We start off with an important announcement, Rose will be the next co-host of the podcast! Next, Tara gives a detailed account of her visit to Sacramento - What actually is so great about the arena? What did she learn about Kings fans and about being a Blazer fan? 

We reflect on some of the highlights of the season so far and go into more detail about what we’re going to be watching for this season. What kind of leadership will we see? Will Damian Lillard get help leading the team? What kind of basketball are they going to play? Will there be more movement, both ball movement and player movement? We talk about things we can quantify and things we can observe.

Plus we shout out listeners and Twitter friends we recently met, talk about Halloween costumes (Fruit of the Loom and Up!) and the first time we met!

:30 Rose has been called in to help out as the new co-host while Cassidy is on injured reserve

1:00 Icebreaker

6:45 Sacramento Trip

10:00 Kings Fans

11:30 Quick 2002 WCF story, Kings fans may want to skip it

14:00 Fan psyches. Other franchises have it worse than we do.

20:45 Close up observations of the team working together.

23:00 What defensive accountability actually looks like.

25:30 We’re getting fast breaks now?

26:30 Bench celebration man observation

28:00 How are teams adjusting to the take foul rule

28:45 Meeting fellow Blazer fans! Come up and say hi if you see us!

34:14 What We’re watching for this season

34:45: Things that tell the story of what the coach is doing. Who is going to emerge into what roles? What is their identity?

38:10 Are they going to spread the leadership around?

42:45 Is Jusuf Nurkic going to take on leadership of the big men? Hoping Trendon Watford returns soon.

45:30 Where are all the minutes going to come from?

49:15 Dunks, assists/passes, how much young guys play

51:45 How much are guys moving off the ball?

54:00 What are our takes?  Drew Eubanks is a perfectly serviceable backup big. Josh Hart will be the new Evan Turner in terms of leadership (with a jump shot).

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