1:30 Olympic Sized Feelings about Team Australia

9:00 What have the Blazers been up to?

15:30 Wedding season

17:00 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Damian Lillard possible crossover

23:44 Rebuilding Season

32:00 Former Blazers to watch around the League

55:00 Takes

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Tara and Rose catch up after a pretty significant break. How are we spending our summer? How does it compare to last summer and the Damian Lillard saga? We left in a swear because its summer time, you've been warned!

1:00 WHAT have we been doing instead

2:00 Instead of worrying about Damian Lillard, we’re living our lives and looking in on other teams’ problems/drama

6:00 Checking in on how we’re feeling about Damian Lillard.

13:30 What have we been watching? 

30:00 Team USA thoughts: Tokyo Gold is worth more than the Paris Gold

42:00 Catching up with what the Blazers have been up to

46:00 Klutch Sports makes inroads in their plans to take over the Trail Blazers

49:00 Scootspectatioins and Clingonometry

50:00 Tara’s take: Blazer need to play to win the In Season Tournament

56:00 Matisse Thybulle is still a Blazer?

1:01:00 Rose’s take: There are too many swimming events.

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We are over dunks (okay well Tara is) because they overshadow the art of understated and elegant layups. We are ready to roll with the Chill and Elegant Portland Trail Blazers! This week we also touch on recent wins, what we love about Delano Banton, get a report about family night at the game with Rose’s family and learn about Duop Reath. 

1:50 It's raining wins in Rip City!

6:45 How can we recognize players for their rebounding?

7:30 Tara is officially out on dunks

9:30 Family game night vs Houston

19:00 NBA Coffee The game-day caffeine routine keeps the Portland Trail Blazers, the NBA's most well-traveled team, running - ESPN 

23:50 Banton Believers

33:30 Duop Reath

43:15 Being found at a South Sudanese Basketball Tournament in Australia

48:00 College years

57:00 Sidebar about South Sudanese Basketball National team (Reath plays for Australia)

1:05:00 Professional Career

1:11:00 Comparing Reath’s journey to the more “typical” route into the NBA

1:21:00 Takes: let the 3s fly, Domoinayton, defensive rules should be straightforward enough to explain to a 7 year old. 

Duop Reath Resources:

Against all odds, 27 year old rookie Duop Reath made the NBA

The Incredible Journey of Duop Reath

Illawarra Hawks' Duop Reath's incredible journey from South Sudan to NBL's biggest stage - ESPN  

Mirrabooka's Duop Reath making his mark in US college system with Louisiana State University

'A better opportunity': LSU's Duop Reath emerges from war-torn South Sudan ... and Australia, to carve a niche in America

