1:00 When your dad becomes a Joel Embiid fan

4:00 We don't think about the Bucks

7:00 In season tournament conspiracies and ideas for the future

14:00 Thoughts on the return of injured players: Deandre Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant

27:00 Some early WHAT Award contenders: Bench Celebrator, Blazer Legend

35:30 Get to know Toumani Camara

38:00 Belgian players in the NBA

40:00 High school years and Too Many Buckets nickname origin stories

43:00 College years at University of Georgia and Dayton

53:00 Draft journey

1:10:00 Overall fit and extra bits

1:00 When your dad becomes a Joel Embiid fan

4:00 We don't think about the Bucks

7:00 In season tournament conspiracies and ideas for the future

14:00 Thoughts on the return of injured players: Deandre Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant

27:00 Some early WHAT Award contenders: Bench Celebrator, Blazer Legend

35:30 Get to know Toumani Camara

38:00 Belgian players in the NBA

40:00 High school years and Too Many Buckets nickname origin stories

43:00 College years at University of Georgia and Dayton

53:00 Draft journey

1:10:00 Overall fit and extra bits

1:15:00 Takes: Good fruitcake is good and media need to stop saying that Zion is fat.

Toumani Camara References

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We were joined by our friends Jason (@Hecubus01) and Rachel (@pdx_rachel) to announce which awards we’re going to hand out this year and how we will decide who wins. We’re excited to welcome back some old favorites and announce a few new ones!

Along the way we talk about keeping ourselves engaged in a down season, temperature check on the likelihood of a Blazers trade, zombies, toe shoes, Ed Davis, NBA fashion and more!

1:00 Icebreaker: Which Blazer would you want to be with during a Zombie Apocalypse?

5:45 WHAT Awards of the past

11:20 WHAT Awards this season

13:45 Bench Celebrator Man of the Year

24:50 Most Improved Fits

33:40 Social Media Play of the Year

41:10 Blazers Legend Award

55:00 Most Valuable Blazers

1:03:00 Takes: Gerry chose the wrong person, Blazers trade activity will be low, Gerry chose the right person for him, Suns and Portland trade in the off season was a win-win, Remix games are really fun and Bill Kennedy is the only referee who understands that he is part of the show (in the challenge reviews, anyway)

Listeners and friends! We need your help! When you see a player or a meme or someone or something worth consideration for one of these awards - please share with us! We’re still on twitter, you can tweet us, reach us through Instagram or email us at [email protected]. 

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In advance of Giving Tuesday we wanted to learn more about charitable work that the Blazers players are doing. We talked about different foundations that players have started, the causes that players support and how we can support or contribute to their causes.

Along the way we also talked about players we wish we had appreciated more while they were here, how we're feeling about the Blazers taking on Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time, Scoot coming off the bench and much more!

Plus, our takes! On the possibility of a Golden Bachelorette and Fantasy Basketball friendships

:30 Players we wish we had appreciated more

6:00 Feelings update

34:30 Blazer charitable works

1:03:00 Former Blazer foundations

1:12:00 Takes!

Places you can donate to support Blazers' causes

https://helpinghandsforsinglemoms.org/

https://www.brogdonfamilyfoundation.org/

https://www.hourgeneration.com/

https://www.nextplay360.com/

https://www.be-a-light.org/

https://www.nbpafoundation.com/

https://www.nslyf.org/

https://www.patconnaughtonfoundation.org/

https://www.jusufnurkicfoundation.org/

https://ml20.org/donate/

https://briangrant.org/

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We're back with another player deep dive! This time we have a talk about Malcolm Brogdon. Still waters run deep with this amazing man!

We also touch base on the stats we've been tracking this season - how are the Blazers doing and are we tracking the right things?

All this plus our takes and more!

2:00 Blazers latest games - not as lovely as the beautiful fluffy snow covered mountains

5:00 G League game observations

9:00 Shaedon reflections

14:00 Reviewing and updating team-specific stats that we are tracking. (And choosing some less demoralizing alternatives)

32:30 We have a talk about Malcolm Brogdon.

