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Untold: Jail Blazers Explores Controversial 1990s Team Legacy

3/25/2026

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The Netflix docuseries Untold: Jail Blazers premieres April 14 and examines the Portland Trail Blazers' late 1990s rise with controversies.
The episode covers the Blazers' consecutive Western Conference finals appearances in 1999 and 2000, featuring Rasheed Wallace, Damon Stoudamire, and Bonzi Wells.
Interviews with former players and sports pundits reveal tension between on-court success and the team's legal troubles, and Sportswriter John Canzano calls the period the greatest sociology experiment in sports.

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The Netflix docuseries Untold: Jail Blazers premieres April 14 and examines the Portland Trail Blazers' late 1990s rise with controversies.
The episode covers the Blazers' consecutive Western Conference finals appearances in 1999 and 2000, featuring Rasheed Wallace, Damon Stoudamire, and Bonzi Wells.
Interviews with former players and sports pundits reveal tension between on-court success and the team's legal troubles, and Sportswriter John Canzano calls the period the greatest sociology experiment in sports.