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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

WHAT About Rayan Rupert and Kris Murray

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

2024/03/18

We have a talk about Rayan Rupert and Kris Murray who took two very different paths to the NBA. Plus a Dominupdate on the Blazers big man who is BALLIN’ right now!2:00 DominAyton Deandre Ayton 7:22 The team is low on shooters and who is the leader? 11:00 Looking more comfortable in his new situation 14:00 Reference to latest Blazer Focused podcast with a locker room interview with Ayton 16:30 Shout out to Keith from TrailCasters for the nickname The Iceman for Ayton 18:00 Learn more about Rayan

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01:29:55

WHAT About Duop Reath

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

2024/03/11

We are over dunks (okay well Tara is) because they overshadow the art of understated and elegant layups. We are ready to roll with the Chill and Elegant Portland Trail Blazers! This week we also touch on recent wins, what we love about Delano Banton, get a report about family night at the game with Rose’s family and learn about Duop Reath. 1:50 It's raining wins in Rip City! 6:45 How can we recognize players for their rebounding? 7:30 Tara is officially out on dunks 9:30 Family game night vs

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01:29:51

We Have A Talk with Brenna Greene

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

2024/02/26

"Blazers Rule, Lakers Drool!" We go way back to the beginning to learn about Brenna Greene's journey, from Blazers Kids Camp attendee, to nun in Sound of Music, to Montana, Reno and Spokane where she was the station's first female sports director. Many fun stories a long the way. Plus we check in with her on possible WHAT Award nominees!1:20 Icebreakers - entertaining things that happened during a game that are not basketball related. DeMarcus Cousins gets unejected, blimp crash,

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01:25:24

WHAT Dunk Contest?

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

2024/02/19

It's the All Star break and we have a grab bag of topics to cover including Duop Reath’s new NBA contract, Scoot’s new Cheetos shoes, Adam Silver reassessing the G League Ignite and more! Plus, a history lesson about the NBA Dunk Contest that you probably have never heard about! Shout out to Darnell Hillman! :45 All Star Weekend - how do they choose the players for the Celebrity game? 6:17 Bad rules and bad commentary for the Steph Curry vs Sabrina Ionescu three point shootout 13:57 Shaedon

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01:37:58

WHAT Trade Deadline

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

2024/02/12

What Happens After Trade Deadline? Our friend @catrenzer joined us this week to talk about what's next for the Blazers now that the trade deadline has passed. Cat is a Remix season ticket holder and she has lots of great observations and thoughts about how rookies and young guys are being developed in the G League. Listen to her takes on Kris Murray, Ryan Rupert, Ashton Haggins and more! :50 Cat talk w/ @catrenzer 3:45 Icebreaker: Rooting interest in the Super Bowl 7:30 Post trade deadline wrap

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01:15:53

We Have A Talk with Kelly Aucoin about Damian...

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

2024/02/05

Kelly Aucoin returns to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to, Damian Lillard's return and what is the plan for the future? 1:00 NYC Catch-up 6:50 Icebreaker: What would you purchase at Terry Porter's estate sale? 13:10 What shaped Kelly's fandom? 20:10 Sterling Affair: watch for it! 24:15 Doc Rivers is relevant again! 27:50 Robin Lopez enters the race for Blazers Legend for the assist getting the ball down 30:00 Damian Lillard's return to the Moda Center 32:00 History

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01:30:52

WHAT Awards Mid-Season Check-in: Basketball Should be...

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

2024/01/29

We made up the WHAT Awards to have something to cheer for when maybe the wins are not piling up. Its time to check in and see who are the front runners! Plus we check in before the return of Damian Lillard, talk about how players on this team seem to have more defined roles, and of course, local public works and infrastructure (because we have to have our icy takes as well!) :30 Catch-up - ice storms, public works and local infrastructure 7:30 Basketball is supposed to be fun! 15:00 Do people know

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01:11:26

WHAT A Rewind: Jerami Grant and Jabari Walker

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

2024/01/20

1/20/23 We've been trying to make it work but there is just so much going on, we have not been able to record the past few weeks. So here is a classic episode where we learn about two players who have been playing lights out! In case you missed it the first time around or if you want to listen again, from 11/26/22: WHAT We Learned about Jerami Grant and Jabari Walker 1:00 Icebreaker: what do you think about the new jerseys 7:00 News Sign⁠ Ibou Badji waive Olivier Sarr ⁠(their other 2-way

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01:26:28

WHAT About 2023 "I felt nothing and it was weird"

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

2024/01/01

We’re getting ready for 2024 by counting down 2023! 3 things to remember 2 things to forget 1 thing to look forward to 1:30 New York trip coming up 5:00 Jabari Walker City Edition Jersey To remember: 9:45 Jusuf Nurkic saga ended well 16:00 March 22, Blazers defeat Jazz 21:45 Josh Hart speaks up for Trail Blazers 29:00 Summer league excitement and In Season Tournament announcements 34:30 Decisive Rebuild 39:15 “Coach, I hear you were practicing lobs” To forget 42:15 Summer was ruined by the

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01:24:27

WHAT About Toumani Camara

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

2023/12/18

1:00 When your dad becomes a Joel Embiid fan 4:00 We don't think about the Bucks 7:00 In season tournament conspiracies and ideas for the future 14:00 Thoughts on the return of injured players: Deandre Ayton, Malcolm Brogdon, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant 27:00 Some early WHAT Award contenders: Bench Celebrator, Blazer Legend 35:30 Get to know Toumani Camara 38:00 Belgian players in the NBA 40:00 High school years and Too Many Buckets nickname origin stories 43:00 College years at University

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01:17:00

WHAT Awards? Announcing the Categories for the...

