We're back to announce the winners of the 2025 WHAT Awards! Get all caught up with us and find out who won the Most Prestigious Awards In All The Land! 5:25 Did the Blazers inspire the Pacers to make it all the way to the finals? 14:23 Why do weird things always happen with the Lakers? 16:15 Rose has thoughts about Love Island 21:30 Listener questions 53:45 WHAT Award Announcements: Best Accessorizer 58:00 Most Improved Blazer 1:04:00 Most Valuable Blazers 1:08:00 Social Media Play of the Year 1...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Its the episode everyone in the locker room has been waiting to drop! Announcing our 2025 WHAT Award Nominees! We will follow up soon with info on how to vote! 1:00 Coach extension 6:00 Teams firing their coaches late 9:00 At least we’re not [insert unlucky franchise here] 17:30 Controlling what we can control 22:00 Best Accessorizer: Deande Ayton Scoot Henderson Jerami Grant Jabari Walker 34:00 Most Improved Player Toumani Camara Shaedon Sharpe Deni Avdija Scoot Henderson 59:00 Most Valuable Bl...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 40 min
This week we were joined by one of the busiest people we know, Rip City Radio's Chris Burkhardt. You probably know him as producer and host of Blazer's Game Day, Courtside Mondays, The 5th Quarter and the 19:77 Podcast . He also co-hosts the Trailcasters if - when!- they ever put out a new episode! We heard his basketball origin story, stories from being on the road with the team, thoughts on signs of improvement and so much more! 2:00 Icebreaker: What are we rooting for in the Playoffs? Lakers ...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 27 min
This week we are recapping a special event we were invited to! With a few other Trail Blazers fans, we got to meet and talk to Assistant GMs Andrae Patterson and Mike Schmitz. Both were a delight of course! We’re not reporting, we’re just vibin’ about what we heard, how we interpreted it, and what stuck with us. Topics include team building, player improvement, and leadership. We also ate Ranch Pizza in the club level and we might never go back to our regular seats. Plus! We answer listener ques...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 18 min
NBA Chef Alli ( @chefalli in Instagram) joined us to tell us all about what her life is like as an NBA chef! We had so much fun learning about how she got her job, how she works with her clients and what its like being trusted to feel players and their families. 1:00 Ice breaker: What is your jersey number? 5:00 Alli's basketball origin story 11: 00 Alli's chef origin story 13:00 (Game) day in the life of an NBA Chef 16:30 What happens when a player is traded 19:00 Nutrition and cookies 27:00 Le...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 18 min
We're not saying we're goofing off or slacking for the rest of the season, it just seemed like the right time to draft Former Blazer Cuties. Who are Blazer cuties? We're glad you asked! Tune in to find out and then tell us what Blazer Cuties would you draft for your Blazer cutie dream team? 3:00 Catching up on the last week, beating bad teams, Suns have big problems and it wasn’t Jusuf Nurkic, is Jusuf Nurkic going to have an acting career? Gooooolden warriors are a zombie team that is eating ev...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 28 min
1:00 Sweatshirt takes, or, what to order online at 4am 10:00 Lakers game: could be worse! 17:00 Charlotte Game: most relaxing viewing in memory 25:00 Sidebar where we wonder who is the best former Charlotte Hornets player? 30:00 What signs of development are we seeing? 35:00 We have a talk about Shaedon and who are the Blazer's guards of the future? 54:00 Who was the last Blazer center who regularly got the block and the ball? 1:05:00 Takes - some requests for media and Matisse Thybulle and post...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Ever wonder about that guy who jumps into the middle of a Trail Blazers game to give us stats and chop it up with the rest of the broadcasting crew? We did too! So we reached out and Tara got to talk to Tom Haberstroh ( https://bsky.app/profile/tomhaberstroh.bsky.social ) - about his basketball journey, how he got into covering sports, what kinds of things he's learned about Rip City since he started covering the Blazers and which Portland restaurant won him over . . . All this and so much more!...
