Let’s pretend for a moment that all of the Portland Trailblazers are healthy. I’ve taken the 15 Blazers who are currently on Portland’s roster and broken them um into three pretty even teams of five. So which team would win if they played each other? And I just have to say, how crazy deep are the Blazers to be able to put together three good teams of five?

TEAM 1
G Steve Blake 6-3
G Brandon Roy 6-6
C Juwan Howard 6-9
F Travis Outlaw 6-9
F Dante Cunningham 6-8

TEAM 2
G Andrew Miller 6-2
G Rudy Fernandez 6-6
C Joel Przybilla 7-1
F Nicolas Batum 6-8
F Jeff Pendergraph 6-9

TEAM 3
G Patty Mills 6-0
G Jerryd Bayless 6-3
C Greg Oden 7-0
F Martell Webster 6-7
F LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11

UPDATE (1/16/10) – The Blazers have used even more starting lineups than I could have ever imagined coming into this season. Who would have guessed that Portland would have great success, beating Orlando last night, with this lineup:
G Andre Miller
G Jerryd Bayless
F Juwan Howard
F LaMarcus Aldridge
F Martell Webster

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I’ve been a Portland Trailblazer fan for as long as I can remember liking sports. I wasn’t alive with the Blazers won the championship in 1976, so I’m not going to include that lineup in my list of favorite starting 5s.

I’ve got a favorite for sure, no doubt in my mind it’s the lineup of:
PG Terry Porter
SG Clyde Drexler
C Kevin Duckworth
SF Jerome Kersey
PF Buck Williams

The lineup I’d like to see right now:
PG Brandon Roy
SG Rudy Fernandez
C Greg Oden
SF Nicolas Batum
PF LaMarcus Aldridge

Another great lineup:
2000
PG Damon Stoudamire
SG Steve Smith
C Arvydas Sabonis
SF Scottie Pippen
PF Rasheed Wallace