1:15:00 Our takes

Some of the resource we used for Malcolm Brogdon research

The education of Malcolm Brogdon - Sports Illustrated

intangible: the story behind Virginia's bigger-than-basketball program 

The Woj Pod Malcolm Brogdon 

Inside UVA with NBA Star Malcolm Brogdon 

Query & Schultz Podcast: Malcolm Brogdon

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We Have A Talk (and a Playlist) about the G League w/Erik Peterson, host of Kenny’s G League podcast and Kelsea O’Brian, of Raptors 905, a feature writer who has covered the G League for years. 

1:00 Icebreaker: The G League has some unique names! Aside from Remix and Raptors 905, what are your favorite G League names? Find a list on the Wikipedia page (its okay if you you want to choose a defunct team) 

8:00 We learn that Andre Miller is coach of the 

9:00 Learning more about how Erik started a G League podcast (Kenny’s G League)

12:30 Kelsea’s experience covering the G League. Players coming in through the front door vs coming in through the side door. 

16:45 Some differences between the NBA and the G League (esp with regards to watching the games)

20:00 Different arena sizes, accessibility of games.

24:25 Live reaction to the Blazers signing Jamaree Bouyea (who reportedly dunks!)

26:15 How the Ignite are a different team from the rest of the G League

27:50 Vets on G League teams. Jodie Meeks example.

32:50 Rip City Remix fans - people to watch out for - Duwop Reath, Antoine Davis, Malachai Smith. (No NBA sons on the Remix yet). Ashton Haggins.

36:00 Helping players by going on Costco runs

39:15 How the G League Season works

44:00 Our first ever G League/Rip City Remix Playlist! 

Youtube Playlist (Explicit)

Spotify Playlist (Explicit)

1:04:00 Takes!

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After catching up about the first two weeks of the season we do a deep dive into Deandre Ayton before he arrived in Portland.

1:00 We Have A Talk about BiMart

3:30 Catching up on the Blazers season so far -  low expectations are great!

6:00 We need a new nickname for Shaedon Sharpe. 

8:55 What Roses figure skating past contributes to her understanding of elegance

11:00 Defense? 

15:00 Defense and communication

18:00 Scoot Henderson observations

20:00 Backup point guard talk

24:00 Shaedon’s decision making confidence

28:00 Jabari Walker/Toumani Camara combo

32:20 In season tournament

39:00 WHAT About Deandre Ayton: early life

43:00 Moving to the states at 12 years old

49:00 Move to Phoenix - 1 month with Marvin Bagley

1:01:00 Philanthropy with his mom

1:05:00 Puma Endorsement

1:06:00 Short College recap

1:06:00 Suspension in his second year in the NBA

1:10:00 Phoenix years

1:17:00 A few more notes on Ayton

1:20:00 Takes: Teachers should be well resourced and Wemby for MVP. 

Key Resources

The Woj Pod: Phoenix's Deandre Ayton on Apple Podcasts 

[FULL] Deandre Ayton film breakdown and interview | NBA on ESPN

Damn, Sun: Deandre Ayton Banned 25 Games for a Positive Test - The Ringer

Deandre Ayton Knows He's Number One

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We could have talked to Steve Davies (@blazercollector) for hours! Not only does he have a spectacular collection of Blazer memorabilia from the beginning of the franchise, he has an incredibly thoughtful approach to archiving the history of our beloved team. Tune in to learn more about how he got started, how things have changed, and hear stories of more than 50 years of being a Blazer fan with a passion for preserving history.

1:00 Icebreaker

4:45 Get to know Steve Davies

27:50 Front offices don't always think like us. They are looking at the future, not always paying attention to preserving the past.

48:00 Making friends, finding family in Rip City.

54:00 Why context of items is so important to a living collection.

59:00 Takes: Love on your team, Memorial Coliseum is the better venue, appreciation for players who never actually played with the Blazers.

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We were joined by Dillon Sage (@dasage from @holybackboard and @pandadoingthing) to discuss the preseason and finish our "Dribble, pass and shoot" exercise to learn more about how the new players play basketball.

