When Should Portland Make a Trade?

On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang are joined by Blazer's Edge editor Steve Dewald to take a look at fringe moves, making the first trade, the never ending links to Kevin Love, understanding GM speak, the improvement of Hassan Whiteside, buyers vs. sellers market, the next 5 games and how it could set the tone - and a lot more! Intro Opening Comments 2:00 Changing Expectations Using the DPE 4:00 Making fringe moves 5:00 Steve Dewald talks smaller moves 6:00 Torrey Craig, Justin Jackson & DJ Wilson Risks of waiting to address the bench 11:30 Has the outside view of POR possibly changed with Free Agents? 12:30 Could POR moving expiring deals hurt how they’re viewed? 18:00 Were things as busy Dec 15th last year? 21:00 How often do the Blazers do the thing that they telegraph? 22:00 Likelihood of getting Kevin Love Reading between the lines and GM speak 24:00 The appearance of desperation 26:00 Taking a look at Kevin Love 28:00 When could POR look to make a move? 30:30 Seller vs Buyer market 33:00 The improvement of Hassan Whiteside 38:00 Whiteside-Labissiere lineup thoughts 46:30 Looking at Bazemore’s integration into the starting lineup 50:30 Looking at the next 5 games and setting the tone? 54:00 Signaling intent for the rest of the season 1:00:00 Closing Comments Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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