The Podland Trailcasters: a Portland Trailblazers Podcast

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INTRO

• It's the sick season!
• Real Americans... have beards

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL

• Winter weather & Happy Birthday Jason!
• Kevin Calabro & Holiday Movies
• WC Soccer... or Football?

EVOCA GOING UNDER

• SHOCKED, I tell you!
• Doing due diligence
• Is it an RSN problem?
• What does the future hold

NEXT 10 GAMES (halfway in)

• Skipped the losing streak!
• Is .500 bad?
• Things getting easier... on paper
• Strength of schedule

BOLSTERING THE BENCH

• We NEED reliable shooting
• Who's on the trade block?
• Don't forget to be a FAN!

OUTTRO

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A happy holiday placeholder episode to all! We ALMOST went dark for 2 weeks, mostly because Keith doesn't understand how time management works BUT to make up for it, he's here to cover the rough stretch of games & give us hope for the future!

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INTRO

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (2:14)

• Snow & No-More-Neil-Olshey Day!
• Calf injuries
• Evoca goin under

ROAD-TRIP RECAP (6:00)

• Focusing on the positives: JG, Simons & team ball
• When Nurk plays well, Blazers play well
• Penny & the 4 J's
• vs LAC... worst loss of the year?
• Is losing streak linked to the carpet jerseys?

INJURIES (12:24)

• Tough schedule getting easier
• Winning without Dame
• Nervous about GP2's timeline?
• Nassir's hip injury

OPTIMISTIC INSIGHTS (15:51)

• Dame's return
• Easier schedule & plenty schedule left!
• Come hangout for the 4 game homestand!

OUTTRO (17:47)

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Keith & Chris are trying something new: Morning recordings! Keith is also trying to record audio while sick, which is always fun.

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INTRO (1:30)

• Keith's not well & it wasn't drinking

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (2:51)

• Carpet jersey & Kevin Conroy
• Jerami Grant & Evander Holyfield
• AppleTV & stomach bugs

GAME REVIEW (22:45)

• DAL hands Keith the L
• Defense beats the trap game!
• Dame is BACK, baby
• Nurk vs Drewbanks
• CHRIS NEEDS HIS SOAPBOX!
• Billups vs Stotts: All about the rotations

THOUGHTS ON THE NETS (36:30)

• It's really all about KD
• Bigger dumpster fire: Lakers or Nets?
• Contrasting Leadership: Dame vs KD

LISTENER QUESTION (42:29)

• Is Nas' 3pt shooting real?
• Can Dame & Penny play together?
• Jerami's chance to make the All Star squad?
• Trade Proposal: Penny Simons
• Evaluating Nurkic

OUTTRO (1:00:46)

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INTRO (1:20)

• Who turned Chris' mic down?
• Time is money... for real now

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (3:14)

• Dogs & Brigham Fish Market
• Westbrook & the Warriors
• LeBron & the L2M Report

FINISHING UP THE ROAD TRIP (13:48)

• Dame returns early!
• A Bunch of Idiots
• Free of expectations?
• Winslow's performance
• We got DAWGS
• Early evaluations of Chauncey's coaching
• Non-Dame players making Dame plays!

NEXT 10 GAMES (30:10)

• Already 2 wins in! Can we pick up another in Dallas?
• Predictions for the 2nd 10-game block

LISTENER QUESTION (37:33)

• Alex: Will Payton's return effect chemistry on the floor?

OUTTRO

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Keith & Chris again welcome some of their Discord friends to the show; Terry & BMac return after last week's conversation, along with a familiar voice from Twitter Spaces, Rocky, making his Trailcasters debut!

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INTRO (2:36)

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (4:24)

- Shaedon Sharpe, twice

- Steve Nash & Dame's calf

- Kyrie &... everything Nets. All of it. Ugh.

