 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wa2008-09 wakaunza mufaro neruzha urwo vateveri vakanga vakamirira. Mushure mokumirira kwenguva refu, Greg Oden akatanga neBlazers, achitamba mumitambo 61. Portland yakawedzerawo zvimwe zvinonhuwira zvepasi rose kuchikwata nekuuya kweSpanish swingman Rudy Fernández, nhengo yechikwata chenyika chebhasikiti cheSpain. Nicolas Batum akaberekerwa muFrance akabuda semunhu ane hunyanzvi hwekuzvidzivirira uyo akaiswa mumutsara wekutanga semutsva. Roy akaoneka muAll-Star Game yake yechipiri yakatevedzana, uye Fernández akakwikwidza muSprite Slam Dunk Contest panguva yeNBA All-Star Weekend. Roy akawana mapoinzi makumi mashanu nemaviri pakurwisa Phoenix Suns uye akahwina mutambo pakurwisa Houston Rockets neNew York Knicks. Blazers yakawana nzvimbo ye playoff kekutanga kubva muna 2003 uye yakawana rekodhi ye5428, rekodhi yavo yekutanga yekukunda kubvira mwaka wa200203. Sezvo mbeu yechina uye ichibata mukana wemba, Trail Blazers yakatamba yechishanu-yakatemwa Houston Rockets mu2009 Playoffs, ichirasikirwa nemitambo yeplayoff mitambo mina kusvika ku2. Vakawanda vakati kukundwa kwePortland mumutambo wokutanga kwakakonzerwa nezera duku rechikwata chacho uye kusava noruzivo. Zvisinei, mwaka wa2008-09 wakanga wakakurumbira zvikuru nokuda kwemakemikari akafuridzirwa echikwata uye kunze kwekambani, nokuda kwekugona kwechikwata chechidiki, chine simba mumwaka unotevera, uye kuunza ruremekedzo kudzokera kune franchise maitiro ayo vateveri vakanga vasipo kweanopfuura makore gumi. 