Portland-bound: Here's how Duop Reath cracked the NBA   

The Refugee Who Could Be Rookie of the Month

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00:30 Icebreaker: Which NBA Player do you think you are most like?  04:50 PORvsDEN: the story so far. 10:00 Damian Lillard shot chart for that game was ridiculous. 14:00 WHAT are we going to remember about the 2020-2021 regular season? 14:40 CJ McCollum hot start 16:05 Awkward, empty arenas and teams in the wrong color jerseys. 17:45 Fans becoming armchair epidemiologists 19:20 Finally let Ant dunk, Damian Lillard called “game”, Paul George apologizes. All Star weekend turned out okay. (20:30 Aaron Gordon slander) 21:30 Blazers vs 76ers CJ Elleby game 23:20 Enes Kanter’s 30 rebound game.  24:20 Gary Trent Jr trade. #UsTheNorth (28:25 wanting what's best for a player) 29:30 Watching Carmelo Anthony move up in the ranks of all time scorers. What did we learn about being the custodian of someone’s legacy? 35:00 What if Stotts leaves and Damian leaves to go be with him?  36:00 Melo’s impact beyond the box score.  39:00 Guys over 30 are still good. The window feels like it is open longer for players than it used to be.  39:50 Turnaround road trip during a really hard part of the season.  41:10 Lillard Twins and Keljin Blevin’s baby cuties! 42:00 20-21 was the year Zach Collins got a stylist or he started dressing himself. In any case it was interesting.’ 43:00 Being back in the Moda Center for the Laker game. 44:00 Comments on the rest of the league Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:00 Shout out to Taelor Jae @taelorrrjae for the inspiration for an icebreaker: Favorite sports memories. Kenny Wheaton’s gonna score, and watching Allen Crabbe getting a career high. 5:10 When Dame goes off vs when a bench or role player goes off 7:10 From six weeks ago to now. What happened?  10:00 Coaching rumors 18:00 Having everyone healthy again 19:35 Recapping how some of the individual players have been down the stretch starting with Norman Powell. 22:00 Size matters though, on defense.  24:20 Was Kendyl disappointed that the Blazers didn’t trade for Aaron Gordon? 26:25 Robert Covington report 32:00 CJ McCollum (Tara is still sorry she didn’t include him on the 5 most important Blazers this season). 36:35 Carmelo Anthony. So many games against the Nuggets come down to the 4th quarter, so this will be an opportunity for him to shine.  39:00 Anfernee Simons, time to shine! 40:00 Will we see any other players outside the chosen 8 in the lineup during the playoffs? When?  44:05 Kendyl uses logic on Tara and who is going to guard Michael Porter Jr?  46:55 Around the league - Lakers vs Warriors play-in game.  50:25 Similarities between the narrative around Steph this year and Damian Lillard in other years.  55:00 The shocking turn of opinions about Chris Paul 49:45 How we like the play in tournament and how it could be improved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:15 If you could be great at one basketball play, what is it?  3:45 Getting to know Marlow Ferguson and how he got started with basketball and writing about basketball.  5:30 2011 The summer of Blazers Fan Fiction 7:15 Rip City Recap Ball movement, where did that come from?  8:30 Energy from fans 13:15 Playoff feel of recent games 14:30 Ranking the 5 most important Trail Blazers this season. 15:30 Number 5: Carmelo Anthony, Norman Powell, Carmelo Anthony 19:00 Number 4: Jusuf Nurkic, Jusuf Nurkic, Robert Covington 22:30 Number 3: Robert Covington, 23:15 Derrick Jones Jr interlude 27:15 Number 3, continued: Robert Covington, Enes Kanter 30:00 Number 2: CJ McCollum, Enes Kanter, CJ McCollum 36:00 Number 1: Damian Lillard, Damian Lillard (but Tara why are you talking about CJ again?), Damian Lillard 41:45 Is the team built appropriately around Damian Lillard?  47:25 Stotts status 47:45 Potential round one playoff opponents   Find Marlow at @meloferg and @blazersedge. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under  Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 Ice breaker: If you were in a horror movie situation, which two NBA or WNBA players would you want with you? How did Hassan Whiteside get in here?  8:00 Getting to know Taelor Jae from Sports Talk . . . Mostly! Podcast 12:00 Growing up in a family of referees 19:00 About Sports Talk . . . Mostly! 24:00 Catching up on the Trail Blazers recent play 31:00 Why isn’t Derrick Jones Jr playing?  35:20 Conspiracy and speculation about LeBron James 39:00 What do we want to see the rest of the season?  48:00 Question from @Hecubus01 about Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony 55:00 WNBA Season Preview - which players to watch 1:01:00 Excess of talent in the WNBA 1:08:00 How to dip your toes into the WNBA 1:11:00 Key storylines Find Taelor at @taelorrrjae, Sports Talk... Mostly! Podcast, get shirts and other merchandise supporting women in sports. Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:05 If you could have any two NBA players team up to form an interior design duo to makeover your space who would you pick and why?  7:20 Jo’s reaction to hearing that LaMarcus Aldridge was retiring. So can you start us off with your LaMarcus story? 9:45 Jo’s LaMarcus Aldridge story. StayLA, an email, and a personal invitation. “I cannot let LaMarcus think this is what Rip City thinks of him.” 22:00 A collection of Jo’s favorite LaMarcus moments.  26:00 Do you remember where you were when you heard that LaMarcus was leaving Portland?  34:00 Should the Portland Trail Blazers retire the number 12?  35:50 Was LaMarcus more important than Brandon Roy? 39:00 Cassidy’s Top Shot update.  42:15 LaMarcus’s decision to play through his injured thumb. 43:00 LaMarcus after Dame made the shot against Houston. 47:20 McLaughlin Automart commercials and Portlandia 49:00 What would you think he might do next? Acting? Coaching? Announcing? 52:00 An interview circuit would be so interesting. What he went through, even though he is an NBA star, is really relatable in a lot of ways.  55:00 Tara admits she boo’d when LaMarcus came back.  1:00:00 Is Stotts time in Portland over?  1:06:30 Why does Popovich get away with snarky post game interviews and Stotts doesn’t?  1:14:00 LaMarcus parting thoughts - defending him against punks in the Rose Garden, and recalling draft night.  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter:  @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Find the playlist on Spotify and YouTube. 2:25 Icebreaker Where is your favorite place to turn up the volume and listen to music?  4:45 The Best Tina Turner  7:30 It’s a Long Way To the Top if You Want to Rock and Roll AC/DC 9:00 Ready or Not, The Fugees 10:30 Smooth Operator, Sade 12:00 Hold On (part II), Martha Wash  13:00 How concerned are we about the fact that the Blazers can’t beat teams that are better than them? 16:45 Whatta Man Salt-n-Peppa and En Vogue 19:30 Dionysis, BTS 21:15 24 Karat Magic, Bruno Mars 23:00 Thoughts about new players and how they are fitting in (so far) 26:20 Light of A Clear Blue Morning Dolly Parton 29:10 Respect by Aretha Franklin 31:30 Blow the Whistle, Too $hort 32:20 Country Grammar, Nelly 33:30 Moments this season that have brought us happiness 37:25 Party Up, DMX 38:85 Heroes, David Bowie 40:00 What’s Up Danger, Blackway & Black Caviar 41:45 King Kunta, Kendrick Lamar 43:15 One thing that will be really important for Damian to close out the season strong.  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. This week's guests: @corvallisonian and @roselharding We are part of @bluewirehustle Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 March Madness 3:30 Icebreaker: Where in Portland would you bring a new Trail Blazer? 7:00 Thorns and Roses: Why can’t the Blazers play good defense? At least they are winning the games that they should and they are not really falling for any trap games.  12:00 Really though, how are they so bad on defense? 16:30 Robert Covington is so good! 18:00 If Derrick Jones Jr keeps it up this may become a pro-dunking podcast again.  21:00 Getting to know Norman Powell 28:00 Getting to know Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 41:30 Get to know T.J. Leaf 47:00 Hoping Melo gets back to form.  References:  NBA Player Norman Powell Donates $100,000 To Families In San Diego Lincoln High’s Norman Powell: the subtle superstar (Interview with Norm’s Mom) Don't touch Rondae Hollis Jefferson's Head (not Norman's son) ‎Philly Famous Podcast: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on Apple Podcasts TJ Leaf’s fish-filled Instagram account Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Subscribe to the podcast https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We had a beautiful talk with two of the Dishes and Dimes co-hosts, Kelsea  and Sandie, about our beautiful fake sons Norman Powell, Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood.  1:00 Icebreaker: what is your ideal selfie location?  3:50 Getting to know Sandie and Kelsea and Dishes and Dimes 8:30 The new everlasting bond between Raptors and Blazers fans.  18:25 Norman Powell, Buck Hunter 29:20 Apollo and Odin 34:00 Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood memories 42:00 Understanding why the trade happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week @BlazersbySagar joined the WHAT podcast to talk Blazers needs at the trade deadline and to preview the last 8 weeks of the season. If they can get through Spring Break in Florida there is a beautiful path for Damian Lillard to earn an MVP.  Ice Breaker: 1:00 What NBA player would you like to cast in a DC or Marvel movie/series, what would their role be?  4:15 Shawn Bradley appreciation minute 6:00 Get to know Sagar Where did your interest and passion for basketball come from? Favorite Trail Blazer, Favorite Trail Blazer memory?  9:00 Rip City Recap: Trade Deadline  10:45 Likelihood of a trade deadline trade by the Blazers? 11:45 Top Neil Olshey in-season move?  13:15 If you were advising Jodi Allen what would you suggest they do at the deadline? 17:15 LaMarcus Aldridge and why this might be the best possible time for him to return to Portland.  19:40 How hard should the Blazers be trying to get back in the draft? 20:45 Why isn’t Anfernee Simons playing?  24:30 Is Aaron Gordon to Portland really going to happen? If so, how? What does he bring to the team? 31:00 Schedule Shootaround  32:00 Week 1 Spring Break in Florida! 35:00 Week 2 might be the calm before the storm 36:00 Week 3 how will the Utah match play out?  38:00 Week 4 39:00 Week 5 Will the Blazers ever play Memphis again? (Space Aliens) 41:00 How we’re feeling about teams playing each other twice in three days.  44:00 Week 6 would be a pretty good road trip if we were just on a road trip 45:00 Week 7 a tough road trip ends and the Blazers play the Lakers who will probably have LeBron and AD back.  46:00 Week 8 they play Houston and its teams like that that have nothing to play for who crush your dreams.  48:00 We briefly lose focus and feel sorry for Houston Rockets.  50:00 The end of the season puts Damian Lillard in perfect position to win the MVP. Can you imagine his speech? 53:00 What is the league going to do if more games are lost due to COVID protocols or not having enough players? Will some teams finish with fewer games? Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Subscribe to the podcast https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:15 Ice Breaker, Star Trek Bridge Crew #RipCity Edition: If you had to pick NBA players to be the captain and first officer of the starship you were traveling on, who would you pick and why? Reviewing how the first half of the season went for each player, what we’re watching for in the second half.  8:45 Carmelo Anthony coming off the bench, continuing to be fun to watch 12:45 Keljin Blevins, family.  14:45 Zach Collins is trying some new things fashion wise and continues to be a good bench presence cheering on his teammates. 18:00 Robert Covington knows what he’s doing and he should always wear a mask. 21:15 Jusuf “Nurkiose” Nurkic, you always know when he’s in the building, and he’s been doing lots of amazing charity work to support women. Looking forward to him being happy on the court and pick and rolls.  26:45 Harry Giles III has a great attitude and we hope to see him play more.  28:15 Rodney Hood spinning jump shot, hoping he has a strong second half. Also don’t fire Stotts. 35:30 Derrick Jones Jr hustles and does everything with his whole self, looking for him to take more lobs but not from Damian. Hoping he gets some sleep too.  Enes Kanter is the best starting backup center, in the second half we want him to be the best back up center.  39:30 Damian Lillard taking charges at the end of the game. Hoping for a new little plot twist for the second half of the season.  42:30 Nassir Little look and plays like an experienced player who is consistently improving.  43:45 Gary Trent Jr’s shooting has continued, hoping he figures out how to be useful when he isn’t scoring. We know he can play defense would like to see him get more consistent.  47:00 CJ Elleby already had is Sacramento game (vs 76ers), good for him having it so early! Keep on being CJ Elleby, CJ Elleby! Anfernee Simons good to see him get minutes in the first half of the season. Could help speed up the pace when he does get in? Take it to the rack and use Slam Dunk Championess.  49:45 CJ McCollum favorite thing about having CJ back is taking some of the load off of Damian Lillard 53:00 Hot take debate: CJ McCollum is a must have, Jusuf Nurkic is a nice-to-have in the ways that they contribute to this team.  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Subscribe to the podcast https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww You can find Tara @tcbbiggs and me @cassidygemmet on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Blazers Rule, Lakers Drool!" We go way back to the beginning to learn about Brenna Greene's journey, from Blazers Kids Camp attendee, to nun in Sound of Music, to Montana, Reno and Spokane where she was the station's first female sports director. Many fun stories a long the way. Plus we check in with her on possible WHAT Award nominees!

1:20 Icebreakers - entertaining things that happened during a game that are not basketball related. DeMarcus Cousins gets unejected, blimp crash, t-shirt tosses.

11:30 Rip City United Season Ticket Holder event.

13:35 Blazers camps for kids used to have the best giveaways.

15:30 Getting to know Brenna

18:30 Blazers Rule, Lakers "Drul"

21:30 Basketball and how she became a broadcaster

28:55 Becoming the first female sports news director at KREM in Spokane

32:00 Strong Gonzaga connection with Blazers media

33:45 Highlights of some of the things she’s covered over the years

39:30 Covering the Damian Lillard game

47:00 Covering the Blazers this year

53:00 Covering teams that you have been a fan of

55:35 WHAT awards check in

1:21:00 Takes: hold onto your physical media because it disappears from the internet, tall point guards are fun, the sun makes people drive out of their minds.

