Trail Post Looks Back at 2009-2010

Honestly, I originally had an idea of doing a per-player review of the season, but it just didn't seem quite fair to all that had happened. Except for Andre Miller and Martell Webster, it would have been a disheartening series of INCs. No one wants that. When you look back on a basketball season, it isn't the fact that Martell Webster had a +/- of -1.2 per game that comes to mind. It's the moments that flood back. It's Webster's redemption in LA, coldly knocking down three free throws after nearly costing the Blazers the game. So, starting next week, Trail Post will count down the five moments that made this Blazer season what it was.

Today, though, we look at the top five honorable mentions for the season, in chronological order.

December 22, 2009: Joel Przybilla's Knee Explodes - After playing the entire season the year before, Przybilla was primed to continue his run as the best back-up big man in the league. That job got upgraded to starter with Oden's absence. Things were going fine until went up for a rebound against Erick Dampier and came down badly. Cries of "The season is over!" rang out across Oregon.

February 15, 2010: The Trade - Travis Outlaw was the last bastion of the old era, drafted by the (term used lightly) Nash-Patterson brain trust. He was maddening up until this season, where it seemed like he finally got it before going down to injury. Blake was one of the hardest workers on the team. Still, the golden opportunity for a starting center came along, and the Blazers took it, getting rid of two of their most tenured players.

March 7, 2010: The Dunk - Andre Miller doesn't even jump off the ground for a lay up. Who knew that he would be the source of the Blazers' best highlight this season? Back in his old stomping grounds of Denver, Miller received an outlet pass after a steal by Martell Webster and rose for the most athletic and surprising play of the season.

March 16, 2010: Tom Penn is Fired - The first cracks in the Kevin Pritchard era are exposed. This could be a harbinger for a KP dismissal. This is the beginning of the storyline that will dominate the off-season.

April 12, 2010: "Mar-Cus Cam-By" - During this season, the Thunder became the league's young darlings as they won 50 games. With this, the Blazers lost their former status. Still, at the end of the season, the two teams were in the same place as they faced each other in the second to last game with heavy playoff implications. Going into it, the story was Kevin Durant. After, it was Marcus Camby, as he tallied 30 points and 13 rebounds. As he left, he was chanted loudly off the floor by the fans in one of the most chilling moments in the Rose Garden's history.