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Brandon Goldner Mullen of We Like the Blazers and Blazer's Edge joined us to talk about what we are looking forward to for the rest of the season. :24 Introduction with Brandon 2:00 Icebreaker: If you could have something named after you, what would it be? 10:00 Brandon's background and relationship to basketball 19:00 How he started writing and talking about the Blazers 28:00 Thoughts on season so far 31:00 Things we're looking forward to: Cling Kong 35:00 Weird lineups 38:00 Looking forward to...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 29 min
It's Superb Owl Sunday and we’re talking trade memories, Blazer Cuties who were traded at the deadline, Blazers making no moves at the trade deadline and then ask ourselves, WHAT about the Development Express? All this and more including: Chocolate souffles Chandler Parsons Yoga mat Working definition of Blazer Cuties Deandre Ayton's chemistry with the guards 0:00 Superbowl Sunday plans 3:45 Arena anthems (ops if you are listening to us, drop us a DM) 8:30 Rip City Runs Deep revisited 10:00 Trad...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 25 min
We had a great time learning about Mike Richman's history of covering the Blazers. So many good stories from the Playoff series against the Spurs in 2014 to what Shaedon Sharpe said about the dunk contest on Tuesday night. 1:00 Icebreaker: What is your favorite arena food? 8:00 Get know Mike and his basketball story 11:30 Covering the team when there were multiple people on the Blazer beat 24:45 Transition into podcasting 28:30 Favorite tidbit that didn’t make it into the story 35:00 General tho...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Conor Bergin of Blazer’s Edge joined us to talk about his journey to covering the Blazers, how he’s adjusting to media access and the unique challenges of covering the team this season. He also adds two brilliant songs to the 2024-25 play list and gives us his thoughts on some potential WHAT award candidates. All this and more! 2:00 Icebreaker - if you could give the blazers a gift, what would it be? 10:00 Getting to know Conor Bergin of Blazers Edge 19:45 Conor’s earliest piece about the Trail ...
Jan 26, 2025•1 hr 36 min
This week’s podcast features highlights from the Season Ticket Holder event earlier this week. We gloss over some rough games and take questions about the trade deadline, definitive things we want to know, the future faces of the franchise and Kris Murray nicknames. If you liked the questions, we’ll do it again via Blue Sky. Thank you Jason (Hecubus01) , Linssenp , Keanu_reevebooks , 20000thorns ! Then Tara shared what she learned about Donovan Clingan with a special side quest to share more abo...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 43 min
Life got in the way this week but we didn't want to short our Rip City friends an episode. Here's a deep-dive episode we did in March 2024 where we got to know more about Ryan Rupert and Kris Murray. Who knows what's around the corner for this team? But if the second half of the season bring lots of minutes for these two, you'll know a little bit more about them. We'll be back next week with another deep dive!
Jan 12, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Its our first deep dive of the season! Rose shares what she learned about Deni Avdija - his journey to the NBA, rookie year, being an international player, playing for his national team. Plus: The now-defunct Yugoslavian national basketball team, Deni's number 8, and it turns out we don't know what shows were on Nickelodeon! 2:00 Recap the last few weeks 9:17 Thoughts and prayers for Miami 11:00 Teams we forget about 15:49 WHAT about Deni Avdija 22:00 Early sports, early success 32:00 Predraft c...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 33 min
After basking in the glow of a two game winning streak (the Blazers will never lose again, we're certain) we go over some of the things that we manifested for the team at the beginning of the season. We might be making progress! Plus, Scoot's game winner in front of his biggest fan, Greg Oden returns to Moda Center, Matisse might live at Moda Center and will the Blazers be able to make any trades? 1:00 Scoot makes children’s dreams come true - an eyewitness report on Scoot’s game winner 19:45 Ea...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Our friend and G-League correspondent Cat joined us to catch up on how we're feeling and start part 1 of the 2024-25 Season Playlist 1:00 How is your spirit? 12:00 Deni Avjia chaos agent 17:30 WHAT is up with Deandre Ayton? 19:00 Bosses vs Teachers 22:00 Chanucy Billups is literally on the court 23:30 A close up view of bench celebrations 25:00 Is Robert Williams III the leader this team needs and how long will he be here? 38:00 Report on what it's like to sit in court side seats 41:00 G League ...
Dec 15, 2024•1 hr 31 min
Join us on this journey! Also, what we’re thankful for! 1:00 Cars that match the trees they parked under 2:45 Houston series takeaways 7:00 Early take from Tara: The Blazers are a good team to measure how serious other teams are. 17:30 What we’re thankful for 18:00 …transition defense 20:00 … Donovan Clingan’s intensity 23:30 … bench celebrations - bring back Bench Celebrator Man of the Year Award! 28:00 … Delano Banton got the final roster spot 31:00 … we got to see Anfernee Simons look happy g...
Nov 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min
This week we're joined by Keith Feltner-Smith of the TrailCaster's podcast. We dive into an important topic that is close to our hearts - which Blazers have the best nicknames? We have a some of the best nicknames in the league and we decided to celebrate them! Find us on BlueSky @wehaveatake , @tcbbiggs @roselharding . Or, join us on Discord ! The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson ( @shoozumoops ) TrailCasters discord...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Welp. Here we are and the Blazers are the constant in our lives. Join us as we talk about a whole range of things from Bachelor in Paradise, pizza dough in Eugene, fond memories of Brian Wheeler’s amazing voice, and the great twitter departure. :30 Three day weekend plans 2:00 Bachelor in Paradise 6:15 How does dating work any more? 10:00 Memories of Brian Wheeler 25:00 This week in Trail Blazers basketball 40:00 Robert Williams III first career 3! 46:00 So long Twitter, it was quite a ride! Fin...
