"I'm an embarrassment to the team" - Bill Walton recalled his worst moment as a Celtic in a 1985 interview originally appeared on Basketball Network.

The Blazers are bringing back Damian Lillard to reignite renewed interest in the franchise. But there's this catch involving his deal.

Silver addressed the expansion issue during his press conference, but the result was more muted than anticipated. Silver said that the league would begin exploring the matter, but that nothing was predetermined and that the process was a series of steps.

Walton's presence in the paint was a game-changer, leading many fans and analysts to draw comparisons to legends such as Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. In fact, former Portland Trail Blazers coach Dr. Jack Ramsay even considered Bill a superior version of the iconic big men.

The last couple of years with the Trail Blazers have been particularly awkward and painful due to the façade that the franchise believed in some version of a team led by Deandre Ayton, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told reporters Wednesday that while the league prefers the for-sale Portland Trail Blazers new owners keep the team in the Rose City, the city "likely needs a new arena" to do so.

Walton’s Trail Blazers would go on to win 58 games that season but were eliminated in the Western Conference Semifinals by the eventual Western Conference champion SuperSonics.

Former Trail Blazers coach Dr. Jack Ramsay once made a bold claim: Bill Walton was better than both Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. His reasoning? “Russell was a great shot blocker. Wilt was a great offensive player.