We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

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We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast episodes

October 23, 2023 We Have A Talk with Steve Davies, Blazer Collector
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.

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)

1 hr 21 min
October 16, 2023 We Have A Talk about Preseason with Dillon Sage
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
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)
1 hr 35 min
October 08, 2023 WHAT Are We Looking At with Caitlin Cooper
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!
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)

1 hr 7 min
October 01, 2023 WHAT We Liked and Didn't Like about the Damian Lillard Trade
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.
*when we recorded the episode we thought that Keon was going to be released from the Suns but we have since found out that he will remain on the team. Yay Keon!
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
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)
1 hr 3 min
September 25, 2023 WHAT About Dribbling, Passing and Shooting?
Dillon Sage (@dasage) of Holy Backboard (@holybackboard) joined Tara to help level-set a few observations before the new season starts. We lovingly looked at each player on the roster to talk about what he brings to the court: does he dribble, pass and shoot? And what is his one skill that you can count on to get him or keep him on the court?
It's a long one but full of great observations from Sage to get us excited for the new season!
1:30 Catching up on the Blazers situation
13:00 Anfernee Simons
21:30 Damian Lillard
George Conditt IV
25:00 Ibou Badji
27:00 Jabari Walker
32:00 Jerami Grant
35:00 John Butler
38:30 Jusuf Nurkić
46:00 Keon Johnson
49:00 Kevin Knox
53:00 Kris Murray
1:01:30 Matisse Thybulle
1:07:00 Moses Brown
1:09:00 Nassir Little
1:13:15 Rayan Rupert
1:16:15 Shaedon Sharpe
1:23:30 Scoot Henderson
1:35:00 How long will it take for the vision to become a reality?
Give it a listen. It is like training camp for the brain!
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)

1 hr 45 min
September 25, 2023 WHAT About Dribbling Passing and Shooting with Dillon Sage
Dillon Sage (@dasage) of Holy Backboard (@holybackboard) joined Tara to help level-set a few observations before the new season starts. We lovingly looked at each player on the roster to talk about what he brings to the court: does he dribble, pass and shoot? And what is his one skill that you can count on to get him or keep him on the court?
It's a long one but full of great observations from Sage to get us excited for the new season!
1:30 Catching up on the Blazers situation
13:00 Anfernee Simons
21:30 Damian Lillard
23:00 George Conditt IV
25:00 Ibou Badji
27:00 Jabari Walker
32:00 Jerami Grant
35:00 John Butler
38:30 Jusuf Nurkić
46:00 Keon Johnson
49:00 Kevin Knox
53:00 Kris Murray
1:01:30 Matisse Thybulle
1:07:00 Moses Brown
1:09:00 Nassir Little
1:13:15 Rayan Rupert
1:16:15 Shaedon Sharpe
1:23:30 Scoot Henderson
1:35:00 How long will it take for the vision to become a reality?
Give it a listen. It is like training camp for the brain!
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)
1 hr 45 min
September 18, 2023 So WHAT We've Got Dunks: A 2024 Blazers Playlist
We Have A Trail Blazers Playlist!
We were joined by members of the Third Bench, an active fan group from section 317, to make this season’s playlist. We process a lot with this year’s selections: from petty, to family, to heartbreak, from Loudmouth, to Rowing, we finally come Out of the Woods to Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends.

1:00 Introduce Guests: Seth (@SheriffOfPDX) , Ike (@ikesourus) and Catherine (@catrenzer) from the Third Bench (@thethirdbench)
7:00 About the Third Bench
22:00 2023-24 Trail Blazers Playlist
55:29 This week’s takes: Last game with Dame, basketball cards, people are looking for connection, Kevin Love to Portland, return to weight lifting
Spotify Playlist
Youtube Playlist
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)

1 hr 6 min
September 02, 2023Certified Blazers Cutie Rewind: Rondae Hollis Jefferson and the Chester Connection
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been ballin' at the 2023 FIBA World Cup in the Philippines this summer. We could not be more excited because, you see, we fell for this Certified Blazers Cutie years ago.
First, when he was drafted by the Blazers in 2015 and immediately traded to Brooklyn for Mason Plumlee and Pat Connaughton, and again in 2021 when the Blazers signed him to multiple 10 day contracts before their season fizzled out with a first round loss to Denver.
In this re-run of a WHAT pod classic you'll hear a "WHAT about" Episode where Cassidy (so fun to hear her once again!) and Tara get to know the newest players including RHJ before he became king of the (FIBA) World (Cup).
Also in this episode:
Cassidy (@cassidyfense) and Tara are in their feels about a week in which the Blazers won a game by 48 points (April 3 vs OKC) and also had 47 points scored on them in the first quarter (April 6 vs Clippers). Oh Rip City the more things change the more they stay the same!

Remember when Tara had given up on dunks?

Plus, get to know Norman Powell and TJ Leaf (remember when he was a Blazer?)

The Chester Connection, a powerful yet fleeting hope we once had that two guys from Chester, PA (Derrick Jones Jr and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson) might connect for an alley-oop.
Tara and Rose will be back in a few weeks! Hope you enjoy this blast from the past!
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
52 min
July 24, 2023 WHAT Are You Making with Gina and Kylie
Today we talked to two creative fans who express their love for the Blazers by making cool stuff. Meet Gina Shaddox (@ginamarina), known in Rip City for her hand-knit Damian Lillard sweater (amongst other creations), and Kaylie Hardin, a sticker, shirt and jewelry (among other things) maker. Kylie was formerly known as Protoplutonian, now goes by @basketghoul.
We talk to them about how they got into basketball and when they started making things. What happens when you create something and then a player leaves? What sort of fun stuff have you gotten to do as a result of being a maker?
Along the way we talk about Sharks vs Mosquitoes, Rip City vs Florida, Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, how this whole Dame trade is probably just a giant, hilarious misunderstanding. Plus, more Andrew Nicholson content than any other Blazers podcast. Bet.
1:00 Icebreaker: Ocean or Lake?
7:00 Getting to know Gina and her knitting
12:30 Kaylie and her inspiration
18:00 Making things shows people (players) that you see them. It is a kind of appreciation.
20:00 Shout out to Beth K (@thingsbethmakes)!
23:45 Artistic dreams that died with Gary Payton 2’s trade . . .
34:00 When will Portland have a Christmas Day game again?
35:00 Gina proposes an alternate reality that is a perfectly good explanation for why Damian Lillard doesn’t really want to leave.
39:00 We can work it out Dame!
45:00 Fun things that materialized from making stuff.
51:00 Nurk! Nurk? Nurk!
57:00 Tara’s take - an Andrew Nicholson Appreciation
1:05 More takes and 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
1 hr 15 min
July 11, 2023 WHAT About Summer League 2023
1:00 Report from Summer League
2:00 Compared to when LaMarcus left
3:30 Wemby’s first game
6:00 Discussion of Threads
6:45 Houston vs Portland game
11:00 More scenes from summer league
15:00 Ibou Baji report/update
17:30 Breg Brown III sighting
19:45 Victor Wembanyama
22:00 Missing Trendon
23:00 Vets watching younger players
27:00 It feels like we’re standing in the longest line in the world
39:30 National media coverage
42:20 Protecting the legacy of the relationship between Damian and the city
50:20 Vanderpump Las Vegas report
54:50 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
The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)
59 min

About We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

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Two women who love the Portland Trail Blazers talk about the games, players, teams, mascots, fans, uniforms, and history that make Rip City great. With Tara Bowen-Biggs and Rose Harding. Serious fans, fun takes.