Geoff Petrie: Portland’s Prize Tiger, 1972

[In his book Promoter Ain’t a Dirty Word, Harry Glickman talked candidly about finagling an NBA expansion team in Portland in 1970 and “the welter of activity” that followed, starting with the college draft. 

“We had the eighth pick in the first round of the college draft, which was conducted in a small pressroom at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum. When we …