June 9, 1981: Selected Jeff Lamp (1st round, 15th pick), Darnell Valentine (1st round, 16th pick), Brian Jackson (2nd round, 26th pick), Derek Holcomb (3rd round, 50th pick), Petur Gudmundsson (3rd round, 61st pick), Pete Verhoeven (4th round, 85th pick), Herb Andrew (5th round, 107th pick), Roshern Arnie (6th round, 131st pick), Julius Wayne (7th round, 153rd pick), John Smith (8th round, 176th pick), Sid Williams (9th round, 196th pick) and Steve Cochran (10th round, 217th pick) in the 1981 NBA Draft.
August 4, 1981: Traded a 1982 3rd round draft pick (Craig Tucker) to the New York Knicks for Tom Barker.
June 29, 1982: Selected Fat Lever (1st round, 11th pick), Linton Townes (2nd round, 33rd pick), Audie Norris (2nd round, 37th pick), Phillip Lockett (3rd round, 66th pick), Eric Smith (4th round, 79th pick), Cherokee Rhone (5th round, 103rd pick), Leo Cunningham (6th round, 125th pick), Terry Long (7th round, 149th pick), Dave Porter (8th round, 171st pick), Mark Dearborn (9th round, 195th pick) and Grant Taylor (10th round, 215th pick) in the 1982 NBA Draft.
August 2, 1982: Signed Jeff Judkins as a veteran free agent and sent a 1984 3rd round draft pick (Tim Kearney) to the Detroit Pistons as compensation.
January 7, 1983: Traded cash to the Indiana Pacers for Don Buse. Indiana also received the consultation services of Portland vice president Jon Spolestra.
February 14, 1983: Bob Gross signed as a veteran free agent with the San Diego Clippers; received FROM_TRADE as compensation.
June 28, 1983: Selected Clyde Drexler (1st round, 14th pick), Granville Waiters (2nd round, 39th pick), Tom Piotrowski (3rd round, 62nd pick), Tim Dunham (4th round, 85th pick), Gary Monroe (5th round, 108th pick), Derrick Pope (6th round, 131st pick), Paul Little (7th round, 154th pick), Frank Smith (8th round, 177th pick), Phil Hopson (9th round, 199th pick) and Russ Christianson (10th round, 220th pick) in the 1983 NBA Draft.
June 18, 1985: Selected Terry Porter (1st round, 24th pick), Mike Smrek (2nd round, 25th pick), George Montgomery (2nd round, 39th pick), Perry Young (3rd round, 61st pick), Joe Atkinson (4th round, 85th pick), James Anderson (5th round, 107th pick), Curtis Moore (6th round, 131st pick) and Mark Owen (7th round, 153rd pick) in the 1985 NBA Draft.