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1:00 Icebreaker: Start, Cut, Trade - cookies, cakes and pies 5:00 All Star Saturday Night Roses and Thorns: Skills Challenge, uniforms, Dunk Contest, Dame winner, players not able to play.  11:00 Dunk Contest: Cassidy didn’t punch a wall and Anfernee didn’t hit his face on the rim. Winning all around. (Thanks to Cathy and Jennifer for their takes!) 17:30 Hot off the presses Issue #2 of Flagrant Magazine What has the last year been like watching Flagrant Magazine take off?  25:00 The Great Basketball Bake-Off Which basketball players would be the best British Bake Off contestants? Our choices: Derrick Jones Jr., CJ McCollum, Serge Ibaka, Deandre Jordan, Javale McGee, Russell Westbrook, Jimmy Butler, Lamelo Ball, Nikola Jokic, Zion Williamson, Robin Lopez, Kyrie Irving 53:30 Takes from @2guysbrandon and @kendylbennett16 Find us on Twitter: Astyn Butuso: @lil_buts and @Flagrantmag. @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:00 Icebreaker: Favorite coaching moment? Tara: Maurice Cheeks assist with the National Anthem, Sage: Saints go for an onside kick in 2009 Superbowl. Cassidy: any time Terry Stotts wears a plaid suit.  4:45 Tara’s apology to Steven Adams 6:00 Roses and Thorns from Blazers vs Hornets. Roses: Covington’s great game, Anthony/Little combo, Lillard giving Simons advice on the sideline (while inbounding the ball). Thorns: Playing the starters too long, not having a backup center backup, players limping and looking tired.  14:00 Top Shot Talk 24:00 How is collecting Moments different than collecting cards? 31:00 Online Sports betting, how does it work?  35:00 Stay in school and study math kids! 40:00 Placing a bet 44:30 Betting on your own team? 50:00 Player prop bets -- putting real money on De’Andre Ayton   Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @dasage @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Women’s Hoops And Talks (W.H.A.T.) Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 If you could pick one NBA player to be stuck in a wilderness survival situation with who would you pick and why? How about if you were going on a Bigfoot hunt?  10:15 Rip City Recap: Covington and Derrick Jones Jr are finding their way, finding their place on the team.  13:30 Blazers need more rebounders. 15:05 Kanter is being asked to do too much. 19:05 What was the difference between the 6 games they won and the 3 games they lost?  22:10 It was so hard watching Robin Lopez eat Portland up.  23:00 Noah Vonleh is available. 28:00 Please just bring in someone who is tall.  30:10 Vanterpool and empty promises from the league. 39:00 All Star Snubs - can we come up with better ideas for selecting All Stars?  49:00 Hot takes from Twitter!  @O_Beewan says:  The team did an amazing job with all these injuries and the young players proved their value which means that when CJ and Nurk will be back, I honestly think that the team will be a very solid top 5 team of the West. @FamilyTwine says: What's more fun to you; seeing a *young players* like Nas take a step forward or a sentimental favorite like Rodney show flashes that he's getting back to where he was before the injury? Both are great but I think I enjoy Hoodies moments of brilliance a little more (I'm also old). Follow us on twitter: @wehaveatake, @cassidygemmet and @tcbbiggs. We are part of @bluewirehustle Women’s Hoops And Talks (W.H.A.T.) Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Warning there is an F-Bomb at the very end of the episode! 1:30 Blazers players and coaches show that they can adapt and succeed 3:00 Gary Trent Jr 8:00 Anfernee Simons 9:30 Why do people say Anfernee Simons isn’t a point guard? 15:45 Why does Kanter fit so well in Portland? 20:15 Derrick Jones Jr., is he in the right role?  23:00 Having options is incredible 23:30 Robert “Small Ball 5” Covington 26:00 Rebounding: is it a problem that the Blazers are not as good at rebounding this season? 30:00 Is Melo adapting to coming  off the bench.  33:45 Damian Lillard Damian Lillard Damian Lillard. 35:00 New Orleans Pelicans Preview 43:00 Takes!  @SusieSuffrage How long will Harry Giles be out and how are we going to adjust? @Theo3ptB Will Portland be in Drummond  talks to attempt to win now! @kendylbennett16 Oh boy that seems to change every game haha. I’m optimistic considering we are 5th in the west even with all our injuries, but also still hoping for a move to bring in someone like a PJ Tucker or even BG. @samvanrooy HOT TAKE: This is the most fun the Blazers have ever been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:00 Post Harden Era in Houston, John Wall, Victor Oladipo, how much of the up and down is due to all of the changes and how much is due to the weird COVID year? 11:30 All Star Game Thoughts 22:00 What makes a good game part 2 32:00 Subtract points for a blowout 38:30 Taking injuries off the rubric so we don’t curse ourselves, replacing with was the game within 5 in the 4th quarter? 45:00 Updated system: based on 5 points being a great game. 1 point for a win, 1 point for a memorable dunk, 1 point when a role player gets the walk off interview, 1 point if the game was within 5 in the 4th quarter, and 1 point if the other team gets a non-procedural foul. You can get 1 point of extra credit if it was a blowout.  Follow Brit at @britrobotista and @stepbacksisters! You can find Tara @tcbbiggs and  Cassidy @cassidygemmet on Twitter.  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cassidy shares memories of her mother-in-law Carla and why the Blazers were important to their relationship. Then Tara and Cassidy dig in to try and figure out what makes a good game? Take a spin using their new system! 1:00 A message from Cassidy, in memory of her Mother in Law and the love they shared.  7:00 Sports is more than wins and losses 11:00 Let people enjoy sports they way they want to enjoy sports. 16:00 Does Robert Covington’s mask give him super powers?  17:30 Coming up with a new rating system for what makes a good game. 23:00 Is there a memorable dunk? 25:00 No Blazers gets injured (of course, we hope no one gets injured at all) 29:00 Someone besides Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum or Jusuf gets the walkoff interview.  35:00 The other team gets a technical 36:00 Other ideas: Gary Trent Jr fashion, #FireStotts doesn’t trend 43:30 Do Blazers really blow big leads more than anyone else?  44:30 @PeepsInPlaid Hmmm, I’m thinking it’s blasphemous to verbally consider a post-Dame&CJ back court...but we need to...soon. (Not saying move on, but just begin making decisions for play time and other moves based on that understanding) 47:30 @Theo3ptB How much does Portland  miss the inside presence of Hassan Whiteside?   With injuries will Blazers try move (Nurkic) and Zach Collins 50:00 @blazingthepath The Blazers should start Nassir Little when he’s available again! Follow Twitter! WHAT Pod @wehaveatake, Tara @tcbbiggs, and Cassidy @CassidyGemmet.  Women’s Hoops And Talks (W.H.A.T.) Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First we share some Rip City takes, from Anfernee Simons taking over for CJ McCollum, to Enes Kanter rebounding to Carmelo Anthony mentoring on the court. Thank you to our friends for sending in their takes @O_Beewan,  @cannafitqueen2, @2guysbrandon, @FamilyTwine! The Blazers are 16 games into a confusing and injury-plagued season. What do they do next? How does this affect the future of the team? How is Damian Lillard going to win the championship we want so much for him? What does it all mean? We reached out to our friend Cal Lee, one half of the team behind the Baseline Podcast (along with Warren Shaw), to help us make sense of it all.  1:00 Icebreaker 4:00 @cannafitqueen2 Spicy take on Anfernee Simons taking over for CJ McCollum 7:30 @O_Beewan On the young players gaining confidence, the importance of Carmelo Anthony and Rodney Hood, and a new nickname for Derrick Jones Jr.  11:00 @2guysbrandon Enes Kanter rebounds. 13:00 @FamilyTwine Melo as a mentor and why we love doing interviews.  19:00 Introducing Cal Lee of the Baseline Podcast.  23:00 Who does he think the Blazers are likely to miss more, Jusuf Nurkic or CJ McCollum? 30:00 What is an ideal risk for the Blazers to take?  35:30 Opinions about the new players on the team.  37:30 What do Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr bring to the game that the Blazers could build on for the future.  44:00 Gary Trent Jr and Damian Lillard on the same team, how cool is that duo? 46:45 Carmelo Anthony thoughts, from the perspective of someone in the New York area.  51:00 Carmelo Anthony as a mentor and what that means for his legacy.  Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @gamefacelee @bluewirehustle Subscribe:  https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode starts with a quick round of “roses and thorns” about the Trail Blazers’ week that we’d like to forget.  Then we perk way up, because our idol, Portland-based broadcaster Ann Shatz, joined the W.H.A.T. podcast! We heard about the beginning of her career in Omaha, Nebraska and Portland, Oregon. We reminisce about the Portland Fire and talk about her time as the Trail Blazers’ sideline reporter. Cassidy shared some of the ways that Shatz had inspired her and we begged her to come back and tell us more stories from her incredible career.   1:00 Ice breaker. Who is an NBA player that the other players are cheering for?  2:30 What is going on with Kyrie?  4:00 Take a mental health day! 7:00 James Harden to the Nets is annoying.  8:00 Roses and Thorns we’re going to try not to talk about injuries but we probably will.  9:00 CJ Is more mature than either of us 10:00 Thorn: stop hitting Derrick Jones Jr in the face.  11:30 Rose: Derrick Jones Jr in general 13:30 Thorn: Stop making Derrick Jones Jr take so many 3s 14:45 Rose: When Derrick Jones Jr misses dunks they are still spectacular 17:00 Introducing Ann Schatz 18:00 Growing up in the midwest, learned sports from brothers and her dad. 21:00 Getting started as the first female sportscaster in Nebraska 24:00 Didn’t have anyone to bounce anything off of. Couldn’t get anything wrong, but had lots of supportive people around.  25:00 Moved to Portland in 1989 and it wasn’t a very warm reception. Was there a moment that she remembered that made her feel like she had been accepted in Portland?  30:30 Started working for the Blazers and the Fire in 1999 as sideline reporter.  33:45 The time Brian Grant need a hair-tie. 35:00 The time she made Mike Dunley mad 36:00 Daily routine as a sideline reporter. Shoot arounds, sound bites, pre-game hits, half-time, post game. There was a routine but every day was different.  37:40 Hosted in the studio while the team was on the road.  39:15 Working with Bill Schonley 41:15 Remembering when the Fire was coming to town, working with Mike Barrett.  44:00 How Ann influenced Cassidy’s love for women’s sports.  48:00 Hoping to be in inspiration to young girls and women to get into sportsl 49:30 Working with the Pac-12 Network, working with college kids.  51:30 What it was like learning how to call games as opposed to being the analyst.  55:00 Working for the Thorns. Never thought she’d see in her lifetime that kind of a crowd watching women’s sports.  58:30 Fantastic eclectic fanbase.  1:00:00 Thorn’s draft 1:02:00 Memorable interviews: Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Nancy Lopez, Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter   @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @bluewirehustle Subscribe:  https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2:00 Victor Oladipo leaves big city for small town 4:15 Damian Lillard is someone’s Dad that no one can ever measure up to.  6:15 Derrick Jones Jr is the put-together best friend with a happy life. 9:30 Sabonis: Royal prince who is trying to live up to his dad’s expectations while still being true to himself.  14:30 CJ morning show host choosing between being the lead on a big network or staying where he knows he is happy.  17:15 CJ Elleby is a camp counselor who has to put on a big campfire show to save the camp from corporate developers. 19:00 Who are the NBA equivalent of Hallmark developers?  20:00 Malcom Brogdon busy business man’s friend who teaches his friend that he needs balance in his life.  22:00 Nurkic is the handyman/owner of a coffee shop that is the heart of the community. That developers want to tear down.  25:00 Gary Trent Jr moody artist who needs joy in his life so he can enjoy Christmas again. Classic mistaken identity meet-cute. By the way, should Gary Trent Jr be in the starting lineup?  30:00 Miles Turner. His character has big expectations and what he really wants to do is build an app. Rebounding talk. Really important role players are important. 34:00 What is Anfernee’s vibe? Meets incognito princess.  38:15 Tropes that represent the teams: Pacers are a family with turmoil who, with a little Christmas magic, mend the rift, save Christmas and live happily ever after. 40:00 Blazers: they are united by a beneficent spirit from beyond the grave or they were left a house (or yacht) in someone’s will that they had to split and learn to get along/win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:00 Icebreaker what are we thankful for? 3:00 How do we feel about how the NBA is handling the pandemic? 12:15 Blowout games 21:00 New rules for coaches apparel 24:45 Blazers vs Pacers preview 26:15 What is going well? More complex playbook.  New coach Coach Bjorkgren (Bee-ork-gren). They look a lot like the Raptors from a few years ago.  30:00 On Victor Oladipo 36:00 Our favorite players as Hallmark movie characters 40:05 End Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @C2_Cooper @bluewirehustle Subscribe:  https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the All Star break and we have a grab bag of topics to cover including Duop Reath’s new NBA contract, Scoot’s new Cheetos shoes, Adam Silver reassessing the G League Ignite and more! Plus, a history lesson about the NBA Dunk Contest that you probably have never heard about!

