Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at the Portland Trail Blazer’s edge of your seat win over the Toronto Raptors, 118-113.

Filling in for the Grand Poobah, Mr. Deckard I (Danny) had to cover the 1st quarter of tonight’s action and this is what I had in line for Dave: After all the pomp and circumstance from Coach Chauncey Billups following a lifeless performance by the Blazers last night against the Denver Nuggets, Portland’s starting lineup came out ready and willing... to give up as many open threes as the Toronto Raptors wanted.” It goes on to hammer most of the starting unit and praise the bench for saving their collective bacon.

What it doesn’t say is that the energy actually made it over to the starters and resonated. Both units played inspired basketball - feeding off each other. Now, shooting the lights out will get that going but beggars can’t be choosers and tonight the Blazers were BEGGING for good vibes.

Whether it was Damian Lillard putting the pressure on the Raptors’ defense with endless drives, CJ McCollum bombing from 3, Cody Zeller diving into the crowd or Larry Nance Jr just being at the right place at the right time - it was the best “feeling” the Blazers have given off this year.

So buckle in for the post game show as Danny and Brandon break it all down for you!!

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Fresh off a 1-3 road trip that saw the Portland Trail Blazers look listless in every performance, coach Chauncey Billups had some strong words as it pertains to the state of the team. Host Danny Marang takes a look at what coach Billups had to say and answers as many of your pressing questions as he can.

The comments in question from Chauncey Billups tonight, “I don’t think there’s one real reason to not have effort,” ““That point is coming. It’s coming soon. When you think about it, if you keep playing that way, at some point you have to say something’s not quite working,” and “I’m just confused at I don’t think we came to compete in this game. I mean this is a team that beat us in the playoffs last year, and we don’t come and compete in the first quarter...Just no fight.” Not exactly the kind of thing a team picked by many to win 50 or more games.

Where do the problems fall? Unfortunately, there’s no single scapegoat in Terry Stotts to nail to the proverbial wall and this time it’s falling on the players - Jusuf Nurkic, CJ McCollum, Robert Covington and even Damian Lillard - are all under review and while it’ll be a dark day in hell before Lillard is thrown under the bus - we’ll take a look at the others mentioned and what might be happening sooner rather than later.

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Join the Jacked Ramsays Postgame show with hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at Sunday night’s brutal beat down of the Portland Trail Blazers by the Denver Nuggets, 124-95.

The opening quarter set the tone, where most of the Blazers’ starting lineup looked like they’d rather be anywhere but where they were. Calling it sleepwalking through a quarter is disparaging to actual sleepwalkers. The first half was so stale that assistant coach Roy Rogers said in the halftime interview that he just wishes “our guys would compete” - which is surely a sign of buy in and coaching derived issues.

It’s becoming a major issue at this point - but effort and intensity is entirely missing. With the loss, the Blazers finish the road trip 1-3, and 6-8 on the season with the Toronto Raptors coming up Monday evening on a back to back. Will Damian Lillard be available? Will the Blazers compete? Will Neil Olshey have a job?

Hop on the show with Danny and Brandon as they hit on everything!

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The Portland Trail Blazers fall short in their bid to win their first road game of the season and fall to 0-6 on the road with two more games on the trip before heading home to a back to back. It was an unusually cruel night as the Blazer’s demise was not handed out by Chris Paul or Devin Booker - not Mikal Bridges of the villainous Jae Crowder. Instead, Frank “The Tank” Kaminsky embodied the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - raining down fire and brimstone in between post moves. Rude.

Damian Lillard, clearly limited by whatever is ailing him, delivered in a different manner than in the past. Without the strength to get the 3-ball up effectively, he attacked the midrange religiously and with a good success rate. Meanwhile, Norman Powell is the only Blazer to hit more than ONE three pointer tonight (3-8) as Portland finished 7-30 from deep. This team will live and die by the three... now where have I heard that before?

Hop on the stream and hangout, commiserate, or do whatever it is you do to unwind after a game - join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they get into the Jacked Ramsays Post Game Show.

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It’s a Mail Bag Monday with host Danny Marang where he takes on your Blazer’s related questions - and unsurprisingly, there’s a lot concerning the ongoing investigation of President of Basketball Operations - Neil Olshey. Where do things sit now? What are the next steps? Are there in-house candidates that could take over if Olshey is dismissed or resigns?

There’s a lot of take on and only so many answers - so Danny attempts to address as many as he can while planning for some hypotheticals each way. One thing that appears to be getting clearer is that the process will take at least a couple of weeks to work through.

