On their own this week for the WHAT Podcast, Tara and Cassidy discuss the Trail Blazers’ upcoming season. With lots of roster turnover there are plenty of questions about what the team will look like. How will rebounds be distributed among the team? How about assists? How will CJ McCollum’s game evolve? How much will he drive to the basket? Will he get to the line?

They we introduce the 2020 Season Trail Blazers’ playlist. These are our picks for songs that capture our feelings about the upcoming season. Cassidy’s picks reflect the nostalgia of the 50th season, with one song representing each decade. Tara chose songs that reminded her of specific players.

Highlights

1:00 Icebreaker: At what point in the Growing Up Rip City video did you start crying? 7:45 After a pretty long drought with no triple doubles, Blazer players picked up four last season. How many will they put up this year, and who will get them? 11:00 How many offensive rebounds will opponents get? 17:00 How many times will CJ drive to the hoop per game? How many times will he get to the line? 23:30 How will assist be distributed?2020 Playlist (find it on Youtube)70s night: It is almost too perfect the Queen’s We are the Champions was released in 1977(October). The year Portland beat Philadelphia to win the Championship80s night: Basketball by Kurtis Blow 90s night: Rip City Rhapsody2000s night: First half: Can I Get A Headband?, second half: Ball Don’t Lie -shakira parody, Oh Rudy, when you dunk like that . . . “ 2010s: Trail Blazers Theme Song by MarchFourth Marching Band  39:00 Tara went a different direction for her songs, choosing songs that she felt represented certain players and the year that they would have. Song for all of the new guys: Linda Ronstadt Its so Easy to Fall in Love because of course we’re going to fall in love with all the new players. CJ McCollum: Lionel Richie, All Night Long. Put on McCollum highlights, crank up Lionel Richie, they are a match made in heavan.    Rodney Hood, Katie Perry, FireworkDamian Lillard, Tom Petty, Won’t Back DownHassan Whiteside, The Cars, Just What I Needed

Which stats will you be watching? Which songs would you like to see added to the 2020 playlist? Tweet at us or send us an email!

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

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