Rafael Barlowe (@Barlowe500) blazed his own trail to become one of the most connected and sought after people to talk to about upcoming NBA prospects. He also happens to be a long-time Trail Blazers fan! Tara got to know him, heard more about how he got to where he is today and talked about the Blazer’s younger players. Tune in, and if you don't already follow his work, you'll have a new favorite source for NBA draft content!

1:00 Taking over NBA Big Board from Chad Ford

7:00 Icebreaker (even though the ice was broken!) What is your favorite season and where?

8:00 Rafael is a Trail Blazers fan! Like from waaaaaay back!

9:36 How Rafael became a basketball/Trail Blazers fan

13:00 It's always fun to remember a Blazers win over the Jazz

15:15 The journey to his dream job

19:30 Learning the business

21:00 Getting his first video featured on Washington Post

24:00 First jobs in Europe

25:45 Keep tweeting- you never know who is watching!

28:45 Young players playing - how many players do you have to learn about to be ready to do the draft work?

31:30 Jabrai Walker thoughts “he had a magnet to the ball”

33:00 Trendon Watford thoughts

34:30 Brandon Williams gets cut :(

36:00 Mike Schmitz to the Blazers and international scouting

39:45 Keon Johnson thoughts - will he end up being the biggest part of that Clippers deal?

41:45 How the team has changed since the lost to the Pelicans in the first round

42:45 Greg Brown III - Will he find a place on this team?

44:15 Shaedon Sharpe - his role is one of the top 10 storylines as the season develops

48:15 Thoughts on the new coach?

53:30 Wrap up - where to find Rafael’s work and what to look for this year

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Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License