WELCOME, FRIENDS! (14:18)

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THE CARPET JERSEY (14:52)

- Saw this coming & still deleted the Jersey Channel

- Carpet Sash vs 2k Pinwheel

- The Cilantro Theory

IMPACT OF INJURIES (25:13)

- GP2's timeline... has it changed?

- What will GP2's return do to rotations?

- Dame's absence opens room for Simons & Sharpe

- Does Sharpe's production change need for GP2?

- Starting to trust Billups as HC

- Would Sharpe have developed under Stotts?

- Scariest part of this road trip

- Impacts of Hart's concussion

OUTRO (1:02:53)

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Was last week's short pod not enough for you? Well we're making up for it this week with an EXTENDED edition!

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We were visited by several of Trailcasters' Discordians during recording & while it didn't ALL make the final cut, there was too much fun to leave it out! Cut this one in to 2 episodes if you need, but don't miss the entertainment!

INTRO (2:42)

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (4:04)

- TC Live on Rip City Radio & Dame goes OFF.

- Chad Doing & Sean Highkin

- LeBron James & Slam Magazine

GAME REVIEW (15:55) *of only the first 4 games*

- Terry joins the show!

- Which Simons do we get this year?

- Are we feeling better about Billups?

LISTENER QUESTIONS (31:20)

- Is the winstreak the new norm?

- What will GP2's return do to rotations?

- Sharpe NEEDS double digit minutes

- When should Dame & Simons be kept out?

- Concerns about Nurk?

- JP joins the show!

- Blazers as 90's bands (1:01:58)

Measuring Optimism

- The return of BIRG & CORF (1:08:38)

- The value of watching live games

- Beware the Savage Garden Goons!

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It's been a long offseason but Blazers Basketball is finally back! Keith & Chris round out their predictions from last episode with possibly the most important ones, but first...

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INTRO (1:45)

- What qualifies as "tired"? Chris repeating jokes, that's what

- Calling all producers!

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (4:35)

- The NBA is back

- Penny wears Air Penny 2s

- Draymond Green.

NASSIR SIGNS EXTENSION (16:36)

- 4 more years! 4 more years!

- Being happy with less

- How tall is 6'5", really?

CHAUNCEY BILLUPS (23:13)

- Fans getting frustrated too soon?

- Does last year count?

- When is enough enough

- Impacts of the tank

WIN/LOSS PREDICTIONS (32:55)

- Roster isn't perfect

- "Glomming on to the negative"

- West Standings

- Dame's post-injury impact

- First 10 games

REMINDER: Chris is on Rip City Radio now! Check out GameDay & 5th Quarter with Chad Doing, as well as Courtside Mondays with our very own Chris Burkhardt!

BREAKING NEWS: KEITH & CHRIS WILL BE LIVE ON RIP CITY RADIO THIS SUNDAY! Pregame & postgame vs the Lakers on 10/23, tune in to Rip City Radio for what is sure to be a unique experience!

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Back after the birth of the third Burkhardt daughter AND the re-birth of a classic Blazers show, Keith grills Chris over some season predictions along with much more...

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INTRO (2:09)

- Welcome to the world, Tegan Burkhardt!

- Courtside is dead, long live Courtside Mondays

LOVE, HUGS & HATEMAIL (12:34)

- Blazers' rooks, Jusuf Nurkic, & poor preseason defense

SEASON PREDICTIONS (16:28)

The Starting SF...

- Hart the right choice, for now

- Dissecting the bench lineup

- Who closes?

- Can Nas play small ball 4?

PPG Predictions...

- Jerami Grant

- Shaedon Sharpe

- Nurk vs Penny

- Nurk vs Jerami

- Who is the 2nd leading scorer?

- How will Penny compare to last year?

- Josh Hart

Playmaking: Nurk vs Simons

Minutes Battles...

- Greg Brown vs Jabari Walker vs Olivier Sarr

- GP2 or Nas?

LISTENER QUESTIONS (49:15)

- Penny vs Hart to run the bench?

SUPPORT THE TIMBERS/THORNS PLAYERS (1:01:18)

OUTTRO

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