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

2023/12/04

We were joined by our friends Jason (@Hecubus01) and Rachel (@pdx_rachel) to announce which awards we’re going to hand out this year and how we will decide who wins. We’re excited to welcome back some old favorites and announce a few new ones! Along the way we talk about keeping ourselves engaged in a down season, temperature check on the likelihood of a Blazers trade, zombies, toe shoes, Ed Davis, NBA fashion and more! 1:00 Icebreaker: Which Blazer would you want to be with during a Zombie

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01:22:10

WHAT Gives: Player Foundations and Charitable...

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

2023/11/27

In advance of Giving Tuesday we wanted to learn more about charitable work that the Blazers players are doing. We talked about different foundations that players have started, the causes that players support and how we can support or contribute to their causes. Along the way we also talked about players we wish we had appreciated more while they were here, how we're feeling about the Blazers taking on Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time, Scoot coming off the bench and much

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01:19:31

WHAT About Malcolm Brogdon

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

2023/11/20

We're back with another player deep dive! This time we have a talk about Malcolm Brogdon. Still waters run deep with this amazing man! We also touch base on the stats we've been tracking this season - how are the Blazers doing and are we tracking the right things? All this plus our takes and more! 2:00 Blazers latest games - not as lovely as the beautiful fluffy snow covered mountains 5:00 G League game observations 9:00 Shaedon reflections 14:00 Reviewing and updating team-specific stats

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01:14:19

We Have A Talk and a Playlist about the G League with...

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

2023/11/12

We Have A Talk (and a Playlist) about the G League w/Erik Peterson, host of Kenny’s G League podcast and Kelsea O’Brian, of Raptors 905, a feature writer who has covered the G League for years. 1:00 Icebreaker: The G League has some unique names! Aside from Remix and Raptors 905, what are your favorite G League names? Find a list on the Wikipedia page (its okay if you you want to choose a defunct team) 8:00 We learn that Andre Miller is coach of the 9:00 Learning more about how Erik started a G

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01:26:30

WHAT About Deandre Ayton

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

2023/11/06

After catching up about the first two weeks of the season we do a deep dive into Deandre Ayton before he arrived in Portland. 1:00 We Have A Talk about BiMart 3:30 Catching up on the Blazers season so far - low expectations are great! 6:00 We need a new nickname for Shaedon Sharpe. 8:55 What Roses figure skating past contributes to her understanding of elegance 11:00 Defense? 15:00 Defense and communication 18:00 Scoot Henderson observations 20:00 Backup point guard talk 24:00 Shaedon’s

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01:20:02

We Have A Talk with Steve Davies, Blazer Collector

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

2023/10/23

We could have talked to Steve Davies (@blazercollector) for hours! Not only does he have a spectacular collection of Blazer memorabilia from the beginning of the franchise, he has an incredibly thoughtful approach to archiving the history of our beloved team. Tune in to learn more about how he got started, how things have changed, and hear stories of more than 50 years of being a Blazer fan with a passion for preserving history. 1:00 Icebreaker 4:45 Get to know Steve Davies 27:50 Front offices

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01:34:59

We Have A Talk about Preseason with Dillon Sage

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

2023/10/16

We were joined by Dillon Sage (@dasage from @holybackboard and @pandadoingthing) to discuss the preseason and finish our "Dribble, pass and shoot" exercise to learn more about how the new players play basketball. 1:00 Icebreaker - Sports memorabilia prized possessions.Shadon Sharpe rookie card, Deuce McAllister autographed banner, Signed Ed Davis card 7:00 Preseason observations - hard to watch gams 12:00 From extreme chaos to slight modicum of organization 14:30 From Corey Jez to Tom

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01:06:54

WHAT Are We Looking At with Caitlin Cooper

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

2023/10/08

Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) of Basketball, She Wrote, joined the podcast to talk about Malcolm Brogdon and give us tips for watching and tracking player progress in a rebuilding situation. She helped us come up with team stats and individual stats to keep our eyes on this eason. Plus: Lots of talk about trees, too many uniforms and the All Star Game in her back yard, Indianapolis! :30 Introducing Catlin Cooper of Basketball, She Wrote. 1:30 Icebreaker: Fall activities - Johnny Appleseed

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01:02:06

WHAT We Liked and Didn't Like about the Damian...

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

2023/10/01

The day has come, Damian Lillard was trade and . . . we survived? Everything is going to be okay? We're not mad? Join Tara and Rose as they talk about what they liked and didn't like about the Damian Lillard trade, how we'll remember the guys who were traded and how we're feeling about the future of the team. *when we recorded the episode we thought that Keon was going to be released from the Suns but we have since found out that he will remain on the team. Yay Keon! 3:15 Run down

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01:44:06

WHAT About Dribbling, Passing and Shooting?

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

2023/09/25

Dillon Sage (@dasage) of Holy Backboard (@holybackboard) joined Tara to help level-set a few observations before the new season starts. We lovingly looked at each player on the roster to talk about what he brings to the court: does he dribble, pass and shoot? And what is his one skill that you can count on to get him or keep him on the court? It's a long one but full of great observations from Sage to get us excited for the new season! 1:30 Catching up on the Blazers situation 13:00 Anfernee

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