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From Petrie to Glide to Dame: The All-Star history of the Portland Trail Blazers

By Matt George Moore

Geoff Petrie, player for the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team.
Geoff Petrie, player for the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team. /
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NEW YORK CITY – MARCH 23: Cliff Robinson #3 of the Portland Trail Blazers drives during a game played on March 23, 1997 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY – MARCH 23: Cliff Robinson #3 of the Portland Trail Blazers drives during a game played on March 23, 1997 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

CLIFF ROBINSON

Uncle Cliffy!

Cliff Robinson
Cliff Robinson /

Cliff Robinson, a second-round draft pick out of UConn in 1989, played eight seasons in Portland, averaging 16.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 1.1 steals per game. He was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 1993. And during his single All-Star season in 1994, the 6-foot-10-inch Robinson scored 20.1 points and snared 6.7 rebounds per game.

Robinson had an 18-season career and is 13th on the NBA’s all-time games-played list with 1,380. He’s fourth on the Blazers’ all-time points list with 10,405; 10th on the Blazers’ all-time rebounds list with 3,352; sixth on the Blazers’ all-time steals list with 696; 10th on the Blazers’ all-time win shares list; and second on the Blazers’ all-time blocks list with 726.

Whew!

And now that his playing days are finally over, Robinson has become an advocate for marijuana policy reform. He also has a line of “Uncle Cliffy sports cannabis products.”