First we talk about how we’re feeling after a rough stretch of games for the Portland Trail Blazers. Injuries suck, waiting sucks, but watching a team lean into its identity, and watching young players make the most of their unexpected opportunities always warms our hearts. We talk about how Deni Avdija, Jeremi Grant, Duop Reath and Toumani Camara are keeping the team afloat while carefully falling down and quickly getting back up.  

Then, We Have A Talk about Sidy Cissoko and what a surprisingly hard time getting pretty basic information about his journey to the NBA. From France to Spain to the G League to San Antonio, Sidy made a lot of stops but we still don’t know how many brothers he has or what he wore on draft night! Local media has a great opportunity here to give us a profile about Sidy (hint hint hint)

0:00 Vibe Check 

5:00 Smart Falls

10:00 Missing games

18:50 Injury slide

22:00 That team ugh

27:00 Article about Communication by Joe Freeman The silence is deafening: A look at 1 of the Trail Blazers’ quietest problems

30:00 We have a talk about Sidy Cissoko

37:30 Relative ages of Blazer players 

40:00 Early life and family

45:00 Languages in the locker room

52:30 Basketball connections

1:01:00 Time with the Ignite

1:15:00 Can’t wait to see Scoot and Sidy play together on the Blazers

Plea for media to do an English language profile of Sidi Cissoko

1:25:00 Takes

Sources

Film Sesh with the G-League Ignite's Sidy Cissoko | The Draftdaq 

Sidy Cissoko 2023 NBA Draft Scouting Report | Prospect Profile | 2023 NBA Mock Draft

Sidy Cissoko | Meet The Rookies Interview with Michelle Beadle

How Sidy Cissoko turned depression into productivity | Pounding The Rock

Sidy Cissoko Was Destined to Land With the Trail Blazers: 'It's a Small World'