Blazers honor Duckworth with memorial stripe

Brandon Roy models the Kevin Duckworth memorial stripe players will wear this season (Brian Hendrickson)

When players showed up for media day at the Rose Garden on Monday, their left shoulders were decorated with a memorial to Kevin Duckworth that they will wear all season.

Duckworth died suddenly in late August of hypertrophic cardiomyopothy, a condition which causes sudden cardiac deaths. To honor Duckworth, all three versions of the Blazers uniform will feature a black stripe with Duckworth's number -- 00 -- stitched in white. Additionally, the black patch on warm-up uniforms and shooting shirts will read “DUCK” in red with the “00” below it in white.

To the left is a picture of the stripe, as modeled by Brandon Roy.