Shout out to Darnell Hillman!

:45 All Star Weekend - how do they choose the players for the Celebrity game? 

6:17 Bad rules and bad commentary for the Steph Curry vs Sabrina Ionescu three point shootout

13:57 Shaedon Sharpe and Scoot Henderson attend All Star Weekend together. 

15:08 Why isn’t Wemby an all star?

23:30 Duop Reath gets his NBA contract! 

30:30 Props to the Minnesota Timberwolves for breaking through (finally!)

34:15 Jerami is coming for Most Improved Fit awards by adding his special t-shirt collection into the mix. 

37:00 Scoot Henderson’s new Cheeto shoes with Puma (plus a dramatic reading of a partial press release. Puma please sponsor the podcast.)

43:00 Shout out Ashtan Hagans for his G League All Star appearance!

45:00 Adam Silver reassessing the G League Ignite 

55:00 The first NBA Dunk Contest in 1977 NOT 1984 as the NBA would like you to think!  NBA dunk contest started in 1976-77, when Pacers Darnell Hillman won. Learn more about Darnell Hillman, Dr Dunk.

1:08:00 Is it possible that the Rose Quarter has a dunking curse? 

1:13:00 Takes: No games in the week leading up to All Star Weekend, and an update on Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan’s relationship. 

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Amber Vickers of Unwrapped Sports Network and Stepback Sisterhood joined us to talk about Carmelo Anthony, the Trail Blazers, the Oklahoma City Thunder and dive into various stories around the NBA.  1:00 Ice Breaker: Ode to Melo: favorite memories of Carmelo Anthony 14:00 Get to know Amber Vickers (@simplyme_av) of Unwrapped Sports Network (@UnwrappedSports) and Stepback Sisterhood (@StepbackSisters) podcast. 17:00 What was it like when the Thunder came to Oklahoma City?  19:00 Why do the OKC jerseys look like different kinds of laundry detergent.  22:00 About Unwrapped Sports network 25:00 Getting information from independent news platforms 27:50 Fast takes 29:00 Miami color explosion 31:00 Coach Becky Hammon 33:15 Draymond Green wild pointing 36:30 The Carmerlot shoes 38:30 The Knicks 41:00 The Nets' court 44:20 2021 Referee slow start? 48:20 Trade rumors 53:00 @Hecubus01 It’s not really a hot take, but for some fans it may be, Stotts will be the coach for the whole season & won’t be fired. 56:00 @EvenOddsPodcast Paul: I'm really just enjoying my boy Payton Pritchard looking like a million bucks. And, I'm trying to stay optimistic of our Blazers, but it's hard when my sweet prince Harry Giles III is sitting on the bench :( 1:01:00 Brandon: this surprisingly enjoyable combo of Payton-Barrett-Randle has me tuning into the Knicks more than I expected this year. 1:07:00 Football talk?! Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @simplyme_av @bluewirehustle Subscribe:  https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer (Complex, The Shadow League, Carolina Blitz) and Golden State Warrior’s fan Jannelle Moore (@jannelle12) joined us to give out roses and thorns for the season so far, talk about takes from Twitter and preview the upcoming games between Portland and Golden State. The last time the three of us got together, the league shut down. We’re happy to report that this time all that happened was we laughed a lot and talked about Steph Curry and Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and James Harden, uniforms, the bench area, and how hard it is to get defensive rebounds.  5:00 The last time the three of us were together the league shut down. 7:00 Rose City "Roses and Thorns": Opening Night - Yay! Basketball is back! 12:45 Christmas Day - What are they wearing?  15:30 Derrick Jones Jr. and Gary Trent Jr get all the roses! 20:00 What is wrong with the Warriors season?  23:00 Comparing Damian Lillard and Steph Curry. They are very different in so many ways but they share a few key traits, including leadership abilities. 33:45 On not trading CJ McCollum. 34:30 Okay, we will talk about what would happen if they traded CJ.  But why? 41:15 More roses for early season players throughout the league in general. Ja Morant, Trey Young, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. 45:00 Thorns for injuries and illness, esp not knowing the long term effects of COVID-19. 47:00 The bench area and arenas in the COVID-19 era are boring.  51:00 Sharing takes from: @mikerice6, @DHawes22, @JanisReynolds @LongStoryLonger, @Dasage , @LillardForMayor, @Hecubus01 including competition in the west, playing good defense the whole game, moving in a positive direction, lighting a fire with Harden rumors, rotations, Derrick Jones Jr is the cutest (Gary Trent Jr is the most effervescent), and Harden to Portland.  1:14:00 Quick preview of upcoming Golden State games including: 1:16:00 Defensive rebounds are hard 1:18:00 How will the Blazers do against a rookie center?  Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @jannelle12 @bluewirehustle Subscribe:  https://apple.co/2Vn9Hf9 https://spoti.fi/3lARIww Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Icebreaker 2:00 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at a robotics tournament (no this is not a fever dream) and a narrow escape from a Denver elevator.  10:00 Tom Petty, The Waiting 13:00 KD Lang, Luck in My Eyes honoring the return of Nurkic and  15:30 The Kinks, The Kinks - State of Confusion for the preseason in General 16:30 Shout out Mike Richman (@mikegrich) of Locked on Blazers for his defensive discussion on his podcast! 18:00 Denver has the most depressing arena 20:15 Ariana Grande, Break Free feat. Zedd for Harry Giles 26:30 Steve Miller Band, Fly Like An Eagle AND Jet Airliner (Remastered 2017) for Derrick Jones Jr 29:30 Brittany Spears Oops, I did it again for Gary Trent Jr 33:30 Dolly Parton - Love Will Keep Us Together for Gary Trent Jr  35:30 Damian Lillard's 51 Points x Dame D.O.L.L.A. - 'They Sleep' 37:00 Chris Haynes has the Blazers rated correctly  37:45 The Hollies, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother for Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic Takes from Twitter! Thanks to everyone who submitted a take (or two or more) 41:00 https://twitter.com/Theo3ptB/status/1341397012978266113 45:00 https://twitter.com/SimplyMe_AV/status/1341407077332299777 48:30 https://twitter.com/Hecubus01/status/1341471294362058753?s=20 50:30 https://twitter.com/KenCosey/status/1341462650799022080?s=20 52:45 https://twitter.com/FamilyTwine/status/1341464444392464384?s=20 54:15 https://twitter.com/britrobotista/status/1341463256578154496 55:30 https://twitter.com/diandraann/status/1341450356228640768 57:00 Cassidy: Derrick Jones Jr will repeat win the dunk contest Harry Giles will be MIP even if official voters don’t recognize it Evan Turner will be the best dressed coach in the NBA this season 1:00 We don’t know what our email is anymore. (its hoopsandtalks@gmail.com) Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Find the whole playlist on Youtube Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify Find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @bluewirehustle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:00 Favorite shared memories with our husbands.  6:00 We needed the bubble for our mental health.  8:00 Cardiac screening 10:00 We trust the Blazers to follow the rules and we want it to go well because this could be their best year in a long time.  12:00 Excellent pointing and communicating so far 13:00 Obligatory Harry Giles praise 16:30 Rook has been thrown in the deep end.  17:30 Um, so . . . are the Blazers going to be better at defending the 3 point shot this year?  19:00 Of all the things that might change, the thing we think is most likely to happen is more points in transition.  21:00 Gary Trent Jr dribbles like he’s mad at the ground.  23:30 Giannis signs in Milwaukee 25:45 Not feeling sorry for Houston Rockets 27:00 Kyrie Irving and the Championship Collective 32:00 Interview with Yasmin Duale (@carmelohdrama) of Basketball News, Yahoo Sports Canada and the Dishes and Dimes Podcast.  38:00 What it's like with the Raptors playing out of town.  42:30 Demoralizing Offensive plays inspired by When Offense Becomes Taboo: Ranking the Top 5 Most Demoralizing Offensive Plays 44:30 The Nutmeg 45:45 Stepback 3 -- especially because of the eye contact. 49:00 Shooting from more than 30 feet 50:00 From behind poke steal (okay, its defense) 52:00 Dribbling past someone on a drive 53:00 Drawing a foul on 3 point plays 54:00 The stepover 1:00 Blazers Raptors comparisons Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify Find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @bluewirehustle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Highlights 1:00 Icebreaker: Catching a foul ball at an A’s game and a football at Autzen Stadium.  