We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

This week we're joined by Keith Feltner-Smith of the TrailCaster's podcast. We dive into an important topic that is close to our hearts - which Blazers have the best nicknames? We have a some of the best nicknames in the league and we decided to celebrate them!

Find us on BlueSky @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding. Or, join us on Discord!

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

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Welp. Here we are and the Blazers are the constant in our lives. Join us as we talk about a whole range of things from Bachelor in Paradise, pizza dough in Eugene, fond memories of Brian Wheeler’s amazing voice, and the great twitter departure. 

:30 Three day weekend plans

2:00 Bachelor in Paradise

6:15 How does dating work any more? 

10:00 Memories of Brian Wheeler

25:00 This week in Trail Blazers basketball 

40:00 Robert Williams III first career 3!

46:00 So long Twitter, it was quite a ride! Find us on Bluesky and we’ll make new, different memories

1:08:00 Takes

Rose: its not the place its the people

Tara: Keeping an eye on the NBA’s new Dunk Score

Find us on Bluesky @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding. Or, join us on Discord!

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

Troy Douglass of Back To The Basket (@BallWasLifeVol2) joins us to talk about his unique shop that caters to basketball lovers of all kinds -new fans and old will have a great time visiting and looking at the selection of basketball memorabilia.

1:30 Icebreaker: How we’re feeling about “Rip City runs deep”

11:30 Getting to know Troy Douglass - shout out to Blazervision channel 52!

16:52 Favorite Players

20:00 Cultural Blends and Back to the Basket

26:00 Fun stuff that has come through

31:00 Behind the name “Back to the Basket”

40:00 Bridge from old school to new school

45:00 Next basketball chapter for the Portland: The WNBA

48:00 How we’re feeling about the season so far

1:00:00 Takes: People who want to be on Daylight Savings Time all the time don’t have kids. In coaches challenges they should state first if the challenge has been overturned, not give us the whole story first. Portland is about to have a resurgence

1:05:00 Outro

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We're wrapping up the first week of the official NBA season by talking about what we are manifesting for each of the Portland Trail Blazers this season.

3:45 Highs and lows of opening week

15:30 Thinking about games in quarters and halves and banking sleep for future seasons

20:00 WHAT we are manifesting for each player

21:30 Donovan Clingan

24:00 Deandre Ayton

32:00 Toumani Camara

36:00 Anfernee Simons

40:00 Jerami Grant

46:00 Scott Henderson

52:00 Deni Avdija

56:00 Kris Murray

57: Matisse Thybulle

59:00 Shaedon Sharpe and Robert Williams III

1:00:00 Rayan Rupert

1:06:00 Delano Banton

10:10:00 Coach

1:13:00 Rose’s take: Setting up a tv antenna is a lost art

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

We do the most natural thing in the world and overreact to the Trail Blazers 3-1 pre-season record because why not? AND, we reveal the WHAT Awards for the 2024-25 Season

:30 Quick flashback to the 2022 roster? 

3:00 Managing expectations: don’t expect anything

5:50 Preseason overreactions (give us this!)

8:30 Donovan Clingan observations “Look at this guy using his arms at all times!”

12:30 Organization of guys going for rebounds

14:30 Toumani Camara, Tara’s take: Toumani could be a starter on any NBA team. Yes, ANY.

17:35 Scoot Henderson - it's all about expectations and patience. What is his go-to shot? 

26:00 Anfernee Simons

28:00 Deandre Ayton in the role as vibes guy

32:00 We’ll see how we all feel 62 games in

34:00 Kris Murray

36:00 Rayan Rupert

39:00 Dalano Banton

40:00 Competing for the NBA Cup 

43:45 WHAT Awards: Best Accessorizer, 

49:10 Most Improved Blazer

51:20 Most Valuable Blazer

53:40 Blazer Legend

54:50 Social Media Play of the Season

59:00 R.I. P. Bench Celebrator Man of the Year and Most Valuable Pet.

1:00:00 How player’s social media accounts have changed over the years 

1:06:00 Rose’s take: ban pom poms. Cheerleaders and dance teams are great. But throw out pom poms. 

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

Guest Dillon Sage of @holybackboard (TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dasagehoops) or twitter (@dasage) joined us to talk Donovan Clingan, Deni Avdija, Coach Billups, Scoot Henderson and other actual basketball topics. Get ready for the new season with us!

1:00 Icebreaker: Ice preferences (see Dillon’s recommendation on TikTok) also shout out Sy’s Pizza in Eugene!

6:00 Sage’s thoughts on Donovan Clingan as a Blazer after watching him for 2 years. Concerns: big leap in size, foot injuries. Pro: Great passer, sets good screens, Questions: can he play more than 24 minutes? 

