any draft pick ever in my humble opinion, and yes thats OUR K.P.

1991: No 1st rounder, we did draft the last spot of the whole draft.

1992: Dave Johnson #26 Reggie Smith Rd 2 #4, Both never got anywhere in the league.

1993: James Robinson# 21, had a good year or two for us but never anything to write home about. I personally liked him alot as a player for us.

1994: Aaron McKie #17, Very solid player his whole career be it with us, philly, who ever. Good player.

1995: Shawn Respert #8, this one hurt personally, i thought Respert would be a star. Wow was i wrong.

1996: Jermaine O'neal #17, Allstar player that we traded just as he came of age. Awsome job trader Bob. Jerk!

1997: Chris Antsey #18, Alvin Wlliams Rd2 #47, Antsey never panned out the way we hoped, Alvin Williams was a very good PG for a few years though. Too bad it wasnt for us.

1998: No Picks that year.

1999:No 1st rounder. Nothing to mention in the second round.

2000:Erik Barkley #28, like Respert i thought Barkley would end up a solid PG nothing great but solid for us. Again, wrong!

2001: Zach Randolph #19, Great player, bad person. Period.

2002: Quintell Woods #21, this would be in the midst of our "high school players are awsome!" Phase. Ugh

2003: Travis Outlaw #23, The jury is still out but so far he has tons of talent but a low BBIQ. (nutshelled) I like Trout personally, alot. 

2004: Sebastian Telfair #13, Barkley, Respert, and now Telfair. Ugh. Ohh well he gave us B-roy. Thank you Telfair!

2005: Martell webster #6, Linas Klieza#27, Web is a very good, improving player. I forsee him being a very solid player in the league. Klieza may prove to be better from what i have seen. The only problem? Klieza is a Nugget. :(

2006: Tyrus Thomas #4, Best trade since the Buck Wliiams trade. This draft year saw the arrival of Roy, LMA, and Sergio all via trades.

2007: Greg Oden #1, G.O. is going to be a beast, it WILL happen! This year saw a few trades also which brought us Rudymania. Rudy!

2008: Brandon Rush #11, More trades, i remember Bob Witsitt also known as "trader bob" and he and K.P. both love to make a splash via trades. The difference? K.P. makes good trades,not trades for over the hill 280lb former supersonics. '08 gave us Bayless, and Batum.

I personally see a patern, our GMs of the past are no where near as skilled as K.P. Our quality picks since he has taken over clearly illestrate that. I also see a pattern of bad luck, Sabas, Petrovic, that one guy who was drafted before that other guy. That sort of stuff. I notice our luck improving the last few years, be t our GM or just luck itself im thankfull. What do you guys think is the best draft year we ever had? My vote is '06 with Roy, LMA, and Sergio coming in.The 1986 draft was sick also, Sabas, Petro, and Walter Berry. They didnt play for use much but were all three great players and there is something to be said for that. What do you think is our best draft year Blazer nation?