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Portland Trail Blazers 2014-15 Season Review: Trail Blazers Great Jerome Kersey Passes Away

The Portland Trail Blazers organization and its fanbase were shocked to the core when the passing of all-time Blazers great Jerome Kersey was announced on February 18.

The Portland Trail Blazers organization and its fanbase were shocked to the core when the passing of all-time Blazers great Jerome Kersey was announced on February 18.

Kersey, 52, was taken by Portland in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft out of Longwood University, spending the first 11 seasons of his 17-year career with the franchise. The 6-foot-7 small forward, nicknamed "Mercy, Mercy!" by longtime Portland radio broadcaster Bill Schonely, averaged 12.