Blazer Banter: Recent Episodes
Blazer Banter
In the latest edition of the Blazer Banter podcast, we get Damian Lillard’s take on where the Blazers are at midseason. We also discuss Portland’s struggling defense and look back at some other news. Also in the podcast, we have sound from CJ McCollum, Terry Stotts and Clippers head coach Doc Rivers.
Take a look back at the first quarter of the season and the biggest Blazers stories so far this season in audio form. I also profiled the play of their bench, specifically the frontcourt of Meyers Leonard and Ed Davis. The final segment of the podcast is a look at intentional fouling with some thoughts […]
Stories featured this week: CJ McCollum’s start to the season Meyers Leonard’s slow start And a feature story on Allen Crabbe
This episode of the Blazer Banter podcast is our 2015-16 Blazers season preview podcast as part of The Columbian’s Blazers preview. It includes Blazers stories on 20-year old forward Noah Vonleh, Blazers guard CJ McCollum, the team’s style of play without LaMarcus Aldridge and more. You can check out all parts of the preview […]
This episode of the Blazer Banter podcast is a little different than previous ones. This one is a documentary-style look at training camp and the preseason, touching on stories that we’ve covered so far this season like the leadership of Damian Lillard, Meyers Leonard’s impending extension and how the Blazers did in their first preseason […]
Corbin Smith of VICE Sports and the Willamette Week joins Erik to talk about NBA free agency and Summer League. They discuss everything from LaMarcus Aldridge’s fit with the Spurs to how the pieces fit in Portland. Where does Portland go from here?
This week we are joined by Portland-based rapper Stupendous (Stu Holdren), who just released his EP Paid Time Off last week. We discussed the album, the process of making it and talked a great deal of basketball as well. We also discussed Stu’s former life as an NBA blogger. Follow Stu on twitter @stupendous. You […]
Corbin Smith, writer for VICE Sports, the Willamette Week and Portland Roundball Society joined us on the podcast this week. Topics of course include reaction from Game 1 of Portland vs. Memphis and things to look for in Game 2. We discussed the faux-controversy about the sign in the Blazers’ locker room and we took […]
This week Erik is joined by Connor Huchton who writes for The Classical as well as VICE Sports to talk about the state of the Dallas Mavericks. They discuss Dirk Nowitzki, their play since the Rondo trade and the upcoming West playoffs and their favorite potential match-ups. This was recorded as news that Nicolas Batum’s […]
We are getting to the tail end of the Blazers’ season but this week is one of the bigger events on the basketball calendar: the Nike Hoop Summit. We brought in Seth Johnston, who hosts his own podcast “Smooth Takes” (iTunes), but is also a prep basketball junkie. We talked about the prospects coming to […]