5:30 Damian Lillard game-winning 3 against the Lakers. Devon couldn’t help but cheer on press row. 8:00 DeVon grew up in the Bay Area playing three sports. Basketball drew him, he especially loved his team. Played four years at Diablo College and Pacific University. As soon as he graduated from college he went right into a sports media internship. 11:00 Was inspired to go into media by a teacher at Pacific University. Had an early internship with John Canzano. He learned from Canzano to be himself.  15:00 Wake Up and Win podcast was inspired by Dr Jules Boycoff’s class on sports and politics. 22:00 Technical difficulties ……... 23:00 Back to basketball, after dating a Warriors dancer he fell in love with Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.  27:00 Perspective on the team from someone who didn’t grow up a fan. Wants to see Damian Lillard win a championship, especially because of his loyalty to the city.  29:00 What would it take for the Blazers to take the next step? They need a second all star, and it's not likely to be CJ McCollum. But it could be Jusuf Nurkic?  31:00 Nurkic’s strong return in the bubble was encouraging.  34:00 Off-season was really good for bringing in guys who are complimentary pieces. Melo was a good get because he is probably really confident after the bubble. Covington is the best wing they have had in a long time, he can be both 3 and D. Not having to constantly switch out wings for offense or defense gives them a lot more versatility. 37:00 Covington has a big load on his shoulders. There are big expectations for him to be a difference maker right away. 40:00 Younger players who will have a big impact. Anfernee Simons is in a good situation, playing behind Damian Lillard and having Lillard’s confidence will be good. His athleticism may give him All-Star potential.  43:00 Gary Trent Jr could have a really long and solid career and be a key role player. DeVon doesn’t see him as an All Star.  46:00 Which outstanding bubble performances are going to turn out to be real and which will be a mirage?  50:00 What do we feel now that we are hearing about players getting COVID-19?  58:00 Outro Find DeVon Pouncey on Twitter @Pounce_Station and find Wake Up And Win on Apple podcasts Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify Find us on Twitter @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet Part of  @bluewirehustle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:00 Icebreaker: Favorite shared sports memories 12:00 Really well thought out off-season. 13:00 Realistic expectations for Rodney Hood. Restricted minutes, brought back carefully. Be very cautious and don’t let him overdo it. Need to have patience.  15:40 New personnel rebounding 16:30 Derrick Jones Jr is a really good team defender and communicator. Blazers are good on offense, they don’t need another player who can shoot, an athletic wing provides new options. He’s a good off-ball mover. 19:00 Who is going to throw him lobs? 21:45 Role for Gary Trent Jr? The bench is going to be fun. Does Gary finish games? He’s so good at locking up the best player in one-on-one and he can shoot.  24:40 We are so ready for GTJ vs Luka Dončić. 26:00 You need a balanced lineup to compete and Gary brings nice balance.  26:45 Carmelo Anthony reaction. He will be a good release valve on the second unit and will do well if called on to start as well.  28:45 Melo for 6th man of the year award. Lets go ahead and sweep: Dame for MVP, Melo for 6th man, Gary for Most Improved, Covington for Defensive Player of the year. Yeah these realistic expectations are going great.  30:00 Other teams in the west didn’t get that much better.  33:00 Enes Kanter returning made sense for all the teams involved. It was a good move for Celtics.  34:00 Where does this leave Zach Collins? 35:00 There are a lot of guys who are “known quantities”.  37:00 Harry Giles is a passing big, but he doesn’t shoot 3, so he and Kanter probably won’t be on the court together.  39:00 Coaching changes around the league. What is the deal with coaching super teams?  41:00 Evan Turner on the Celtics coaching staff 45:00 We’re glad the Blazers get Christmas off! 47:00 Some former Blazers updates: Mason Plumlee is a good vet for Detroit, Wesley Matthews to the Lakers  51:00 How do we really feel about the Lakers? 52:00 Not getting caught up in the national media opinions.  53:00 Good luck to Hassan Whiteside.  56:00 We could not talk ourselves out of an exciting year for the Trail Blazers.  58:00 Greater Medford Multicultural Fair: check them out on Facebook! Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast and Spotify Find us on Twitter @wehaveatak @tcbbiggs @CassidyGemmet @bluewirehustle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:30 What are people going to love about Robert Covington? Great length makes him a good defender. He can make big shots when needed.  3:00 What was his role in the small ball system that Houston was running? 6:30 Strengths on defense 7:30 Average performance during the seeding games but was consistent in the 12 playoff games.  9:00 Can get into foul trouble, mostly because he’s a tough defender and offensive players get a lot more leeway.  12:30 It was sad to see Covington go from Houston both times. He fits in well with Portland’s timetable.  13:30 How was his fit with the player? As an older guy on the team, could he be helpful for the younger players especially on the defensive end. He has potential to be vocal on both ends.  Airplane Mode Jones 16:30 Welcome Aaron Washington and JJ  17:30 Mixed reaction in Portland to the news of his signing. What will Portland fans love about him? High energy player, never stops on offense or defense. Switch heavy defense is a strength for him. Loves to win and have fun.  19:15 Energy and ability to guard multiple positions are going to be useful for Portland 20:30 What was his development in Heat rotation/culture like? He was pretty raw when he came in, he figured out how he could fit and contribute not just by dunking. Hopefully he can get into Portland’s rotation 23:30 Should his lack of playoff minutes be held against him? Not when it comes to a deep run. He was quite effective in the series against Milwaukee.    25:00 How can we be assured that all his running is not just for the sake of looking busy? He moves because his opportunities to score come from movement. Offensive contribution is through transition and lobs. He’s not standing on the 3 point line. 28:30 Biggest chance for growth: shooting, getting a bit more creative with the ball in his hands. He has improved as a free throw shooter. He’s not done growing and he works really hard to there seems like he hasn’t reached his peek yet.  32:30 Portland hasn’t been a team that scores a lot of points in transition. Really hoping that a guy who loves scoring in transition can help the team improve in that area. At least maybe the bench will try it.  33:30 what else would we like to know about him? He seems like a man of few words, which is quite different from his on-court personality. He’s a solid locker room guy. (Plus a special message to Kings fans). 37:00 It's been fun watching Portland’s older players grow up since the joined the team. 37:30 Wrap up.  Brit can be found at @britrobotista on Twitter and on Clutch City Control Room (@ClutchCityCR) and Stepback Sisterhood (@StepbackSisters) podcasts  Aaron Washington can be found at @A_a_ron25 on Twitter and the Business Casual Basketball podcast. JJ Rivera can be found at @JJRiveraNBA on Twitter and 305 Culture podcast and Out of Bounds podcast (in Spanish)   Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify Find us on Twitter WHAT Podcast (@wehaveatake) Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) Cassidy Gemmet (@CassidyGemmet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's always a treat to talk to Sacramento Kings fan Jill Adge, co-host of Hoop Ball Kings podcast. She was very happy to tell Blazers’ fans what we are going to love about Harry Giles. From flashes of brilliance on the court to overcoming serious injuries at a very young age to being just a fun person to watch, Blazers fans will learn a lot about Portland’s newest forward/center Harry Giles.  