SO much going on in #RipCity!
4:00 The Portland Trail Blazers are so competent!
8:00 Player's seem happy
12:00 Did you hear? Coach got arrested!
22:00 Beating the Gooooooooolden Warriors
24:00 We love having Jrue Holiday on the team
33:30 The Blake Wesley experience (may it continue soon!)
42:00 Kris "The Competent" Murray
51:30 Jerami Grant we hardly knew you!
1:08:00 Donovan Clingan's hands
1:28:00 Takes!
We were joined by the hardest working man on the Blazers beat, Chris Burkhardt of RipCity Radio and the 19:77 Podcast, to talk Trail Blazer's pre-season, our hopes for Yang Hansen and co., and to kick off the 2025-26 playlist. We think you'll think its a banger!
00:01 :00 Intro, catch up, Blazer preseason
00:22:00 Mark Mason appreciation
00:25:00 Play list
00:55:00 Coaching - has Chauncy improved as a coach?
1:20:00 Takes
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Today We Had A Talk about Jrue Holiday, Portland Trail Blazers' most experienced player. He's got a huge list of accomplishments, a ton of experience, a fierce love of family and community and we could not be more excited for him to be a Portland Trail Blazer.
00:00 Intro
9:30 Preseason recap (so far)
30:00 All about Jrue Holiday
31:00 Family and early life
49:00 College, meeting his wife, Lauren Chaney
58:00 Draft and rookie season, 76ers team, journey through the NBA
1:05:00 Reflections on what we learned about him
1:15:00 Philanthropic works
1:28:00 Wrap up and odds and ends
1:36:00 Takes
Sources
(remember, some of the linked archived articles were accessed via the public library - go through your local library and use your library card to access hundreds of free resources!)
POINT WELL MADE: Sixers' All-Star guard Jrue Holiday is a product of a tight family unit
From boy to man to all-star: The 76ers Jrue Holiday has grown into one of the NBAs top point guards.
Jrue Holiday is an Incredible Person On and Off the Basketball Court | Sloane Knows! Podcast
Jrue Holiday is Like Family to Andre & Evan | Point Forward Podcast S1: E8
Fun bonus content
We had a lot of great listener questions and we have a question for you: what should we call listeners of the We Have A Take Podcast? Get you ideas in by telling us on Bluesky: @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs and @roselharding Cutest intro/outro music ever by @shoozumoops
Team Mom @tcbbiggs.bsky.social: Which Blazer cutie will you miss the most? - Anonymous
The Tortured Florist Department 🍉🍎🌺⛓️⏰ @paintnpdx.bsky.social - Stream of consciousness: Which Blazer is most into Halloween? Nate Bjorkgren deep dive? Or has that been done already? 8:00 start times: yea or nay? What’s the number one thing you would want to change in a major renovation to Moda?
Brandon Mullen @brandonmullen.bsky.social - Do you think the Blazers are looking to trade Scoot? I got fileted in the comments for suggesting they might!
Jason @hecubus01.bsky.social - Will this season be a trick or a treat?
Keanu_reevebooks @jamesgameboy.bsky.social - The vibes seem unbelievably good so far and everyone seems to be getting along great, in particular the young core built over the last three seasons (them going to watch Yang at summer league was so nice). I'm wondering, do Dame and Jrue feel left out?
Blevins Country, Nurkic Road @shoozumoops.bsky.social - What do you hope to see from Jrue this season on the court?
Twenty Thousand Thorns @20000thorns.bsky.social - Yang Hansen is a Cinnamon Bun. Discuss.
zaphod b @semicolonoverdrive.bsky.social - umm, I have a question. With Scoot out, who is our backup PG?
Basketball Jones 🏀🦁 @shawnjohn.bsky.social - How great of an impact do you think nearly all games being streamed in China will have on the minutes Yang Hansen plays? Obviously he has to play up to his NBA potential but one has to think there will be a little pressure to encourage tapping into that market by extending his minutes.
Basketball Jones 🏀🦁 @shawnjohn.bsky.social - Do you think fans are putting too much importance on the Grant/Sharpe starting conundrum or do you think it's warranted?
