2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Portland Trail Blazers 2005 27 55 Northwest 4 13 Maurice Cheeks (fired) Kevin Pritchard (interim) John Nash Paul Allen Rose Garden Arena KGW FSN Northwest KXL Did not qualify POR The 2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 35th season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.2004–05 Portland Trail Blazers During the offseason, the Blazers acquired Nick Van Exel from the Golden State Warriors and signed free agent Joel Przybilla. The Blazers played around .500 for the first two months, but started to struggle losing 11 of their 15 games in January. Head coach Maurice Cheeks was fired midway through the season with a record of 22–33. He was replaced by general manager Kevin Pritchard, who acted as interim coach for the remainder of the season, in which the team went 5–22. For the second year in a row, the Blazers did not qualify for the playoffs. The team's overall record of 27–55 was their worst since 1973–74, their fourth season of existence. Following the season, Pritchard was fired as coach, Van Exel signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs, Shareef Abdur-Rahim was traded to the New Jersey Nets, but failed his physical and later on signed with the Sacramento Kings, Damon Stoudamire signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, and Derek Anderson signed with the Houston Rockets. For the season, they slightly once again changed their primary logo added Trail on their wordmark of the Blazers' primary logo they remained until 2017. Draft picks 2004 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club Team 1 13 Sebastian Telfair G 1 23 Sergei Monia G CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2 47 Ha Seung-Jin C Yonsei University (South Korea) Roster Portland Trail Blazers #000000 #FFFFFF #d1210a #FFFFFF 33 Shareef Abdur-Rahim F 6 9 225 California 1 Derek Anderson basketball G/F 6 5 194 Kentucky yes 14 Richie Frahm G/F 6 5 210 Gonzaga 38 Viktor Khryapa F 6 9 235 Russia 23 Darius Miles F 6 9 235 East St. Louis HS (IL) 25 Travis Outlaw F 6 9 220 Starkville HS (MS) 21 Ruben Patterson F/G 6 5 224 Cincinnati 10 Joel Przybilla C 7 1 245 Minnesota 50 Zach Randolph F/C 6 9 260 Michigan State yes 42 Theo Ratliff C 6 10 235 Wyoming yes 5 Ha Seung-jin C 7 3 305 Yonsei 3 Damon Stoudamire G 5 10 171 Arizona 31 Sebastian Telfair G 6 0 170 Lincoln HS (Brooklyn) 19 Nick Van Exel G 6 1 170 Cincinnati yes Maurice Cheeks (fired) Kevin Pritchard (interim) Tim Grgurich (Pittsburgh) John Loyer (Akron) Jim Lynam (St. Joseph's) Dan Panaggio (SUNY Brockport) Bernard Smith (East Stroudsburg (PA)) https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2005.html Regular season Season standings POR POR z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Date opponent score record November 3 @ Golden State 78-75 1–0 November 5 vs LA Clippers 94-81 2–0 November 7 @ Toronto 97-101 2–1 November 9 @ New Jersey 60-64 2-2 November 10 @ Boston 88-90 2–3 November 13 vs Toronto 105-102 3-3 November 17 vs Memphis 82-101 3–4 November 19 vs Milwaukee 110-98 4-4 November 21 vs Houston 93-97 4–5 November 23 @ Miami 99-87 5-5 November 24 @ Orlando 89-83 6–5 November 26 @ Dallas 83-92 6-6 November 28 vs New Jersey 83-71 7–6 November 30 vs Seattle 100-94 8–6 December 4 @Seattle 89-99 8–7 Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGDamon Stoudamire 81 70 34.1 .392 .369 .915 3.8 5.7 1.1 .0 15.8Joel Przybilla 76 50 24.4 .598 .517 7.7 1.0 .3 2.1 6.4Ruben Patterson 70 36 28.0 .531 .080 .599 3.9 2.0 1.5 .3 11.6Sebastian Telfair 68 26 19.6 .393 .246 .789 1.5 3.3 .5 .1 6.8Theo Ratliff 63 45 27.5 .447 .692 5.3 .5 .4 2.5 4.8Darius Miles 63 22 27.0 .482 .348 .600 4.7 2.0 1.2 1.2 12.8Travis Outlaw 59 2 13.4 .498 .400 .653 2.1 .6 .5 .7 5.4Shareef Abdur-Rahim 54 49 34.6 .503 .385 .866 7.3 2.1 .9 .5 16.8Nick Van Exel 53 34 30.5 .381 .389 .784 3.0 4.3 .8 .0 11.1Derek Anderson basketball 47 32 26.4 .389 .384 .805 2.7 3.0 .8 .1 9.2Zach Randolph 46 37 34.8 .448 .000 .815 9.6 1.9 .7 .4 18.9Richie Frahm 43 0 11.6 .400 .388 .840 1.4 .7 .3 .1 3.8Victor Khryapa 32 5 16.3 .435 .364 .548 3.4 .8 .6 .6 4.2Ha Seung-jin 19 0 5.5 .435 .545 .9 .1 .1 .3 1.4James Thomas basketball† 9 2 12.4 .611 .333 3.9 .4 .4 .4 2.7Geno Carlisle 6 0 2.7 .667 .667 .2 .2 .0 .0 1.3Maurice Baker† 4 0 4.5 .000 .5 .3 .3 .0 .0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Trail Blazers only. References Category:Portland Trail Blazers seasons Portland Trail Blazers 2004 Port Port Port Portland Trail Blazers