1:30 A week ago the Blazers were coming off of four losses and now they are coming off of three wins and Carmelo Anthony is Western Conference Player of the Week. Is there anything less worth getting mad about than Anthony returning to the league and getting this award? We can’t think of anything. 

 4:45 Will there be tribute videos this season? Or will Anthony refuse because he’s not retiring yet?

6:30 Is Melo the most famous player who ever played on the Trail Blazers? 

9:15 Anthony in Portland makes them much more interesting from a national level. 

14:45 Carmelo is legitimately an upgrade at power forward compared to what the other options were when Zach Collins went down. 

16:00 Why do you think he was out of the league so long? He was not good in Houston but he wasn’t the reason Houston struggled so much at the beginning of the season.

20:00 What has the locker room been like since Melo joined the team? Things seem good of course winning helps, so it is hard to tell if any of that positive energy (or how much of it) comes from having Anthony on the team. 

23:00 Negative perception probably comes from the times he forced a trade from Denver and a trade from New York so he could make more money. And the second thing is that people believed in Olympic Melo but couldn’t understand why he didn’t play like that on NBA teams. 

26:00 As far as basketball goes, he has been about as good as we could realistically expect him to be.

27:00 Who is losing out on possessions because of Anthony’s 16 shots per game. 

30:00 The Blazers always exceed expectations because they lay good foundations and do things right which allows them to take advantage of every break that they get even if they do not have the same raw talent as their opponents. 

34:15 With Damian Lillard and Terry Stotts, the floor is very high. 

36:15 Western Conference Player of the week is both not the worst thing to happen

37:45 The lesson that Tara is taking away is to pay more attention to the players. 

38:45 Will a good run by Melo change the Blazers trade deadline plans? Sean thinks they will probably continue with whatever plans they had all along, but the interesting thing will be how will Melo react? Especially if the bring in someone like LaMarcus Aldridge or Kevin Love who play the same position.

43:00 How are Blazers going to manage to beat better teams who they will be facing this week?

46:00 Teams have to guard Anthony. That could be enough of a difference maker to give the Blazers a chance against tough teams. 

48:15 What are Sean’s thoughts on Hassan Whiteside? What does good Hassan Whiteside looks like and how can the Blazers best unlock him? 

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