Tara and Rose catch up on the Kawhi Leonard news, the enshrinement of Carmelo Anthony and the 2008 Redeem Team in the Basketball Hall of Fame, plus, who was on the Blazers 2019-20 Roster (it never stops surprising us) and this season is brought to us by Deandre Ayton!1:00 Kawhi Leonard and who else is getting sweet deals? 13:00 Basketball Hall of Fame, Carmelo Anthony and the Team That Set The Conditions For the Redeem Team (long live the 2004 Olympic team)31:00 What we'll be watching for this season: Will Shaedon Sharpe play defense? 37: 00 25 point quarters40:00 Who closes games? 42:00 Jrue Holiday defense and who guards the best player on the other tea49:30 How many minutes does Donovan Clingan play54:00 What is Jerami Grant doing? 1:05:00 Takes!Cutest Intro Outro music ever by @shoozumoops
Lots of exciting things happened this summer and we're talking about our favorites
5:35 Chalk Talk part 2
Lots of mentions of Jerami Grant
Scoot will be Scoot
Coaches on Suits - not going to happen
32:00 Top stories of 2025
00:35:00 Damian Lillard returns
00:38:Damian Lillard gets a no trade clause
00:39:00 Team has been sold and we can get on with our lives
00:51:30 Drafting Yang Hansen is going to have a big marketing impact
1:01:10 Tiago Splitter joining the coaching staff
1:11:50 Duop Reath got a guarantee
1:16:00 Honorable mentions
You can find us on Blue Sky at these handles: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding
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We could not be happier to be talking about the biggest free agent pick up the Blazers have ever signed. He picked us. He could have gone 28 different places, but Damian Lillard wanted to come home.
We also talk first impression of Yang Hansen and how things are going with summer league, Portland has an WNBA team and we answer listener questions. Thank you to Jason, Basketball Jones, Project Hansen and Gavi HaCohen Cult Expert for your great questions!
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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
1:10:00 Josh Hart Memorial Award: Blazer Legend
1:18:00 Bench Celebrator Man of the Year
1:23:00 Takes
Thanks for listening!
Thanks to @shoozumoops for the cutest theme song ever!
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 Blazer
Deni Avdija
Mike Schmitz & Andrae Patterson
Deandre Ayton
Toumani Camara
1:10:00 Blazer Legend
Jusuf Nurkic - so many reasons!
1:20:00 Social Media Play of the Season
Bluesky - for being there when we needed them!
Blazer Social for peeks behind the scene and for going to Bluesky
Jerami Grant supporting local businesses on Instagram
Conor Bergin for surfacing the "Two Hands For Safety" information
1:28:00 Celebrator
Anfernee Simons
Deandre Ayton
Donovan Clingan
Scoot Henderson
Honorable Mention: Rob Williams
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 early exit, Blazer cuties making a deep run, rooting for fun teams with players we like
6:00 The basketball origin story of Chris Burkhardt
11:30 Blazers connection
15:00 Traveling to cover the team
27:00 Interacting with players
33:00 How to avoid asking bad questions
36:30 Differences between radio and tv
43:00 What are we watching for and hoping for as the season wraps up?
55:00 Question from listener: keanu_reevesbooks
1:07:00 Why are there so many Keanu Reeves accounts on Bluesky?
1:09:30 Takes: March Madness and College Athletics are fun! (And bring marching bands to NBA games), not ready to let go of the hustle board, can’t wait for Paige Bueckers to join the WNBA
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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 questions about leadership, surprise s and the coach
1:00 Audra was a courtside kid!
7:00 Deni Avdija is huge
9:00 Adding "Oops I Did it Again" to the playlist
11:00 “Chalk Talk” event with Andrae Patterson and Mike Schmitz
16:20 Overall impressions of the event
21:00 Team building thoughts
22:00 Players they talked the most about
24:30 Value and opportunity
31:40 Not expecting big changes in the off season
40:00 Young veterans
43:00 Leadership (and question from @BasketballJones)
45:00 What player has surprised us the most (From @Hecubus72)
52:00 Rose spots a ref
56:10 Question from @BrandonMullen regarding coaching
1:05:00 Phoenix is run like its run by an eight year old
1:07:00 Tara’s take: its no fair that Club level are the only ones who get access to Ranch Pizza
1:10:00 Rose’s take is a personal health update.
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 join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also find us on BlueSky @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding
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 Learning how to cook family foods
35:00 How much do NBA Players eat? It depends
38:00 Playoffs are intense for people around the team too
48:00 Thoughts on this season's Trail Blazers
55:00 Viewing the team through the lens of the the team and the family vs as fan
1:06:00 Takes: Hotdogs are a sandwich, Real Housewives of Seattle should have an NBA adjacent housewife, Get Diana Taurasi and Evan Turner to comment on basketball
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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 everyone’s brains. Paul George is taking time off of podcasting so he can concentrate on winning.