2:00 What are people in Portland going to love about Harry Giles? He wears his heart on his sleeve. He plays like every play could be his last. He’s overcome so much to get where he is.  4:00  Projected number 1 pick, two major injuries, so much to go through all before 16 years old. He wrote about it in a Players Tribune article after he was drafted: No Spoilers 5:45 Early comparisons to Chris Webber, there have been flashes of that when he has played.  7:00 Initial reactions when Sacramento drafted him were that he was a risky pick. 8:30 Red shirt year was mostly about helping him build his body. The training staff that worked with him was very close to him and they are excited for him to get a chance in Portland.  11:00 In 2018 the “Super Team, Just Young” came out strong. Giles was a big part of that. Worked great in a high post system. Needs to work on long range shots. During this time he worked closely with Vince Carter.  12:15 Bogdan Bogdanovic praised him. Lots of comparisons to big name hall-of-famer types. Lots of pressure.  13:45 Sacramento Kings fans were shocked that his option was not picked up. 15:30 Prior to the 2019-20 season suspension, Giles again played more and things started to click for him. But Walton avoided playing the younger players.  18:30 A fun guy, really supportive and welcoming on twitter, helped a local broadcaster get enough tweets so he could wear a Harry Giles jersey to his wedding.  20:00 He played both center and forward, had a hard time against big centers like Steven Adams. 22:45 Gary Trent Jr is another player who Portland got from Sacramento.  23:25 Biggest things to watch for are health, fouling, and minutes on the court. The more he plays the better.  24:40 Drew league story. 26:10 Can’t figure out why the Kings put so much care into developing him but then letting him walk away. It hurt.  27:30 Nickname: Gizzle, but like gif, its unclear what the correct pronunciation is.  29:45 Jill can be found on twitter at Jillian Adge (@JillAdge) and if you liked her energy and takes as much as I did, listen to her podcast @hoopballkings. Heck, with so many trades between Sacramento and Portland through the years, you’ll likely hear about future or past Blazers on her show!  Harry Giles ReferencesHarry Giles Would Like to Re-Introduce Himself (David Gardner, Bleacher Report) No Spoilers (Harry Giles, Players Tribune) Harry Giles joins Blazers but still has love for Kings fans, Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify Find us on Twitter WHAT Podcast (@wehaveatake) Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) Cassidy Gemmet (@CassidyGemmet) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1:55 Icebreaker: favorite moment from this year’s draft. Payton Prichard getting drafted in the first round, Patrick William’s florist mom, an abundance of graphic ts, athletes at home without a bunch of big cameras in their face. 6:30 Welcome Robert Lord Glovington Covington! On the same timeline as Damian Lillard, this is a win-now move.  9:30 Coach Stotts is excited and it seems like the chemistry is going to be great. Also, snakes and geckos! 10:30 Covington was a four year college player who was undrafted, it's cool to see someone create a place for themselves in the league.  13:00 Covington and Hood probably have a higher ceiling than Aminu and Harkless.  15:00 Was two second round picks too high of a price in the trade for Covington?  17:05 Welcome CJ Elleby! Coached by Ernie Kent. Comes from the Seattle area. Cassidy loves a lefty shooter.  20:00 Cassidy helped Tara who momentarily worried that Rodney Hood was leaving. 22:00 Neil Olshey said that Rodney Hood will be ready, but Zach Collins will not.  23:00 Jamie wasn’t surprised when Carmelo Anthony re-signed in Portland.  25:00 Melo seemed like he had influence on younger players. Plus he still has buckets in him! 28:25 Cassidy is going to be the Derrick “Airplane Mode” Jones Jr defender. We could have someone who is a Slam Dunk Champion while playing in Portland!  31:00 DJJ’s first interview.  35:05 Welcome Harry Giles! Is there a second wave of Blazers forming behind Dame and CJ? He is a clever passer, there is going to be some fun passing. Kings fans were not happy which should make us pretty happy.  39:50 Dynasty definition for those who were wondering. 41:00 Concerns leading into next season. Injuries are always a concern.  42:15 Interlude: Is Enes Kanter the Danny Zuko of the Trail Blazers?  43:00 How ready is Anfernee Simons? We will see but the Blazers believe in him so we do too! 46:00 Anfernee Simons put in a lot of work this summer. Gary Trent Jr did a lot of homework last summer and Simons maybe took a page from his book.  47:00 Wish there were a few more facilitators in the second unit.  50:00 What will Jamie’s job in the media be like when the season starts up?  53:00 Recommended  by the WHAT podcast: Gary Trent Jr.  and Jordan Bolton: A basketball bond that will last forever by Jamie Hudson Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball and those who want to hear what we have to say. Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify Find us on Twitter WHAT Podcast (@wehaveatake) Team Mom (@tcbbiggs) Cassidy Gemmet (@CassidyGemmet) Jamie Hudson, NBC Sports Northwest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Intro: We are now We Have A Take! 2:00 What is Woj’s coffee drinking plan for the week?  3:15 Live your best life teenagers 3:45 Sports is helping a bit with the mental toil the pandemic is taking.  6:00 Welcome to I’m So Excited 7:00 This year’s draft will be different but it won’t take away the accomplishment of being drafted.  11:00 You are just as drafted if you are in your living room as if you were in the Barclays center. 12:45 Draft firsts that are not first picks.  13:00 First international player drafted. 1973 Milwaukee Bucks selected Swen Nater from the Netherlands (Note: Mychal Thompson who was born in the Bahamas was drafted in 1978, but because he played at Minnesota he wasn’t considered an international player. He was first foreign-born player taken #1) 16:00 1950 Draft, first Black Players drafted: Chuck Cooper (Boston) Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton (NY) Earl Lloyd( DC Capitols)  17:30 First Woman Drafted: 1969 Draft. San Francisco Warriors 13th Pick-Denise Long Rife. (pick was vetoed). First woman to be picked whose selection was not voided was Lousia Harris to the New Orleans Jazz.  21:15 Should New Orleans get their own name back. At We Have A Take we say its okay to have new names!  23:45 Draft prospects that might (probably won’t) come to Portland. 25:30 A lot of the info I gathered from local are from Blazers Edge and Holy Backboard.  26:00 RJ Hampton 28:30 Hampton’s swaggy swaggerful shot as described by Cassidy.  32:00 Rating our excitement level for RJ (draft picks are rated out of five possible stars) Cassidy: 4 Stars, Tara: 3 1/2 Stars 34:30 Saddiq Bey Rating Cassidy: 3 Stars, Tara: 4 1/2 Stars 44:00 Frankly, how they line their suit is very important. 45:00 Tyrese Maxey, Interview re Gary Trent Jr. Sage’s write up on Holy Backboard. Rating Cassidy: 3 Stars, Tara: 3 Stars.  51:30 Precious Achinuwa. We like to watch players with soccer backgrounds. Rating: Cassidy: 4 1/2 Stars, Tara: 4 1/2 Stars. 1:00 Icemaker: What are we looking forward to with our new podcast?   References Holy Backboard Draft Preview episode Blazers Edge Draft coverage NBA draft 2020 – Perfect picks for every team in the first round NBA Mock Drafts 2020 – Basketball Draft Projections – CBSSports.com 2020 NBA Mock Draft 13.0: Two Round Edition NBA mock draft: Projecting all 60 picks post-Finals NBA Mock Draft We held an NBA mock draft with our writers picking for their favorite teams 2020 NBA Mock Draft & Simulator The Ringer’s 2020 NBA Draft Guide 2020 NBA Mock Draft: Simulating 3 Trades in Historically Unpredictable Lottery Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast!  Join the Women’s Hoops And Talks Facebook group to talk about Trail Blazers with others who identify as women who love basketball. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify Find us on Twitter: WHAT Podcast (@wehaveatake) Team Mom (@tcbbiggs) Cassidy Gemmet (@CassidyGemmet)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What Happens After Trade Deadline? Our friend @catrenzer joined us this week to talk about what's next for the Blazers now that the trade deadline has passed. Cat is a Remix season ticket holder and she has lots of great observations and thoughts about how rookies and young guys are being developed in the G League. Listen to her takes on Kris Murray, Ryan Rupert, Ashton Haggins and more!

