Trail Blazers legend Bill Schonely was sitting courtside when Bill Walton led Portland to its only NBA championship. 42 years later and Schonely is still waiting for the second championship. The Oregonian’s John Canzano sat down with Schonely to talk about whether we’ll see another Blazers title in his lifetime:
“Well, I’d like to stick around and see them win another one before I die.”
(Pause.)
(Longer pause.)
“But they’d better hurry up.”
It always gets a laugh.
Schonely is 89 now.