Ben Golliver Drops by to talk State of the Blazers

On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang are joined by Blazer's Edge alum, formerly of Sports Illustrated and the Washington Post's newest national NBA writer - and all around great guy, Ben Golliver. Together they hit on the state of the franchise from ownership, the ties that Portland has through their fans, looking forward to the trade deadline, trading for Jabari Parker, Jusuf Nurkic's growth, the future for Damian Lillard and much more! Intro Opening Comments 2:30 Pro-"Danny" stance 4:30 ELI5, a Blazer's fan 8:50 Relationship between front office & ownership with the fanbase previously & going forward 9:20 Taking Paul Allen for granted 12:15 Stability of the franchise 14:20 Looking forward to new ownership 17:15 Does the uncertainty of ownership effect players? 19:20 Top tier players and "ownership" of the franchise 20:30 Damian Lillard's future 22:15 Jabari Parker and the Blazers 24:50 Parker as a basketball fit and another chance 28:30 Is this the year that Portland makes a deadline move of consequence? 31:00 Portland "green lighting trades" right now 33:00 Jusuf Nurkic a year after Ben's feature piece 34:20 Nurkic vs Anthony Davis and going forward 38:00 Can Nurkic hold up in high-level playoff situations 38:30 Is this a make or break postseason for this Blazer's team? 44:10 Parity in the NBA 46:20 Aminu Appreciation Society 50:20 Portland making a pivot and trading someone like Aminu 55:00 How does the upcoming trade deadline look? 55:20 Wildcard trade possibility for Chris Paul? 58:00 Ben's newsletter at the Washington Post Closing Comments Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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