On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Ending a losing streak at home with a win versus the Nuggets

• The road losing streak continuing with a loss to the Spurs in San Antonio on Saturday

• The Trail Blazers holding practice in Dallas Sunday afternoon before Monday's game versus the Mavericks

• "Season" versus "Year"

• Shaedon Sharpe getting to the rim on the regular

• What Brooke and Casey would give the Trail Blazers for Christmas

• Locking in

• The necessity of having a short memory in pro sports 

• The mystery of Casey's missing carnitas taco

• Spirit Mountain Casino New Year's Eve celebration

• Leaning into what is comfortable on the road

• Ohio State vs. Oregon and Brooke's cabin neighbors

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• A historic lull in the Portland Trail Blazers' schedule

• Getting back in the gym, getting healthy and getting away from the team 

• Enthusiasm for the NBA Cup

• Scoot returns, Toumani avoids the worst, Donovan is close and Rob is nearing the end of the concussion protocol

• En Vogue at Spirit Mountain Casino on December 13

• Spurs on Friday, Suns on Sunday and Nuggets on... Thursday a week from now

• Brooke gets a haircut, not meeting Dorit, Clash of the Titans got stars, The Fugitive is too slow, when parents don't want your senior photos anymore, Hearth socks, Brooke goes to Japan, They're All Bad People, Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson spill coke at Memorial Coliseum and the three tallest players in the NBA

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers facing the Clippers Tuesday night in Los Angeles in the last NBA Cup game of 2024

• What needs to happen for the Trail Blazers to get the "wildcard" spot out of the West to make the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup

• The Trail Blazers returning from a road trip to defeat the Kings and lose in a close, entertaining game to the Mavericks

• Things heading in the right direction both on and off the court

• Anfernee Simons and Deandre Ayton returning and Deni Avdija settling in

• Nobody does a good Dalano Banton impression, talking Williams Shatner, "Zers" and "Bazers," get money, Brooke's billboard by Spirit Mountain Casino (Elevate Your Game!) is no more, maybe ranking back-to-backs, NBA media food

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers rattling off three-straight wins after looking left for dead a little over a week ago

• Shaedon Sharpe scoring 30+ in consecutive games and his popularity amongst various fanbases

• Donovan Clingan's historic performance in the victory versus the Timberwolves

• The spectacular play of Robert Williams III, Deni Avdija, Dalano Banton, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert off the bench

• Lamar Hurd barking at Toumani Camara

• Is this the real Dalano Banton

• The upcoming road trip with stops in Oklahoma City, Houston (x2), Memphis and Indiana

• Brooke cutting the line, the Brightside trading card kiosk, "DB Hooper" and fan-created merch, getting the kids back in the building, Mercer Island vs. Shadle Park, get us to Las Vegas for the NBA Cup

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Sunday's embarrassing loss to the Grizzlies and Chauncey Billups' comments

• Playing with the kind of effort that honors fans for showing up and Robert Williams' rehabilitation 

• The return of Shaedon Sharpe and Robert Williams III

• The back-to-back versus the Timberwolves and the Sunday matinee versus the Hawks before heading out on another road trip

• Brooke's favorite slot machines

• Pamela The Cupcake Queen https://www.instagram.com/cupcake0queen/

• You're Doing Amazing Sweetie: Basketball PR staffs who still try 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, recorded from the team hotel in Sacramento Sunday night, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The first three games of the season

• Portland bouncing back from a close loss versus New Orleans on Friday with a comfortable victory versus New Orleans on Sunday

• Our guy Klaus Becker ending the Toyota Halfcourt Shot drought 

• The Trail Blazers doing the things they've been talking about doing

• Brooke's bow, mom walking through stunts, consecutive games rule change suggestions, Vibram shoes, pounding beers on the big screen and hotel corgis

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers' 2024-25 season starting on Wednesday versus the Warriors at Moda Center (tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. on KATU 2.2, BlazerVision and Rip City Radio 620 AM)

• Starting off with five games in seven nights

• A difficult first month of the season

• Brooke doing play by play in Friday's preseason finale versus the Jazz

• The new starting lineup of Simons, Camara, Avdija, Grant and Ayton

• Predicting which players will end up in the Top 3 on the team in points, rebounds and blocks 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• What they saw from the Trail Blazers during the first two games of their four-game preseason schedule

• Glad fall is here so I can really start dressin'

• The differences between Seattle and San Francisco

• When is a debut an actual debut?

• Not calling Brooke "Brookey" anymore

• Confirmation that Shaedon loves the media

• What they'd like to see out of the Trail Blazers in their remaining preseason games

• Being stingy on inexpensive foodstuffs

• You're doing AMAZING Sweetie: Roadside florists and Oriental Mart

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The first week of training camp

• Trail Blazers trying to play faster

• WNBA Finals

• Shaedon Sharpe and Rob Williams III injured

• Does Shaedon actually not want to be interviewed?

• Fan Fest and Deni Avdija MVP

• Heading up to Seattle for the start of preseason

• Drinks, eggs, pop vs. soda, Washington has an Enchanted Forest?

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Portland's 2024 Media Day and their takeaways from the event

• Appreciating the return of "Say What?!?" after Brooke had her jaw wired shut

• Thoughts on the first three days of training camp

• Headband sizes and what it says about the wearer

• The competition for minutes at point guard, forward and center

• Fan Fest, presented by Daimler Truck North America, this Saturday

• Will Donovan Clingan have to dance/sing alone at Fan Fest?

• In-home bowling alleys and Pop-A-Shot

• You're Doing Great Sweetie: KATU and the guy who lets you know your dog rolled in poop