2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season was 40th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key dates

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.
• September 28 – Training camp begins
• October 6 – First preseason game
• October 14 – Commemorative 40-year anniversary game at Memorial Coliseum
• October 27 – First regular-season game
• March 16 – Tom Penn is relieved of his assistant general manager duties by owner Paul Allen.
• April 18 – Blazers begin playoff series with the Phoenix Suns.
• April 29 – Phoenix Suns defeat the Blazers in Game 6 of the playoff series.
• June 24, 2010 – Kevin Pritchard is relieved of his general manager duties by owner Paul Allen.

Offseason

Draft picks

Free agency

• Signed Andre Miller to a three-year deal
• Signed Juwan Howard to a one-year deal ^[1]

Roster

Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 5.5 !F/C 12 USA ! Aldridge, LaMarcus (C) 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas 4.0 !F 88 FRA ! Batum, Nicolas 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) France 1.5 !G 4 USA ! Bayless, Jerryd 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Arizona 5.5 !F/C 21 USA ! Camby, Marcus 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Massachusetts 4.0 !F 33 USA ! Cunningham, Dante 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Villanova 1.5 !G 27 USA ! Diener, Travis (IN) 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marquette 1.5 !G 5 ESP ! Fernández, Rudy 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Spain 5.5 !F/C 6 USA ! Howard, Juwan 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Michigan 1.5 !G 24 USA ! Miller, Andre 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah 1.5 !G 8 AUS ! Mills, Patrick 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Saint Mary's 6.0 !C 52 USA ! Oden, Greg  (IN) 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Ohio State 4.0 !F 31 USA ! Pendergraph, Jeff 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Arizona State 6.0 !C 10 USA ! Przybilla, Joel  (IN) 7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Minnesota 1.5 !G 7 USA ! Roy, Brandon (C) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Washington 2.5 !G/F 23 USA ! Webster, Martell 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Seattle Prep (WA)	Head coach Nate McMillan (North Carolina State) Assistant coach(es) Dean Demopoulos (West Chester (PA)) Maurice Lucas (Marquette) Monty Williams (Notre Dame) Joe Prunty (Cal Poly Pomona) Kaleb Canales (Texas–Arlington) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Pre-season

As part of the team's 40th-year celebration, the Blazers played a pre-season game at Memorial Coliseum on October 14, 2009 against the Phoenix Suns. Team founder Harry Glickman, former players Jerome Kersey, Terry Porter, and Bob Gross, as well as broadcaster Bill Schonely attended the game. The Suns defeated the Blazers, 110-104 with 11,740 tickets sold.^[2] All tickets for this game were $19.70 to represent the team's inaugural 1970 season.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Team statistics

Season

Average Points Scored: 98.4

Average Points Allowed: 95.2

Average Point Spread: + 3.2

Quarter-by-Quarter Scoring: 24.6

1st in the NBA in attendance at 716,666 (20,476 per game)^[4]

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• Brandon Roy was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played March 8–March 14.^[5]

All-Star

• Brandon Roy was selected as an All-Star reserve (third All-Star appearance; did not play due to injury).

Injuries and surgeries

• July 9: Patrick Mills – broken foot; returned to active roster January 4^[6]
• September 9: Jeff Pendergraph – surgery to repair congenital hip disorder; returned to active roster December 21^[6]
• October 30: Nicolas Batum – surgery to repair right shoulder muscle tear; returned to active roster January 25^[6]
• November 14: Travis Outlaw – broken left foot; traded February 16^[6]
• December 5: Greg Oden – broken left patella; out for season^[6]
• December 5: Coach Nate McMillan – ruptured right Achilles tendon; returned to the bench December 15^[6]
• December 8: Rudy Fernández – surgery to repair sciatic nerve damage; returned to active roster January 13^[6]
• December 22: Joel Przybilla – dislocated right patella and ruptured patellar tendon; out for season^[7]
• January 2: Brandon Roy – strained hamstring; returned to active roster February 16^[8]
• April 11: Brandon Roy – right knee meniscus tear, arthroscopic knee surgery; returned to active roster April 24^[9]

Transactions

References

External links

• 2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Portland Trail Blazers season at Basketball Reference