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We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

W.H.A.T. Podcast

Two women who love the Portland Trail Blazers talk about the games, players, teams, mascots, fans, uniforms, and history that make Rip City great. With Tara Bowen-Biggs and Rose Harding. Serious fans, fun takes. We have a take and so can you.

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00:59:46

Player by Player Review of the Season So Far

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/03/18

2:15 Ice Breaker, Star Trek Bridge Crew #RipCity Edition: If you had to pick NBA players to be the captain and first officer of the starship you were traveling on, who would you pick and why? Reviewing how the first half of the season went for each player, what we’re watching for in the second half. 8:45 Carmelo Anthony coming off the bench, continuing to be fun to watch 12:45 Keljin Blevins, family. 14:45 Zach Collins is trying some new things fashion wise and continues to be a good bench

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01:02:59

We Have A Bake Off! with Ashtyn Butuso of Flagrant...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/03/10

1:00 Icebreaker: Start, Cut, Trade - cookies, cakes and pies 5:00 All Star Saturday Night Roses and Thorns: Skills Challenge, uniforms, Dunk Contest, Dame winner, players not able to play. 11:00 Dunk Contest: Cassidy didn’t punch a wall and Anfernee didn’t hit his face on the rim. Winning all around. (Thanks to Cathy and Jennifer for their takes!) 17:30 Hot off the presses Issue #2 of Flagrant Magazine What has the last year been like watching Flagrant Magazine take off? 25:00 The Great Basketball

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00:59:27

We Expand Our Horizons and Learn about Top Shot and...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/03/04

1:00 Icebreaker: Favorite coaching moment? Tara: Maurice Cheeks assist with the National Anthem, Sage: Saints go for an onside kick in 2009 Superbowl. Cassidy: any time Terry Stotts wears a plaid suit. 4:45 Tara’s apology to Steven Adams 6:00 Roses and Thorns from Blazers vs Hornets. Roses: Covington’s great game, Anthony/Little combo, Lillard giving Simons advice on the sideline (while inbounding the ball). Thorns: Playing the starters too long, not having a backup center backup, players limping

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00:59:19

This is an Anti-Dunking Podcast

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/02/25

1:30 If you could pick one NBA player to be stuck in a wilderness survival situation with who would you pick and why? How about if you were going on a Bigfoot hunt? 10:15 Rip City Recap: Covington and Derrick Jones Jr are finding their way, finding their place on the team. 13:30 Blazers need more rebounders. 15:05 Kanter is being asked to do too much. 19:05 What was the difference between the 6 games they won and the 3 games they lost? 22:10 It was so hard watching Robin Lopez eat Portland

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00:56:56

We Have A Talk with Dillon Sage of Holy Backboard:...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/02/17

Warning there is an F-Bomb at the very end of the episode! 1:30 Blazers players and coaches show that they can adapt and succeed 3:00 Gary Trent Jr 8:00 Anfernee Simons 9:30 Why do people say Anfernee Simons isn’t a point guard? 15:45 Why does Kanter fit so well in Portland? 20:15 Derrick Jones Jr., is he in the right role? 23:00 Having options is incredible 23:30 Robert “Small Ball 5” Covington 26:00 Rebounding: is it a problem that the Blazers are not as good at rebounding this season? 30:00 Is

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00:58:19

We Have A Talk with Brit Robotista

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/02/11

2:00 Post Harden Era in Houston, John Wall, Victor Oladipo, how much of the up and down is due to all of the changes and how much is due to the weird COVID year? 11:30 All Star Game Thoughts 22:00 What makes a good game part 2 32:00 Subtract points for a blowout 38:30 Taking injuries off the rubric so we don’t curse ourselves, replacing with was the game within 5 in the 4th quarter? 45:00 Updated system: based on 5 points being a great game. 1 point for a win, 1 point for a memorable dunk, 1 point

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00:56:39

WHAT Makes a Good Game?

