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. 

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Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

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