Beyond the investigation, a look at why Nassir Little’s playing time has been squeezed, some reasoning for a spike in live ball turnovers and trade machines are firing up all over the place! What would a team look like if Olshey is replaced? Does that change the landscape of who could be traded? Tune in and find out on this week’s Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag podcast!

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Blazers win! Hop on in and get involved with the Jacked Ramsays postgame show as hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague breakdown Saturday night’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.

No LeBron James, and while Anthony Davis played, he left the game with stomach illness just a few moments into the game. The Blazers took advantage of a short-handed team that, looked awful and disinterested at every turn. Watching the game it’s hard to evaluate what the Lakers look like without their top end guys, but with that said - what is it this iteration of the Lakers is supposed to be good at? Poor floor spacing, old (read: washed) bigs that don’t have the vertical spacing and athleticism they once had, Russell Westbrook is a Wile E Coyote in the flesh: full of ideas - all of them bad.

On the Blazer’s front - Jusuf Nurkic had his best game of the season, under control and making good, sound decisions with the ball and defensively. Three gold stars with only a slight eyebrow raise at the level of competition. Meanwhile, Damian Lillard operated like a burden had been lifted - showing strength and explosion in his game for the first time this season. He even pulled from DEEP range with confidence (he missed) but it showed he was feeling better, whatever that is/looks like.

Jump on the stream, sit back and enjoy the show!

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It’s a back-to-back as the Portland Trail Blazers fresh of Friday night’s victory get set to take on the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night in Portland. While there will be plenty of eyes on the floor, there will be whispers about President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey’s future after a late Friday night announcement (read: news dump) came out stating the Olshey was being investigated for creating and/or fostering a hostile and toxic workplace.

The organization has released a statement acknowledging the investigation but no more at this time is known. How will this effect the team tonight? Some? Not at all? The night-to-night likely isn’t impacted as much as the long term with so many variables surrounding the construction of this roster - however the major story lines will still hold up.

Will Damian Lillard find his jumper? How about Jusuf Nurkic being the man he so desperately wants to be? Can Anfernee Simons and Norman Powell continue hitting nearly everything? Has Robert Covington woken up to start the season? Find out next on the Jacked Ramsays pregame with Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague!

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Friday night the Portland Trail Blazers likely stole one against the Indiana Pacers 110-106, in what was mostly an ugly contest. The Blazers stop their 3-game skid on the backs of CJ McCollum, Norman Powell and Anfernee Simons - each taking a whole quarter to themselves before the Pacers decided to fall apart in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter.

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague to take a look at tonight’s action. What to make of the 9th straight game where Damian Lillard has looked like anyone but himself? Anfernee Simons’ continued scoring ability and bacon-saving shot making buoyed the Blazers while forcing Coach Billups to look at the 4-guard lineup again. Robert Covington breaks out of slow start to, well win the game tonight with his late game 3-point shooting.

Hop in the stream and get involved as Danny and Brandon discuss the game, answer your questions and look ahead to Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers who might be missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

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The Portland Trail Blazers wrap up their 3-game trip through the Eastern Conference with a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 107-104. The loss has Portland at 3-5 on the season and 0-3 on the road trip -but more than that, with each passing game more questions are raised than answered. For every step forward, it’s at least 2 steps back.

Damian Lillard continues to struggle, CJ McCollum has cooled down, Jusuf Nurkic might as well still be in Bosnia at this rate and Anfernee Simons can only do so much in his role. What are the next steps for the Blazers? The schedule doesn’t get any easier as they return home - the Indiana Pacers await them Friday with Lebron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers right behind on a back to back. There’s a lot of questions, a lot of confusion and A LOT of season remaining - join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they try to make sense of tonight’s game.

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The Portland Trail Blazers have run into a mostly good to have problem. They have four very good guards but there’s not enough; minutes, touches, shots, or spots on the floor for them all to be maximized. However, one thing is clear - Anfernee Simons needs to be getting over 20 minutes a night regularly. How do the Blazers figure that out? Does that make it a necessity to make a move at the deadline with either CJ McCollum or Norman Powell?

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take on that tall task and answer more of your questions about Damian Lillard’s continued shooting slump, balancing what the top end Blazers do best, trying to figure out where Robert Covington fits in, and whether or not it’s time to slide Larry Nance Jr in the starting lineup.

It’s a Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag edition podcast and be sure to catch the pregame show Wednesday at 3 PM PST with special guest Justin Rowan, host of the official podcast of the Cleveland Cavaliers - “The Chasedown” to help preview Blazers vs. Cavaliers.

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