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/02/03

Cassidy shares memories of her mother-in-law Carla and why the Blazers were important to their relationship. Then Tara and Cassidy dig in to try and figure out what makes a good game? Take a spin using their new system! 1:00 A message from Cassidy, in memory of her Mother in Law and the love they shared. 7:00 Sports is more than wins and losses 11:00 Let people enjoy sports they way they want to enjoy sports. 16:00 Does Robert Covington’s mask give him super powers? 17:30 Coming up with a new

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00:59:27

We Get Some National Perspective with Cal Lee

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/01/28

First we share some Rip City takes, from Anfernee Simons taking over for CJ McCollum, to Enes Kanter rebounding to Carmelo Anthony mentoring on the court. Thank you to our friends for sending in their takes @O_Beewan, @cannafitqueen2, @2guysbrandon, @FamilyTwine! The Blazers are 16 games into a confusing and injury-plagued season. What do they do next? How does this affect the future of the team? How is Damian Lillard going to win the championship we want so much for him? What does it all mean? We

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01:08:38

We Take a Walk Down Memory Lane with Broadcaster Ann...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/01/20

This episode starts with a quick round of “roses and thorns” about the Trail Blazers’ week that we’d like to forget. Then we perk way up, because our idol, Portland-based broadcaster Ann Shatz, joined the W.H.A.T. podcast! We heard about the beginning of her career in Omaha, Nebraska and Portland, Oregon. We reminisce about the Portland Fire and talk about her time as the Trail Blazers’ sideline reporter. Cassidy shared some of the ways that Shatz had inspired her and we begged her to come back and

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00:41:19

We have a talk with Caitlin Cooper of Indy Cornrows

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/01/13

1:00 Icebreaker what are we thankful for? 3:00 How do we feel about how the NBA is handling the pandemic? 12:15 Blowout games 21:00 New rules for coaches apparel 24:45 Blazers vs Pacers preview 26:15 What is going well? More complex playbook. New coach Coach Bjorkgren (Bee-ork-gren). They look a lot like the Raptors from a few years ago. 30:00 On Victor Oladipo 36:00 Our favorite players as Hallmark movie characters 40:05 End Thank you for listening to the WHAT podcast! Join the Women’s Hoops And

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00:46:14

A Very Special Big City Small Town NBA Festival of...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/01/13

2:00 Victor Oladipo leaves big city for small town 4:15 Damian Lillard is someone’s Dad that no one can ever measure up to. 6:15 Derrick Jones Jr is the put-together best friend with a happy life. 9:30 Sabonis: Royal prince who is trying to live up to his dad’s expectations while still being true to himself. 14:30 CJ morning show host choosing between being the lead on a big network or staying where he knows he is happy. 17:15 CJ Elleby is a camp counselor who has to put on a big campfire show to

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01:13:54

Wine drunk on Carmerlot

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/01/06

Amber Vickers of Unwrapped Sports Network and Stepback Sisterhood joined us to talk about Carmelo Anthony, the Trail Blazers, the Oklahoma City Thunder and dive into various stories around the NBA. 1:00 Ice Breaker: Ode to Melo: favorite memories of Carmelo Anthony 14:00 Get to know Amber Vickers (@simplyme_av) of Unwrapped Sports Network (@UnwrappedSports) and Stepback Sisterhood (@StepbackSisters) podcast. 17:00 What was it like when the Thunder came to Oklahoma City? 19:00 Why do the OKC

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01:22:20

Damian Lillard and Steph Curry with Jannelle Moore

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/12/30

Writer (Complex, The Shadow League, Carolina Blitz) and Golden State Warrior’s fan Jannelle Moore (@jannelle12) joined us to give out roses and thorns for the season so far, talk about takes from Twitter and preview the upcoming games between Portland and Golden State. The last time the three of us got together, the league shut down. We’re happy to report that this time all that happened was we laughed a lot and talked about Steph Curry and Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and James Harden, uniforms, the