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Troy Douglass of Back To The Basket ( @BallWasLifeVol2 ) joins us to talk about his unique shop that caters to basketball lovers of all kinds -new fans and old will have a great time visiting and looking at the selection of basketball memorabilia. 1:30 Icebreaker: How we’re feeling about “Rip City runs deep” 11:30 Getting to know Troy Douglass - shout out to Blazervision channel 52! 16:52 Favorite Players 20:00 Cultural Blends and Back to the Basket 26:00 Fun stuff that has come through 31:00 Be...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 9 min
We're wrapping up the first week of the official NBA season by talking about what we are manifesting for each of the Portland Trail Blazers this season. 3:45 Highs and lows of opening week 15:30 Thinking about games in quarters and halves and banking sleep for future seasons 20:00 WHAT we are manifesting for each player 21:30 Donovan Clingan 24:00 Deandre Ayton 32:00 Toumani Camara 36:00 Anfernee Simons 40:00 Jerami Grant 46:00 Scott Henderson 52:00 Deni Avdija 56:00 Kris Murray 57: Matisse Thyb...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 19 min
We do the most natural thing in the world and overreact to the Trail Blazers 3-1 pre-season record because why not? AND, we reveal the WHAT Awards for the 2024-25 Season :30 Quick flashback to the 2022 roster? 3:00 Managing expectations: don’t expect anything 5:50 Preseason overreactions (give us this!) 8:30 Donovan Clingan observations “Look at this guy using his arms at all times!” 12:30 Organization of guys going for rebounds 14:30 Toumani Camara, Tara’s take: Toumani could be a starter on an...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Guest Dillon Sage of @holybackboard (TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dasagehoops ) or twitter (@dasage) joined us to talk Donovan Clingan, Deni Avdija, Coach Billups, Scoot Henderson and other actual basketball topics. Get ready for the new season with us! 1:00 Icebreaker: Ice preferences (see Dillon’s recommendation on TikTok) also shout out Sy’s Pizza in Eugene! 6:00 Sage’s thoughts on Donovan Clingan as a Blazer after watching him for 2 years. Concerns: big leap in size, foot injuries. Pro: G...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 23 min
1:30 Olympic Sized Feelings about Team Australia 9:00 What have the Blazers been up to? 15:30 Wedding season 17:00 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City - Damian Lillard possible crossover 23:44 Rebuilding Season 32:00 Former Blazers to watch around the League 55:00 Takes Join us on Discord ! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can j...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Tara and Rose catch up after a pretty significant break. How are we spending our summer? How does it compare to last summer and the Damian Lillard saga? We left in a swear because its summer time, you've been warned! 1:00 WHAT have we been doing instead 2:00 Instead of worrying about Damian Lillard, we’re living our lives and looking in on other teams’ problems/drama 6:00 Checking in on how we’re feeling about Damian Lillard. 13:30 What have we been watching? 30:00 Team USA thoughts: Tokyo Gold ...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the Didi Louzada Era! On June 30 we talk with our friend @catrenzer about the Blazers drafting Donovan Clingan and trading for Deni Avdija. We definitely do not talk about aprons! Plus we give thanks and appreciation for Andrew Nicholson, whose 7 year waive-and-stretch officially comes off the books. But who is he? No surprise, he's got a great story! 1:00 Icebreaker: One thing you are wising for: A third summer league championship, coaches wearing suits again, NBA Free Agency Bachelo...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Time to announce the most prestigious basketball awards of the year, the 2024 WHAT Awards! Plus: draft lottery reactions, draft night predictions, and no more fiddling around! 5:00 Current Basketball Watching situation 8:05 There is too much fiddling around 10:45 Draft lottery 14:00 GMs should be the ones who sit there at the lottery. Stop sending players! 22:45 The NBA Draft two-day event. We’re skeptical. 25:45 WHAT Award announcements 28:30 Social Media Play of the Year (SMPOTY) 31:00 Most im...
May 27, 2024•58 min
Don’t forget to vote for the WHAT Awards ! We’ll keep it open through May 15 2:30 Most of the biggest names are out of the playoffs and the younger superstars are taking over 5:30 Obligatory Josh Hart update 16:00 Timberwolves giving hope to struggling, rebuilding, terrible teams. 20:00 Moses Brown 43:00 Robert Williams III 1:05:00 Tara’s Mid-episode take: It doesn’t matter where a nickname comes from. 1:18:00 Don’t forget to vote for the WHAT Awards! 1:19:00 Rose’s take - televise pre-season WN...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Its that time of the year again! We're wrapping up the Blazers 2023-24 Season with our annual WHAT Awards. Today Rose and Tara announce the nominees --> vote now! https://forms.gle/73PnzzJctJYJgrke9 1:23 When is the proper time for takes? 2:00 Anfernee should ask for a trade 5:00 Players should have consequences for dangerous plays 15:00 We hate what is happening to Damian Lillard 20:00 Clipped Trailer 23:00 Josh Hart! can play all 48 26:00 There have never been so many bald spots in the NBA ...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 19 min