:50 Cat talk w/ @catrenzer

3:45 Icebreaker: Rooting interest in the Super Bowl

7:30 Post trade deadline wrap up

10:30 In depth on Jerami Grant, NBA veteran

15:00 Playing vets and playing rookies and not playing vets and not playing rookies.

20:00 What Cat has learned from watching Remix games that applies to the Blazers

31:30 Reminder to watch Destination NBA

33:00 Setting up younger players for success

35:45 Watching Detroit (Rose does this by choice)

39:00 Wondering about the G League Ignite - does that pathway work? 

46:00 Rewiring our brains about what to expect from 19 year-olds like Scoot Henderson.

52:00 Why hasn’t Duop Reath been converted yet? Lets go Joe!

1:03:10 Where are we in this rebuild?

1:18:00 Let's give Malcolm Brogdon and Jerami Grant some acknowledgement for being happy to be here.

1:20:00  Takes: Miami is now the best Real Housewives franchise, Booooo companies who don’t have people responding to customer service requests, more afternoon games for families!

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Kelly Aucoin returns to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to, Damian Lillard's return and what is the plan for the future?

1:00 NYC Catch-up

6:50 Icebreaker: What would you purchase at Terry Porter's estate sale?

13:10 What shaped Kelly's fandom?

20:10 Sterling Affair: watch for it!

24:15 Doc Rivers is relevant again!

27:50 Robin Lopez enters the race for Blazers Legend for the assist getting the ball down

30:00 Damian Lillard's return to the Moda Center

32:00 History of (one of) the beefs with Doc

36:00 Crowd was great, hope Dame got the message

41:00 How about the current Blazers

53:20 Toumani Camara talk and Duop Reath countdown to contract

1:00:00 We might not see the vision but we can see the plan

11:08:00 Takes

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We made up the WHAT Awards to have something to cheer for when maybe the wins are not piling up. Its time to check in and see who are the front runners! Plus we check in before the return of Damian Lillard, talk about how players on this team seem to have more defined roles, and of course, local public works and infrastructure (because we have to have our icy takes as well!)

 :30 Catch-up - ice storms, public works and local infrastructure

7:30 Basketball is supposed to be fun!

15:00 Do people know what their roles are?

22:00 Anfrenee Simons on JJ Reddick’s podcast talking about his development when he came into the league

 

WHAT Awards mid season check-in

26:00 Bench Celebrator

32:50 Most improved Fits (don’t forget to vote for Jerami Grant for League Fits All Stars

43:40 Social Media Play of the Season

59:00 Blazer’s Legend (Here is that clip from Sheed we talked about. NSFW You probably don’t want to listen if you’re a huge fan of Walton. )

1:07:00 Most Valuable Blazer

1:23:00 Takes

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1/20/23

We've been trying to make it work but there is just so much going on, we have not been able to record the past few weeks.

So here is a classic episode where we learn about two players who have been playing lights out! In case you missed it the first time around or if you want to listen again, from 11/26/22: WHAT We Learned about Jerami Grant and Jabari Walker

1:00 Icebreaker: what do you think about the new jerseys

7:00 News Sign⁠ Ibou Badji waive Olivier Sarr ⁠(their other 2-way player is John Butler).

9:00 Olivier Sarr we hardly knew you :(

12:00 Shaedon getting more comfortable in interviews.

14:30 What we learned about Jerami Grant

18:15 Drafted by the 76ers during the darkest days of The Process

20:00 Goes to OKC when they are trying to figure out what to do after Kevin Durant leaves

22:30 Grant with the Denver Nuggets

24:00 Activism

27:00 Hour Generation

30:30 A little more about the Grant brothers

34:00 Basketball royalty weddings

37:00 What we learned about Jabari Walker

39:00 A bit about Samaki Walker first. ⁠Samaki Walker draft night suit⁠.

43:00 ⁠Jabari’s mom⁠ worked for the FBI.

47:00 Early basketball years - late bloomer with a very high basketball IQ

49:00 Highschool a⁠t Campbell Hall school⁠ in Los Angeles

50:00 ⁠Broken arm and leg⁠

54:50 University of Colorado Boulder (⁠announcement video)⁠

57:45 A few more fun facts . . .

1:05:00 Social Media player of the week. ⁠Justise Enjoys a Sunset⁠

1:08:00 Takes for the week: Brooke Olzendam is the best. Justise Winslow is right about a lot of things.

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We’re getting ready for 2024 by counting down 2023! 

• 3 things to remember
• 2 things to forget
• 1 thing to look forward to 

1:30 New York trip coming up

5:00 Jabari Walker City Edition Jersey

To remember:

9:45 Jusuf Nurkic saga ended well

16:00 March 22, Blazers defeat Jazz

21:45 Josh Hart speaks up for Trail Blazers

29:00 Summer league excitement and In Season Tournament announcements

34:30 Decisive Rebuild

39:15 “Coach, I hear you were practicing lobs”

To forget

42:15 Summer was ruined by the Damian Lillard trade drama

45:00 Dame’s goodbye letter

52:53 That GPII was a Blazer

59:15 Pre Season Closed Captions at Moda

Looking forward to

1:01:01 Scoot’s development - it's happening!

1:17:00 Rebuilding - the only way out is through

1:23:00 Takes

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1:00 When your dad becomes a Joel Embiid fan

4:00 We don't think about the Bucks

7:00 In season tournament conspiracies and ideas for the future

14:00 Thoughts on the return of injured players: Deandre Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant

27:00 Some early WHAT Award contenders: Bench Celebrator, Blazer Legend

35:30 Get to know Toumani Camara

38:00 Belgian players in the NBA

40:00 High school years and Too Many Buckets nickname origin stories

43:00 College years at University of Georgia and Dayton

53:00 Draft journey

1:10:00 Overall fit and extra bits

1:00 When your dad becomes a Joel Embiid fan

4:00 We don't think about the Bucks

7:00 In season tournament conspiracies and ideas for the future

14:00 Thoughts on the return of injured players: Deandre Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant

27:00 Some early WHAT Award contenders: Bench Celebrator, Blazer Legend

35:30 Get to know Toumani Camara

38:00 Belgian players in the NBA

40:00 High school years and Too Many Buckets nickname origin stories

43:00 College years at University of Georgia and Dayton

53:00 Draft journey

1:10:00 Overall fit and extra bits

1:15:00 Takes: Good fruitcake is good and media need to stop saying that Zion is fat.

Toumani Camara References

• The Only Belgian in the NBA — We Are Basket 
• Archdeacon: Transfer gets second chance to make impression at UD 
• ARCHDEACON: UD Arena sendoff for Camara is well-deserved 
• Toumani Camara Selected By The Phoenix Suns In The NBA Draft - University of Dayton Athletics
• Suns rookie Toumani Camara thrives at NBA Summer League with family’s support
• Quick Chat: Toumani Camara - University of Georgia Athletics
• Draft Dreams and Family Bonds: Toumani Camara's NBA Draft Experience
• David Putterie, (Instagram interview) 
• Toumani Camara Pre-Draft Interview - NBA Big Board One-On-One Series 

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We were joined by our friends Jason (@Hecubus01) and Rachel (@pdx_rachel) to announce which awards we’re going to hand out this year and how we will decide who wins. We’re excited to welcome back some old favorites and announce a few new ones!

Along the way we talk about keeping ourselves engaged in a down season, temperature check on the likelihood of a Blazers trade, zombies, toe shoes, Ed Davis, NBA fashion and more!

1:00 Icebreaker: Which Blazer would you want to be with during a Zombie Apocalypse?

