The 2004–05 season was the 35th season of the Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...

 in the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 (NBA). For the second year in a row, the team did not qualify for the playoffs

2005 NBA Playoffs

The 2005 NBA Playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2004–05 season.The San Antonio Spurs, the number two ranked team in the Western Conference, won the 2005 NBA Playoffs by defeating the defending champions, the Detroit Pistons, 4-3 in the NBA Finals...

. Head coach Maurice Cheeks

Maurice Cheeks

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 was fired midway through the season with a record of 22–33. He was replaced by general manager Kevin Pritchard

Kevin Pritchard

Kevin Lee Pritchard is a retired American professional basketball player.- College career :Pritchard played college basketball for the University of Kansas, where he was the starting point guard on the Jayhawks team that defeated the Oklahoma Sooners for the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball...

, who acted as interim coach for the remainder of the season, in which the team went 5–22. The team's overall record of 27-55 was their worst since 1973–74

1973–74 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 1973–74 season was the fourth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association .The Blazers finished at 27-55, a six-game improvement from the previous season.-NBA Draft:...

, their fourth season of existence.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	13	Sebastian Telfair Sebastian Telfair Sebastian Telfair is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Telfair was the 13th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers out of Abraham Lincoln High School...	G		Lincoln HS Abraham Lincoln High School (New York) Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, and is part of Region 7 in the New York City Department of Education...  (Brooklyn, NY)
1	23	Sergei Monia Sergei Monia Sergei Alexandrovich Monia is a Russian professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft. He is in height and he weighs...	G		CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Moscow, Russia. The club is a member of the VTB United League. It is often referred to in the West as "Red Army" for its past affiliation with the Soviet Army. CSKA has won two titles between 2006 and 2009 in Europe's...  (Russia Russian Basketball Super League The Russian Basketball SuperLeague is a men's professional basketball league that was the pre-eminent league of Russian professional basketball until 2010... )
2	47	Ha Seung-Jin Ha Seung-Jin Ha Seung-Jin is a South Korean professional basketball player who has played in the NBA and the NBA D-League. He was a second round draft pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in, 305 lb, he was among the largest players in the NBA...	C		Yonsei University Yonsei University Yonsei University is a Christian private research university, located in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1885, it is one of the oldest universities in South Korea, the top private comprehensive universities in South Korea, and is widely regarded as one of the top three comprehensive...  (South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )