Blazers Mourn Duckworth, Who Considered the Team His Family

2008/08/27 22:58:14 @NBA.com: News

In the PORTLAND TRIBUNE, Kerry Eggers writes "Kevin Duckworth, the center on Portland's NBA finalists in 1990 and ‘92, died Monday night in the Lincoln City area. He was 44. ‘I'm numb,' said former teammate Jerome Kersey, who flew back from Virginia, where he was visiting family, to Oregon after learning of Duckworth's death. ‘All through last night I kept waking up and thinking, ‘Did I dream that? It just can't be.'‘ The Blazers had a 10 a.m. staff meeting Tuesday at the Rose Garden. ‘Just a chance to talk about this, to talk about Kevin,' Portland General Manager Kevin Pritchard said. "Everybody's in shock right now.'”
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