Tara is joined by her former co-host from the Blazer’s Edge podcast, Danny Marang (@dannymarang) , now of @DannyandDusty on 1080 the Fan and Jacked Ramasys (@JackedRamsays) podcast. Much of the talk is about what we know and don’t know about the coach, and what we know and mostly don’t know about the team. Some good stories sprinkled in, a puppy appearance and a healthy dose of dunk talk.

1:00 Life updates, puppy introductions and a new job.

5:08 What can we tell about the coach right now? Willingness to adjust rotations from game to game. Not sure if it's good but at least he’s willing. Stotts stuck with what works, Billups doesn’t know yet what works. Matches up well with Joe Cronin and his vision for the most part.

10:30 Why did the Blazers give someone with so little experience the biggest job?

13:20 Blazers are just missing everything. They are getting good shots but they are not going in. They are playing different roles than they are used to. Equal opportunity offense isn’t everyone’s comfort zone, doesn’t quite match the personnel.

19:00 Gary Payton II is downgraded to out and other injuries.

23:45 How long do they miss shots before we start to worry about it?

26:00 The goals of the team are to figure out who they are.

28:20 Increase in dunks, where are they all coming from?

33:00 Jusuf Nurkic making 3s, what kinds of things does this open up?

36:30 Passing leading to more turnovers - when do we worry and when do they get cleaned up? A deeper look at Damian Lillard’s passing profile.

44:00 Blazers working on communication at practice.

50:00 After Time Outs they are 12th in the league in points per possession - that has fallen off quite a bit in recent weeks.

54:30 Shaedon Sharpe observations - he has it - what “it” is is yet to be determined but it come from his athleticism.

59:00 Shaedon’s growth, including with interviews.

1:02:00 Adding the younger players to the rotation . . . slowly.

1:06:00 The shortest trade talk you will hear on any podcast.

Music by Erik Peterson! @ShoozumOops Twitter.

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