13:00 Why don’t we get much of Shaedon and Scoot playing together?
22:00 Blazer Cutie draft (starting with loose-definitions)
Rose: Ed Davis, Thomas Robinson, Rodney Hood, Allen Crabbe, Shabazz Napier, Steve Blake
Tara: Greg Oden, Al Farouq Aminu, Derrick Jones Jr., Will Barton, Andre Miller, Jake Layman
1:02:00 Interview with Senator Ron Wyden about Blazer Legend Bill Walton and the WNBA
1:16:00 Takes: Tara: if you are tired of talking in circles about the Blazer, go watch a Bravo show. Rose: The most moves doesn’t mean the best moves.
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 join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Bluesky: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding
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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 all-star break player haircuts
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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!!
(This was such a fun talk and we covered so much! Go follow Tom but also please follow Hoops4ALS on Instagram and Bluesky to support the work they do to help people with ALS)
1:00 On the excellence of the Blazers Broadcasting crew
7:00 1977 Championship game tv rating
10:00 Tom's basketball origin story
18:00 Sports coverage origin story
20:00 Covering basketball through an analytics lens
27:00 Favorite player (and moms)
36:30 What he has learned about #RipCity since he started to cover the team
43:00 Time machine Blazer team he would cover
50:00 Question from Rose: What new or revised NBA statistic do you think would add to our understanding of the modern game?
59:00 Al Farouq Aminu talk!!
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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 a world where Portland was the team that did not trade Luka Doncic
43:00 Selling the franchise (some day)
51:00 Seeing young guys fail
1:00:00 WHAT Awards - there are lots of people in contention!
1:02:00 Question from Julio - What rivalries could we see in the future?
1:10:00 Jusuf Nurkic
1:16:00 Takes: Snow is good, Cooper Flagg has the opportunity to do the funniest thing, Donovan Clingan would be a great bobblehead
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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:
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 Trades from the past that we remember: Batum for Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson, Will Barton, Victor Claver and Thomas Robinson for Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee, Mason Plumlee for Jusuf Nurkic and a first round pick.
25:30 Update on Blazer Cuties who were traded and where they ended up
35:45 Trade deadline rumors were very low quality this season
41:45 Welcome Sidy Cissoko
42:30 It's hard to be mad about the trade deadline moves that didn’t happen when we don’t know what the possibilities are.
47:00 Hoping the Blazers don’t make the playoffs, otherwise will enjoy the ride
58:00 The destination is the same, we might just be taking a different route than we expected to Lottery Station.
1:11:00 What if Deandre Ayton is part of the future plans?
1:15:00 Takes: A case for Gary Payton 2 to be nominated for Blazer Legend. Stop using letter grades on trades.
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 thoughts on this season
43:00 Surprise and confusion this season
50:00 WHAT Award ideas from Mike
1:00 Addition to the Playlist: Knight Rider - Original Show
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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 Blazers
23:00 High School and college writing experience
32:00 Challenges of covering the Trail Blazers this season
50:00 Conor’s additions to the 2024-25 play list
1:00:00 Ideas for WHAT awards
1:11:11 Takes: Jerami not the best dressed Blazer? Fan bases who have won in the last 20 years need to shut up, is Scoot Henderson getting Jaden Ivey’d?
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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 about his wonderful mother, Stacey Clingan, who sadly died when he was in 8th grade.
Note: in the podcast Tara says that Jojo Siwa’s father was part of an NIL Collective that worked with Donovan Clingan when in fact it was Charli Demilo’s father.
:30 Season Ticket Holder event recap
6:00 This week’s game
9:27 Questions
10:00 1. What will happen at the trade deadline?
19:00 2. Number one thing to say definitively at the end of the season
25:30 3. On a scale of 1-10 how strongly do we feel that Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe are the face of the franchise
33:16 4. Kris Murray nicknames (list of nicknames provided at the sign-making station in the arena shared by @alexctam.bsky.social)
40:00 Norman Powell. Why are we still talking about Norman Powell??
43:00 We have a talk about Donovan Clingan
46:00 Stacey Clingan (Bristol Sports Hall of Fame acceptance video)
49:00 Cooper Flagg connection
1:00:00 The Golden Age of NIL (Cling Kong is here to slam-dunk your hunger)
1:12:00 Unretire some jerseys for goodness sakes
1:30: Takes: toxic positivity and Unrivaled basketball league
More sources for Donovan Clingan
Donovan Clingan has become a homegrown star for UConn men’s basketball
Top 10 men's college basketball On3 NIL Valuations entering 2023 season
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