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 (NBA).
 The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum, before moving to the Rose Garden in 1995.
 The franchise entered the league in 1970, and Portland has been its only home city.
 The franchise has enjoyed a strong following; from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American major professional sports.
 The Trail Blazers are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues located in the state of Oregon.
 The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.
The 1977–78 Portland Trail Blazers season was the eighth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Fresh off their first NBA Championship win the previous season, the Blazers led the league with a franchise-best 58–24 record, earning a first-round bye in the 1978 NBA Playoffs.
 However, they were defeated by the eventual Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics four games to two.
The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.
 The Trail Blazers play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 The franchise entered the NBA in 1970.
 The Trail Blazers sold out 814 consecutive home games from through , the longest such streak in American professional sports.
 The team has played their home games at the Rose Garden Arena since the 1995–96 NBA season.
 The Trail Blazers are owned by Paul Allen, and Neil Olshey is their general manager.
The 1992–93 NBA season was the 23rd season for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.
 In the offseason, the Blazers signed free agents Rod Strickland and Mario Elie.
 The Blazers got off to a fast start winning their first eight games of the season.
 However, Clyde Drexler played just 49 games due to knee and hamstring injuries, as he led the team with 19.9 points per game.
 The Blazers finished the season with a 51–31 record, third in the Pacific Division and fourth in the Western Conference.
 It was their 11th straight trip to the postseason.
 Clifford Robinson was named Sixth Man of The Year averaging 19.1 points per game off the bench, and Terry Porter was selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game along with Drexler.
The following is a detailed history of the Portland Trail Blazers, a professional basketball team which joined the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association in 1970.
 They play at the Moda Center in the Lloyd District of Portland.
 They are owned by Microsoft co-founder and Vulcan Inc. chairman Paul Allen, who purchased the team in 1988.
 The team is often referred to as "Rip City", which was coined by play-by-play announcer Bill Schonely during their inaugural season.
 The Trail Blazers have retired several players jerseys, including Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame members Clyde Drexler and Bill Walton.
 Jack Ramsay, who was the Trail Blazers head coach from 1976 to 1986, had the number 77 retired in honor of Portland's only NBA Finals victory in 1977.
 Portland has had four NBA Rookies of the Year; Geoff Petrie (1971), Sidney Wicks (1972), Brandon Roy (2007) and Damian Lillard (2013).
 The only NBA Most Valuable Player that earned the award as a member of the Trail Blazers was Bill Walton in 1978.
The Breaks of the Game is a 1981 sports book written by Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Halberstam about the Portland Trail Blazers' 1979–1980 season.
 The Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team which plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Aside from a recap of the Blazers' season, the book attempts to give a detailed history of the NBA, the 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers championship team, the injuries faced by departed star Bill Walton, and the life of Kermit Washington after his two-month suspension for punching Rudy Tomjanovich.
 The book also puts basketball into a social context and contains extensive discussion on race in the NBA.
The 2011–12 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 Due to the 2011 NBA lockout the regular season was shortened to 66 games.
 The Trail Blazers finished the season in 11th place in the Western Conference with a 28–38 record.
 It was the last season with head coach Nate McMillan, who was fired on March and with starting shooting guard Brandon Roy, who announced his retirement.
 The Trail Blazers also parted ways with their number one pick from the 2007 NBA draft Greg Oden after an injury-marred short career with the team.
Rodney Strickland (born July 11, 1966) is an American retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
 Strickland played college basketball at DePaul University, where he was awarded All-American honors.
 He then enjoyed a long career in the NBA, playing from 1988 to 2005.
 Strickland is currently an assistant coach for the South Florida Bulls, under Orlando Antigua.
 He formerly served in an administrative role for the University of Kentucky basketball team under head coach John Calipari and was the director of basketball operations at the University of Memphis under Calipari.
 He is the godfather of current NBA player Kyrie Irving.
Dana P. Pagett (born March 29, 1949) is a retired professional basketball player who spent one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a member of the Virginia Squires during the 1971–72 season.
 He attended University of Southern California where he was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers during the eleventh round of the 1971 NBA Draft.
 After that season he signed with the Portland Trail Blazers, but was released before the start of the 1972–73 National Basketball Association (NBA) season.
 He was an assistant coach for the Loyola Marymount Lions, Long Beach State 49ers and Utah State Aggies men's basketball teams.
 He was also the assistant coach for Rancho Santiago Community College District men's basketball team and was later promoted to the head coach position.
The 1978–79 Portland Trail Blazers season was the ninth season of the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Question: What basketball team currently has one of the free agents signed before the 1992-93 Portland Trail Blazers season as an assistant coach?
Answer: South Florida Bulls