The Portland Trail Blazers have been up front so far that the season would likely include some up and downs as the team adjusted to a new coach, a new defensive system and tweaks on the offensive side.

That’s been true to form.

On this week’s episode of the Blazer Focused podcast, Aaron Fentress and Andrew Theen discuss the first four games of the season and snap takeaways from the 2-2 split.

Here are some highlights from this week’s show:

- Dame’s struggles and CJ’s brilliance

- Anfernee breaking out, Nassir’s strong start

- Nurk’s up and down start

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