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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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01:26:51

Rewind: WHAT About Ryan Rupert and Kris Murray

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

2025/01/12

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!

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01:32:34

WHAT About Deni Avdija

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

2025/01/06

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

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01:19:46

WHAT We Manifested in 2024

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

2024/12/30

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

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01:31:20

We Have A Talk about our Spirit

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

2024/12/15

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

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01:01:25

We Are On The Development Train Bound for Lottery...

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

2024/11/24

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

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01:45:55

We Have A Talk About Nicknames

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

2024/11/18

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

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01:18:29

We Have A Talk about Brian Wheeler and Say Goodbye to...

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

2024/11/10

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! Find

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01:09:24

We Have A Talk with Troy Douglass

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

2024/11/04

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 Behind

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01:18:47

WHAT we are manifesting for this season

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

2024/10/28

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

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01:11:27

Overreacting to the Preseason and 2025 WHAT Awards

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

2024/10/20

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 any

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01:23:19

We Have A Talk with Dillon Sage!

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

2024/10/07

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:

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01:01:24

WHAT A Summer

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

2024/09/17

1:30 Olympic Sized Feelings about Team Australia9:00 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

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01:09:28

WHAT Are We Doing Instead?

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

2024/08/14

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

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01:33:19

We Have A Talk About What Comes Next

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

2024/07/01

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

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00:58:21

2024 WHAT Award Winners

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

2024/05/27

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

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01:21:48

WHAT About Robert Williams III and Moses Brown

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

2024/05/09

Don’t forget to vote for the WHAT Awards! We’ll keep it open through May 152:30 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 WNBA

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01:18:43

2024 WHAT Award Nominees

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

2024/04/29

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/73PnzzJctJYJgrke91:23 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

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01:35:57

WHAT Are We Going To Remember?

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

2024/04/15

Bruce Poinsette (https://twitter.com/brucepoinsette) joined us to reflect on the Portland Trail Blazer's 2023-24 season. 3:45 Something to remember 13:00 Something to forget 30:00 Things that exceeded Expectations 43:15 Things that fell short 1:04:00 Start, bench, trade the roster 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

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01:36:20

WHAT About Ashton Hagans and Dalano Banton

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

2024/04/08

In which we switch up the order of the show and everything goes all to H-E-L-L2:15 Starting with takes this time. Tara: Blazers are going to have a terrible record again next season. 15:00 Rose: Player comps suck. 25:00 Ashton Hagans 58:50 Dalano Banton 1:25:00 Canadian players coming into the league Letter from home: A father's message to Kentucky's Ashton Hagans - The Athletic Ashton Hagans Blog: Decommitment from Georgia, falling in the Final Four, rumor control and more Ashton

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01:29:43

WHAT Playoffs? A guide to Blazer Cuties Headed to the...

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

2024/03/25

The Portland Trail Blazers are officially out of the playoff race but there are plenty of former Blazers heading to the playoffs! We've got a rundown of all the Blazer Cuties and Blazer Legends we'll be following in the post season. 1:00 Five rookie starters “dominated” by Aaron Gordon. Fun game against Denver showcasing the young guys on the team! 11:30 This year seems like it's going to end better than the last two even if they don’t win more games. 14:15 Which former Blazers are

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