5:45 WHAT Awards of the past

11:20 WHAT Awards this season

13:45 Bench Celebrator Man of the Year

24:50 Most Improved Fits

33:40 Social Media Play of the Year

41:10 Blazers Legend Award

55:00 Most Valuable Blazers

1:03:00 Takes: Gerry chose the wrong person, Blazers trade activity will be low, Gerry chose the right person for him, Suns and Portland trade in the off season was a win-win, Remix games are really fun and Bill Kennedy is the only referee who understands that he is part of the show (in the challenge reviews, anyway)

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Welcome to the Didi Louzada Era! On June 30 we talk with our friend @catrenzer about the Blazers drafting Donovan Clingan and trading for Deni Avdija. We definitely do not talk about aprons! Plus we give thanks and appreciation for Andrew Nicholson, whose 7 year waive-and-stretch officially comes off the books. But who is he? No surprise, he's got a great story!

1:00 Icebreaker: One thing you are wising for: A third summer league championship, coaches wearing suits again, NBA Free Agency Bachelor-style reality show.

10:00 Draft recap and reactions.

24:00 How do we feel about the Blazers not using all of their draft picks?

35:00 Malcolm Brogdon appreciation

44:00 Free agency silly season free for all - Klay Thompson on the market, someone please trade for Anfernee Simons, everyone is apparently going to Philadelphia.

1:02:00 Last year’s off season ruined the off season for Blazer fans for a while. We still haven’t recovered from the Damian saga lasting until training camp. We hope Damian is doing well!

1:08:00 WHAT about Andrew Nicholson

1:24:00 Final takes: Woj, don’t talk on the air and tweet at the same time! Too many trades on draft night!

In advance of Giving Tuesday we wanted to learn more about charitable work that the Blazers players are doing. We talked about different foundations that players have started, the causes that players support and how we can support or contribute to their causes.

Along the way we also talked about players we wish we had appreciated more while they were here, how we're feeling about the Blazers taking on Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time, Scoot coming off the bench and much more!

Plus, our takes! On the possibility of a Golden Bachelorette and Fantasy Basketball friendships

:30 Players we wish we had appreciated more

6:00 Feelings update

34:30 Blazer charitable works

1:03:00 Former Blazer foundations

1:12:00 Takes!

Places you can donate to support Blazers' causes

https://helpinghandsforsinglemoms.org/

https://www.brogdonfamilyfoundation.org/

https://www.hourgeneration.com/

https://www.nextplay360.com/

https://www.be-a-light.org/

https://www.nbpafoundation.com/

https://www.nslyf.org/

https://www.patconnaughtonfoundation.org/

https://www.jusufnurkicfoundation.org/

https://ml20.org/donate/

https://briangrant.org/

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We're back with another player deep dive! This time we have a talk about Malcolm Brogdon. Still waters run deep with this amazing man!

We also touch base on the stats we've been tracking this season - how are the Blazers doing and are we tracking the right things?

All this plus our takes and more!

2:00 Blazers latest games - not as lovely as the beautiful fluffy snow covered mountains

5:00 G League game observations

9:00 Shaedon reflections

14:00 Reviewing and updating team-specific stats that we are tracking. (And choosing some less demoralizing alternatives)

32:30 We have a talk about Malcolm Brogdon.

1:15:00 Our takes

Some of the resource we used for Malcolm Brogdon research

The education of Malcolm Brogdon - Sports Illustrated

intangible: the story behind Virginia's bigger-than-basketball program 

The Woj Pod Malcolm Brogdon 

Inside UVA with NBA Star Malcolm Brogdon 

Query & Schultz Podcast: Malcolm Brogdon

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We Have A Talk (and a Playlist) about the G League w/Erik Peterson, host of Kenny’s G League podcast and Kelsea O’Brian, of Raptors 905, a feature writer who has covered the G League for years. 

1:00 Icebreaker: The G League has some unique names! Aside from Remix and Raptors 905, what are your favorite G League names? Find a list on the Wikipedia page (its okay if you you want to choose a defunct team) 

8:00 We learn that Andre Miller is coach of the 

9:00 Learning more about how Erik started a G League podcast (Kenny’s G League)

12:30 Kelsea’s experience covering the G League. Players coming in through the front door vs coming in through the side door. 

16:45 Some differences between the NBA and the G League (esp with regards to watching the games)

20:00 Different arena sizes, accessibility of games.

24:25 Live reaction to the Blazers signing Jamaree Bouyea (who reportedly dunks!)

26:15 How the Ignite are a different team from the rest of the G League

27:50 Vets on G League teams. Jodie Meeks example.

32:50 Rip City Remix fans - people to watch out for - Duwop Reath, Antoine Davis, Malachai Smith. (No NBA sons on the Remix yet). Ashton Haggins.

36:00 Helping players by going on Costco runs

39:15 How the G League Season works

44:00 Our first ever G League/Rip City Remix Playlist! 

• The Climb, Miley Cyrus

• Never Stop by Future 

• My Heart Will Go On (in Honor of Kevin Knox)

• Cheap Thrills by Sia

• Eastbound and Down (from Smokey and the Bandit), Jerry Reed 

• Welcome to Atlanta Remix 

• I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle

• Finesse Bruno Mars featuring Cardi-B 

• The Magic Store -The Muppet Movie

• March Madness by Future

• All the Small Things Blink 182

• Smoke Dynamic Duo - Remix

Youtube Playlist (Explicit)

Spotify Playlist (Explicit)

1:04:00 Takes!

• Remix is going to win the G League Championship

• NBA In Season Tournament courts are awesome and should be even crazier

• BBQ is the worst way to cook a hot dog

• There should be an in arena activity that is a target shooting challenge with T-shirt guns.

Find Kelsea on Instagram at @kelseataughtyou and Raptors 905. Find Erik at @shoozumoops and @KennysGLeague.

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After catching up about the first two weeks of the season we do a deep dive into Deandre Ayton before he arrived in Portland.

1:00 We Have A Talk about BiMart

3:30 Catching up on the Blazers season so far -  low expectations are great!

6:00 We need a new nickname for Shaedon Sharpe. 

8:55 What Roses figure skating past contributes to her understanding of elegance

11:00 Defense? 

15:00 Defense and communication

18:00 Scoot Henderson observations

20:00 Backup point guard talk

24:00 Shaedon’s decision making confidence

28:00 Jabari Walker/Toumani Camara combo

32:20 In season tournament

39:00 WHAT About Deandre Ayton: early life

43:00 Moving to the states at 12 years old

49:00 Move to Phoenix - 1 month with Marvin Bagley

1:01:00 Philanthropy with his mom

1:05:00 Puma Endorsement

1:06:00 Short College recap

1:06:00 Suspension in his second year in the NBA

1:10:00 Phoenix years

1:17:00 A few more notes on Ayton

1:20:00 Takes: Teachers should be well resourced and Wemby for MVP. 

Key Resources

The Woj Pod: Phoenix's Deandre Ayton on Apple Podcasts 

[FULL] Deandre Ayton film breakdown and interview | NBA on ESPN

Damn, Sun: Deandre Ayton Banned 25 Games for a Positive Test - The Ringer

Deandre Ayton Knows He's Number One

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We could have talked to Steve Davies (@blazercollector) for hours! Not only does he have a spectacular collection of Blazer memorabilia from the beginning of the franchise, he has an incredibly thoughtful approach to archiving the history of our beloved team. Tune in to learn more about how he got started, how things have changed, and hear stories of more than 50 years of being a Blazer fan with a passion for preserving history.

1:00 Icebreaker

4:45 Get to know Steve Davies

27:50 Front offices don't always think like us. They are looking at the future, not always paying attention to preserving the past.

48:00 Making friends, finding family in Rip City.

54:00 Why context of items is so important to a living collection.

59:00 Takes: Love on your team, Memorial Coliseum is the better venue, appreciation for players who never actually played with the Blazers.

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We were joined by Dillon Sage (@dasage from @holybackboard and @pandadoingthing) to discuss the preseason and finish our "Dribble, pass and shoot" exercise to learn more about how the new players play basketball.

1:00 Icebreaker - Sports memorabilia prized possessions.Shadon Sharpe rookie card, Deuce McAllister autographed banner, Signed Ed Davis card

7:00 Preseason observations - hard to watch gams

12:00 From extreme chaos to slight modicum of organization

14:30 From Corey Jez to Tom Haberstroh

22:00 Scoot is the real deal an Anfernee and Scoot are nice together

28:00 Nurk’s return to Portland

32:20 Captions at Moda Center

38:45 Dribble, pass and shoot: DeandreAyton

48:00 Sidebar - what to look at

52:20 Malcolm Brogdon

1:00:00 Toumani Camara (and how he compares to Kris Murray)

1:10:00 Leadership sidebar

1:13:30 Robert Williams III

1:19:00 Takes- Tuesdays and Fridays are for winning, rice is the best carb, fall is the best season because its basketball season

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)