We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

1:05 If you could have any two NBA players team up to form an interior design duo to makeover your space who would you pick and why? 

7:20 Jo’s reaction to hearing that LaMarcus Aldridge was retiring. So can you start us off with your LaMarcus story?

9:45 Jo’s LaMarcus Aldridge story. StayLA, an email, and a personal invitation. “I cannot let LaMarcus think this is what Rip City thinks of him.”

22:00 A collection of Jo’s favorite LaMarcus moments. 

26:00 Do you remember where you were when you heard that LaMarcus was leaving Portland? 

34:00 Should the Portland Trail Blazers retire the number 12? 

35:50 Was LaMarcus more important than Brandon Roy?

39:00 Cassidy’s Top Shot update. 

42:15 LaMarcus’s decision to play through his injured thumb.

43:00 LaMarcus after Dame made the shot against Houston.

47:20 McLaughlin Automart commercials and Portlandia

49:00 What would you think he might do next? Acting? Coaching? Announcing?

52:00 An interview circuit would be so interesting. What he went through, even though he is an NBA star, is really relatable in a lot of ways. 

55:00 Tara admits she boo’d when LaMarcus came back. 

1:00:00 Is Stotts time in Portland over? 

1:06:30 Why does Popovich get away with snarky post game interviews and Stotts doesn’t? 

1:14:00 LaMarcus parting thoughts - defending him against punks in the Rose Garden, and recalling draft night. 

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2:25 Icebreaker Where is your favorite place to turn up the volume and listen to music? 

4:45 The Best Tina Turner 

7:30 It’s a Long Way To the Top if You Want to Rock and Roll AC/DC

9:00 Ready or Not, The Fugees

10:30 Smooth Operator, Sade

12:00 Hold On (part II), Martha Wash 

13:00 How concerned are we about the fact that the Blazers can’t beat teams that are better than them?

16:45 Whatta Man Salt-n-Peppa and En Vogue

19:30 Dionysis, BTS

21:15 24 Karat Magic, Bruno Mars

23:00 Thoughts about new players and how they are fitting in (so far)

26:20 Light of A Clear Blue Morning Dolly Parton

29:10 Respect by Aretha Franklin

31:30 Blow the Whistle, Too $hort

32:20 Country Grammar, Nelly

33:30 Moments this season that have brought us happiness

37:25 Party Up, DMX

38:85 Heroes, David Bowie

40:00 What’s Up Danger, Blackway & Black Caviar

41:45 King Kunta, Kendrick Lamar

43:15 One thing that will be really important for Damian to close out the season strong. 

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1:30 March Madness

3:30 Icebreaker: Where in Portland would you bring a new Trail Blazer?

7:00 Thorns and Roses: Why can’t the Blazers play good defense? At least they are winning the games that they should and they are not really falling for any trap games. 

12:00 Really though, how are they so bad on defense?

16:30 Robert Covington is so good!

18:00 If Derrick Jones Jr keeps it up this may become a pro-dunking podcast again. 

21:00 Getting to know Norman Powell

28:00 Getting to know Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

41:30 Get to know T.J. Leaf

47:00 Hoping Melo gets back to form. 

References: 

NBA Player Norman Powell Donates $100,000 To Families In San Diego

Lincoln High’s Norman Powell: the subtle superstar (Interview with Norm’s Mom)

Don't touch Rondae Hollis Jefferson's Head (not Norman's son)

‎Philly Famous Podcast: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson on Apple Podcasts

TJ Leaf’s fish-filled Instagram account

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We had a beautiful talk with two of the Dishes and Dimes co-hosts, Kelsea  and Sandie, about our beautiful fake sons Norman Powell, Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood. 

1:00 Icebreaker: what is your ideal selfie location? 

3:50 Getting to know Sandie and Kelsea and Dishes and Dimes

8:30 The new everlasting bond between Raptors and Blazers fans. 

18:25 Norman Powell, Buck Hunter

29:20 Apollo and Odin

34:00 Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood memories

42:00 Understanding why the trade happened.

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This week @BlazersbySagar joined the WHAT podcast to talk Blazers needs at the trade deadline and to preview the last 8 weeks of the season. If they can get through Spring Break in Florida there is a beautiful path for Damian Lillard to earn an MVP. 

Ice Breaker:

1:00 What NBA player would you like to cast in a DC or Marvel movie/series, what would their role be? 

4:15 Shawn Bradley appreciation minute

6:00 Get to know Sagar

Where did your interest and passion for basketball come from? Favorite Trail Blazer, Favorite Trail Blazer memory? 

9:00 Rip City Recap: Trade Deadline 

10:45 Likelihood of a trade deadline trade by the Blazers?

11:45 Top Neil Olshey in-season move? 

13:15 If you were advising Jodi Allen what would you suggest they do at the deadline?

17:15 LaMarcus Aldridge and why this might be the best possible time for him to return to Portland. 

19:40 How hard should the Blazers be trying to get back in the draft?

20:45 Why isn’t Anfernee Simons playing? 

24:30 Is Aaron Gordon to Portland really going to happen? If so, how? What does he bring to the team?