1:00 Icebreaker - Sports memorabilia prized possessions.Shadon Sharpe rookie card, Deuce McAllister autographed banner, Signed Ed Davis card

7:00 Preseason observations - hard to watch gams

12:00 From extreme chaos to slight modicum of organization

14:30 From Corey Jez to Tom Haberstroh

22:00 Scoot is the real deal an Anfernee and Scoot are nice together

28:00 Nurk’s return to Portland

32:20 Captions at Moda Center

38:45 Dribble, pass and shoot: DeandreAyton

48:00 Sidebar - what to look at

52:20 Malcolm Brogdon

1:00:00 Toumani Camara (and how he compares to Kris Murray)

1:10:00 Leadership sidebar

1:13:30 Robert Williams III

1:19:00 Takes- Tuesdays and Fridays are for winning, rice is the best carb, fall is the best season because its basketball season

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Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) of Basketball, She Wrote, joined the podcast to talk about Malcolm Brogdon and give us tips for watching and tracking player progress in a rebuilding situation. She helped us come up with team stats and individual stats to keep our eyes on this eason. 

Plus: Lots of talk about trees, too many uniforms and the All Star Game in her back yard, Indianapolis!

:30 Introducing Catlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote. 

1:30 Icebreaker: Fall activities - Johnny Appleseed Festival, fall foliage, hot coffee and cozy sweaters. Lots of tree talk. 

8:30 Malcolm Brogdon - what was his time as a lead point guard like compared to coming off the bench or playing with players who had more gravity. 

13:00 How does it seem like he’ll be comfortable on a rebuilding team? 

16:20 Comparing and contrasting Scoot and Brogdon and Tyrese Haliburton and Brogdon.

19:15 Is there anything he could help with defensively? He’s played in a lot of different schemes.

22:15 Diplomacy 

24:30 Are we going to learn what kind of a coach Chauncey Billups is? 

25:10 New stats to watch to help us understand this young team.

26:57 Dunks and fast breaks

28:40 DeAndre Ayton sidebar

30:45 Ayton self-creation (unassisted field goals), 

33:15 Free throws attempt rate

34:00 Scoot Henderson - pull up 2 point conversion rate.

35:15 Fouls 

36:45 Pace - coach has the tools to play fast, now we can see if he does.

41:15 Robert Williams - playmaking and work outside of the restricted area. 

42:30 2 man lineups of Scoot Henderson and Anfernee Simons

43:15 Shaedon Sharpe passes made 

44:00 Jerami Grant True Shooting Percentage. What happens to it when his usage rate goes up?

45:00 What happens to rim efficiency without Damian Lillard?

47:30 Turnovers

49:20 Adjusting to watching a younger team from someone who has been there. Look for the trees instead of the forest!

51:00 Takes 

Tara is worried about Nurkic in Phoenix

Caitlin thinks there are too many jerseys

Rose - In season tournament is exactly the thing that Blazers fans can dial it up to 11 and go all out for. 

1:03:00 All Star Game is coming to Indiana this year!

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The day has come, Damian Lillard was trade and . . . we survived? Everything is going to be okay? We're not mad?

Join Tara and Rose as they talk about what they liked and didn't like about the Damian Lillard trade, how we'll remember the guys who were traded and how we're feeling about the future of the team.

3:15 Run down of what’s happened so far

5:15 Talking about players as assets caveat (reference to Dame on Chris Haynes podcast)

9:00 Memories and thoughts of players who are moving on

Nurkic return to the arena during the OKC game, his injury, classy exit

18:25 Nassir, arm around Anfernee during the national anthem, good things happen, athletic rebounding

20:00 Keon - seems like he has more to give

23:30 What would have happened if Dame had played those last 10 games? What would be different? 

28:30 What we liked and didn’t like

Didn’t like: 

29:00 Dame is sad. 

31:15 How long it took

33:00 Miami didn’t look like they were trying

35:15 Sidebar on feeling bad for Tyler Herro. We wish you all the best Tyler!

38:00 Representation and advice given to Dame

41:45 What we liked

42:00 Moved to a small market contender

43:00 If he wins a title he will win with Terry Stotts and his old teammates

44:15 Feel like we can feel confident in the Front Office

45:40 Nobody got screwed

50:45 Looking forward to seeing what this team is!

54:00 Takes!

Tara-we’re going to be so busy this fall with player profiles!

Rose-trust the front office to do what is right

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