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01:01:36

Take That! A 2021 Trail Blazers Opening Night Play List

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/12/23

Icebreaker 2:00 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at a robotics tournament (no this is not a fever dream) and a narrow escape from a Denver elevator. 10:00 Tom Petty, The Waiting 13:00 KD Lang, Luck in My Eyes honoring the return of Nurkic and 15:30 The Kinks, The Kinks - State of Confusion for the preseason in General 16:30 Shout out Mike Richman (@mikegrich) of Locked on Blazers for his defensive discussion on his podcast! 18:00 Denver has the most depressing arena 20:15 Ariana Grande, Break Free feat. Zedd

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01:08:18

Most demoralizing plays in basketball with Yasmin Duale

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/12/16

1:00 Favorite shared memories with our husbands. 6:00 We needed the bubble for our mental health. 8:00 Cardiac screening 10:00 We trust the Blazers to follow the rules and we want it to go well because this could be their best year in a long time. 12:00 Excellent pointing and communicating so far 13:00 Obligatory Harry Giles praise 16:30 Rook has been thrown in the deep end. 17:30 Um, so . . . are the Blazers going to be better at defending the 3 point shot this year? 19:00 Of all the things

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01:01:18

WHAT Podacst: Can Jusuf Nurkic be an All Star? with...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/12/09

Highlights 1:00 Icebreaker: Catching a foul ball at an A’s game and a football at Autzen Stadium. 5:30 Damian Lillard game-winning 3 against the Lakers. Devon couldn’t help but cheer on press row. 8:00 DeVon grew up in the Bay Area playing three sports. Basketball drew him, he especially loved his team. Played four years at Diablo College and Pacific University. As soon as he graduated from college he went right into a sports media internship. 11:00 Was inspired to go into media by a teacher at

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01:02:35

WHAT Podcast: Reasonable Expectations w/ Dillon Sage

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/12/02

1:00 Icebreaker: Favorite shared sports memories 12:00 Really well thought out off-season. 13:00 Realistic expectations for Rodney Hood. Restricted minutes, brought back carefully. Be very cautious and don’t let him overdo it. Need to have patience. 15:40 New personnel rebounding 16:30 Derrick Jones Jr is a really good team defender and communicator. Blazers are good on offense, they don’t need another player who can shoot, an athletic wing provides new options. He’s a good off-ball mover. 19:00

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00:40:06

WHAT Bonus: New Players Part 2 Robert Covington and...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/11/29

1:30 What are people going to love about Robert Covington? Great length makes him a good defender. He can make big shots when needed. 3:00 What was his role in the small ball system that Houston was running? 6:30 Strengths on defense 7:30 Average performance during the seeding games but was consistent in the 12 playoff games. 9:00 Can get into foul trouble, mostly because he’s a tough defender and offensive players get a lot more leeway. 12:30 It was sad to see Covington go from Houston both

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00:30:57

WHAT Bonus: New Players Part 1 Harry Giles with Jill...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/11/28

It's always a treat to talk to Sacramento Kings fan Jill Adge, co-host of Hoop Ball Kings podcast. She was very happy to tell Blazers’ fans what we are going to love about Harry Giles. From flashes of brilliance on the court to overcoming serious injuries at a very young age to being just a fun person to watch, Blazers fans will learn a lot about Portland’s newest forward/center Harry Giles. 2:00 What are people in Portland going to love about Harry Giles? He wears his heart on his sleeve. He plays

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00:56:15

WHAT Reboot Episode 2: We're still excited

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2020/11/26

1:55 Icebreaker: favorite moment from this year’s draft. Payton Prichard getting drafted in the first round, Patrick William’s florist mom, an abundance of graphic ts, athletes at home without a bunch of big cameras in their face. 6:30 Welcome Robert Lord Glovington Covington! On the same timeline as Damian Lillard, this is a win-now move. 9:30 Coach Stotts is excited and it seems like the chemistry is going to be great. Also, snakes and geckos! 10:30 Covington was a four year college player who

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