10:40 How can he help the Blazers on defense? Post defense is A+, all around he’s solid. He’s good at using his length. He jumps at too much, at least he did in college. He will have more help too than guys like Nurk did, with better wing defenders. 

14:30 Concern coming from such a good program directly to a tanking team? Not really, sometimes going through hard times makes you better.

20:00 Fan fest takeaway: Blazers got taller.

25:05 What are some of the things Sage will watch for: Donovan Clingan and Scoot Henderson pick and roll. As much as humanly possible. 

29:15 Deni Avdija: why did the Blazers get a floor raiser right now? Good passer, defender, can fit around whoever he is playing with. Could be a better shooter if he’d had better spacing. At this point, Portland doesn’t really have better spacing.

35:00 Blazers potential defensive identity and who is going to play offense? Maybe they will lose a lot but opponents will be miserable because of their defense. 

41:00 Given the current coaching situation, how likely is it that the Blazers will get an identity ?

47:00 Future of Scoot Henderson, Sage still believes he can be a super point guard. 

49:30 Areas the Blazers were the worst in the league - which are they most likely to improve the most in? 

54:45 Tara's take: If someone is ever going to stop Wemby, they need someone very large like Donovan Clingan.

56:15 Sage: Scoot could still be the guy. The top point guard prospect he’s ever watched besides Chris Paul, but he needs to play alongside better players in better schemes.

Top 5 pick and roll operator, hopefully develops a shot, a good defender, conductor of the team. 

1:00:00 More on Scoot’s defense - he wants to do the right thing but the scheme is not good for him. 

1:08:00 What about the two big lineups? 

1:12:30 Rose's take: Sad that Boban Marjanovic is not in the NBA anymore. 

1:15:15 Sage’s take: volunteer! (also, check out highlights of the Greater Medford area Multi Cultural Fair)

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

1:30 Olympic Sized Feelings about Team Australia

9:00 What have the Blazers been up to?

15:30 Wedding season

17:00 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Damian Lillard possible crossover

23:44 Rebuilding Season

32:00 Former Blazers to watch around the League

55:00 Takes

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

Tara and Rose catch up after a pretty significant break. How are we spending our summer? How does it compare to last summer and the Damian Lillard saga? We left in a swear because its summer time, you've been warned!

1:00 WHAT have we been doing instead

2:00 Instead of worrying about Damian Lillard, we’re living our lives and looking in on other teams’ problems/drama

6:00 Checking in on how we’re feeling about Damian Lillard.

13:30 What have we been watching? 

30:00 Team USA thoughts: Tokyo Gold is worth more than the Paris Gold

42:00 Catching up with what the Blazers have been up to

46:00 Klutch Sports makes inroads in their plans to take over the Trail Blazers

49:00 Scootspectatioins and Clingonometry

50:00 Tara’s take: Blazer need to play to win the In Season Tournament

56:00 Matisse Thybulle is still a Blazer?

1:01:00 Rose’s take: There are too many swimming events.

Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding

The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)

Welcome to the Didi Louzada Era! On June 30 we talk with our friend @catrenzer about the Blazers drafting Donovan Clingan and trading for Deni Avdija. We definitely do not talk about aprons! Plus we give thanks and appreciation for Andrew Nicholson, whose 7 year waive-and-stretch officially comes off the books. But who is he? No surprise, he's got a great story!

1:00 Icebreaker: One thing you are wising for: A third summer league championship, coaches wearing suits again, NBA Free Agency Bachelor-style reality show.

10:00 Draft recap and reactions.

24:00 How do we feel about the Blazers not using all of their draft picks?

35:00 Malcolm Brogdon appreciation

44:00 Free agency silly season free for all - Klay Thompson on the market, someone please trade for Anfernee Simons, everyone is apparently going to Philadelphia.

1:02:00 Last year’s off season ruined the off season for Blazer fans for a while. We still haven’t recovered from the Damian saga lasting until training camp. We hope Damian is doing well!

1:08:00 WHAT about Andrew Nicholson

1:24:00 Final takes: Woj, don’t talk on the air and tweet at the same time! Too many trades on draft night!

Time to announce the most prestigious basketball awards of  the year, the 2024 WHAT Awards! Plus: draft lottery reactions, draft night predictions, and no more fiddling around!

5:00 Current Basketball Watching situation

8:05 There is too much fiddling around

10:45 Draft lottery

14:00 GMs should be the ones who sit there at the lottery. Stop sending players!

22:45 The NBA Draft two-day event. We’re skeptical.

25:45 WHAT Award announcements

28:30 Social Media Play of the Year (SMPOTY)

31:00 Most improved ‘fits (MIF)

33:00 Josh Hart Memorial Blazers Legend Award 

36:00 Bench Celebrator Man of the Year (BCMOTY)

38:00 Most Valuable Blazer

48:00 You don’t have to keep telling us that Bron is the oldest player in the league