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The Portland Trail Blazers churned out a lackluster performance in the 2006-07 season, finishing third in the Northwest Division and failing to make the playoffs. Anxieties run high for the 2007-08 season, with rookie phenom Greg Oden out all season due to knee surgery, leading to some to question if the Trail Blazers are “cursed”. The team remains undaunted though, and the promising additions of Channing Frye, Steve Blake and James Jones just might make up for the painful loss of Oden. Get your tickets to Rose Garden Arena and see how it all pans out for the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2007-2008 season.

The Portland Trail Blazers came into the NBA as an expansion team in 1970. The team used its early draft choices well in the first couple of campaigns. In the inaugural draft, the Blazers selected a six foot four inch shooter out of Princeton, Geoff Petrie. Petrie led the team to 29 wins in the first season en route to winning the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. The very next draft, the Blazers selected Sidney Wicks, a six foot nine inch forward out of UCLA. Wicks averaged nearly 25 points that season and succeeded his teammate Petrie, also winning Rookie of the Year honors.