31:00 Schedule Shootaround 

32:00 Week 1 Spring Break in Florida!

35:00 Week 2 might be the calm before the storm

36:00 Week 3 how will the Utah match play out? 

38:00 Week 4

39:00 Week 5 Will the Blazers ever play Memphis again? (Space Aliens)

41:00 How we’re feeling about teams playing each other twice in three days. 

44:00 Week 6 would be a pretty good road trip if we were just on a road trip

45:00 Week 7 a tough road trip ends and the Blazers play the Lakers who will probably have LeBron and AD back. 

46:00 Week 8 they play Houston and its teams like that that have nothing to play for who crush your dreams. 

48:00 We briefly lose focus and feel sorry for Houston Rockets. 

50:00 The end of the season puts Damian Lillard in perfect position to win the MVP. Can you imagine his speech?

53:00 What is the league going to do if more games are lost due to COVID protocols or not having enough players? Will some teams finish with fewer games?

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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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1:00 Icebreaker: Start, Cut, Trade - cookies, cakes and pies

5:00 All Star Saturday Night Roses and Thorns: Skills Challenge, uniforms, Dunk Contest, Dame winner, players not able to play. 

11:00 Dunk Contest: Cassidy didn’t punch a wall and Anfernee didn’t hit his face on the rim. Winning all around. (Thanks to Cathy and Jennifer for their takes!)

17:30 Hot off the presses Issue #2 of Flagrant Magazine What has the last year been like watching Flagrant Magazine take off? 

25:00 The Great Basketball Bake-Off Which basketball players would be the best British Bake Off contestants?

Our choices: Derrick Jones Jr., CJ McCollum, Serge Ibaka, Deandre Jordan, Javale McGee, Russell Westbrook, Jimmy Butler, Lamelo Ball, Nikola Jokic, Zion Williamson, Robin Lopez, Kyrie Irving

53:30 Takes from @2guysbrandon and @kendylbennett16

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1:00 Icebreaker: Favorite coaching moment? Tara: Maurice Cheeks assist with the National Anthem, Sage: Saints go for an onside kick in 2009 Superbowl. Cassidy: any time Terry Stotts wears a plaid suit. 

4:45 Tara’s apology to Steven Adams

6:00 Roses and Thorns from Blazers vs Hornets. Roses: Covington’s great game, Anthony/Little combo, Lillard giving Simons advice on the sideline (while inbounding the ball). Thorns: Playing the starters too long, not having a backup center backup, players limping and looking tired. 

14:00 Top Shot Talk

24:00 How is collecting Moments different than collecting cards?

31:00 Online Sports betting, how does it work? 

35:00 Stay in school and study math kids!

40:00 Placing a bet

44:30 Betting on your own team?

50:00 Player prop bets -- putting real money on De’Andre Ayton

 

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1:30 If you could pick one NBA player to be stuck in a wilderness survival situation with who would you pick and why? How about if you were going on a Bigfoot hunt? 

10:15 Rip City Recap: Covington and Derrick Jones Jr are finding their way, finding their place on the team. 

13:30 Blazers need more rebounders.

15:05 Kanter is being asked to do too much.

19:05 What was the difference between the 6 games they won and the 3 games they lost? 

22:10 It was so hard watching Robin Lopez eat Portland up. 

23:00 Noah Vonleh is available.

28:00 Please just bring in someone who is tall. 

30:10 Vanterpool and empty promises from the league.

39:00 All Star Snubs - can we come up with better ideas for selecting All Stars? 

49:00 Hot takes from Twitter! 

@O_Beewan says: 

The team did an amazing job with all these injuries and the young players proved their value which means that when CJ and Nurk will be back, I honestly think that the team will be a very solid top 5 team of the West.

@FamilyTwine says:

What's more fun to you; seeing a *young players* like Nas take a step forward or a sentimental favorite like Rodney show flashes that he's getting back to where he was before the injury? Both are great but I think I enjoy Hoodies moments of brilliance a little more (I'm also old).

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Warning there is an F-Bomb at the very end of the episode!

1:30 Blazers players and coaches show that they can adapt and succeed

3:00 Gary Trent Jr

8:00 Anfernee Simons

9:30 Why do people say Anfernee Simons isn’t a point guard?

15:45 Why does Kanter fit so well in Portland?

20:15 Derrick Jones Jr., is he in the right role? 

23:00 Having options is incredible

23:30 Robert “Small Ball 5” Covington

26:00 Rebounding: is it a problem that the Blazers are not as good at rebounding this season?

30:00 Is Melo adapting to coming  off the bench. 

33:45 Damian Lillard Damian Lillard Damian Lillard.

35:00 New Orleans Pelicans Preview

43:00 Takes! 

@SusieSuffrage How long will Harry Giles be out and how are we going to adjust?

@Theo3ptB Will Portland be in Drummond  talks to attempt to win now!

@kendylbennett16 Oh boy that seems to change every game haha. I’m optimistic considering we are 5th in the west even with all our injuries, but also still hoping for a move to bring in someone like a PJ Tucker or even BG.

@samvanrooy HOT TAKE: This is the most fun the Blazers have ever been.

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