BlazerTag

Mike Richman of the Locked On Blazers podcast joins Whitty on this weeks episode. Starting things off, they discuss what role sports franchises play in the social landscape of the world and how that impacts communities. After that, they dive in to the NBA returning at the end of July, what chances the Blazers have in the proposed playoff format, and what the future holds for the team next year.

After an extended break, WE'RE BACK! Brandon Goldner of I Like The Blazers Podcast joins Whitty to talk about life in quarantine, Zoom meeting protocols, and other random life things we've dealt with over the last two months. Then they get in to all the rumors swirling around the NBA and a possible restart to the season and how a cancelled season would actually benefit the Blazers. Included in there is some HOT Zach Collins and Anfernee Simons talk and how their development is important to future Blazer success. And of course, we finish it off with the topic everybody is talking about, The Last Dance.

Whitty and Green gather to break down their memories of All-Star weekend, with Whitty sharing why he has a personal beef with Common and Green introducing the fun game of 'Name that Celebrity All-Star." Then they get in to the Blazers stretch run of the season and discuss just how impactful CJ McCollum has been for the Blazers this season and if he is living up to his contract.

We are all just living in the shadow of Damian Lillard's greatness! *Recorded on Monday, 2/3*

Brandon and Whitty were lucky enough to visit the home of Trail Blazers broadcasting and chat with Jamie Hudson. We open the show talking about the passing of Kobe Bryant, his legacy, and how various Blazers reacted to the news of his death pre and post game. Then we move on to talking about the season as a whole, beginning expectations vs the current reality, the leadership of Damian Lillard and his historic performance of the last week, and finally try to figure out if Nas Little is in the dog house with Coach Stotts. That would have been the end, but Jamie wasn't letting us leave without a new Beer Bet so stick through until the end!

Welcome to our Blazers Christmas Special!

After another lost episode, Whitty and Green discuss all the recent Trail Blazer news. The Terry Stotts haters are assembling their pitchforks again, the never-ending Kevin Love to Portland trade rumors and how would a successful trade look to us if shipping out any of our expiring contracts. In Dribbles the guys try not to talk about the NBA ratings "issue" and offer up our 'thoughts and prayers' to David Stern before discussing the meaning behind 'thoughts and prayers.' Oh, and this was recorded live while watching the Suns game to you know there were distractions along the way!

Whitty and Green meet back in Studio Green, where Whitty braves contracting the flu, for happy happy Trail Blazers talk! The team enjoyed it's first 3 game win streak of the season, bolstered by Carmelo Anthony's Western Conference Player of the Week level of play. Is it sustainable? And does the winning streak, against weaker competition, give Stotts any cushion from his detractors? Also, Whitty recaps the experience of receiving a birthday gift from CJ McCollum after the guys talk about their Thanksgiving Day activities! Looking to do some hedge trimming? Get yourself the gift of Manscaped right now by going to Manscaped.com and using the promo code BIGHEADS to get 20% off and free shipping on your next order! Jingle-balls to the walls, fellas!

No Hair and no Green, but Whitty is joined by Brandon Goldner of I Like The Blazers. The two of them discuss how they feel Carmelo Anthony's 1st week as a Blazer has gone and what there expectations are for him this season. Then they jump in to the hot button topic of if Terry Stotts needs to be worried about his job security. Is the Blazers poor start to the season his fault or is he just doing the best he can with the injuries and roster he's been dealt? BlazerTag Podcast is part of Big Heads Media and brought to you by Manscaped. Get 20% off your order and FREE shipping by visiting Manscaped.com and using the promo code BIGHEADS. Go Blazers!

Mixed emotions in Trail Blazer land as the team is off to a horrible 5-9 start, yet have now finally landed Carmelo Anthony. Is he the player who can help the Blazers turn their season around? Whitty, Green, and Hair argue about it after a very exciting intro with our newest sponsor!

An episode with zero Whit recorded right before the Warriors game, friend of the show Eric fills in the empty hosting chair. Zach Collins needs shoulder surgery, are the Warriors tanking, are the Blazers actually a good team, and Juwan Howard will always hold a special place in Green's heart

Whitty, Hair, and Green give their thoughts on how the team has started off the 2019-2020 NBA season following their loss to the Spurs in San Antonio. Who has impressed and who has underwhelmed the guys based off what they've seen so far. Then in Dribbles, do the Warriors suck? Are the Suns good? What is happening in the league right now?!

The guys give their Eastern and Western Conference playoff predictions before discussing the season opener against the Denver Nuggets. Plus, a loaded Dribbles and Trail Mix

Does the Blazers NBA Preseason actually mean anything, LeBron James is inconvenienced by the China situation, and Green and Whitty discuss if the Utah Jazz are overrated

Brandon Goldner of 'I Like The Blazers' fills in for Hair to discuss a wide range of topics surrounding the NBA and the Portland Trail Blazers. Green, Whitty, and guest host Brandon Goldner take up space in Studio Green to discuss the modern day click-bate sports media landscape, Trail Blazers Fan Fest, and attempt to break down both the new California Name and Likeness Act and the Houston Rockets debacle in China. This should be fun!

Chris Burkhardt of NBC Sports Northwest joins the guys to discuss Media Day and all the latest news leading up to Wells Fargo Fan Fest and the first pre-season game.

The Season 3 Premiere of BlazerTag is here and the start of the NBA pre-season is just around the corner, which means it's time to get back at it!

Green, Whitty, and eventually, Hair are joined by friend of the show Steve DeWald of BlazersEdge. Topics include Damian Lillard’s new album and if it’s any good, comic books, and the Trail Blazers new throwback court and other 50th season anniversary things.  Go Blazers!

Green, Whitty, and Hair are reunited after a bit of an off-season break during the NBA news dead zone! After catching up for a bit, the boys discuss Dame and CJ hating America, the surprise Pau Gasol signing, and CJ's getting PAID! Go Blazers!

Green, Whitty, and Hair somehow managed to survive Sin City and recount the tails of their travels and adventures. From angering some show girls, finding ourselves in the Hassan Whiteside press conference, a LOT of underwhelming basketball to a random Shaq encounter you will hear about it all! And for those who listen all the way to the end, we apologize for Green and his (meaningless) blubbering. Go Blazers!

Ryan Green of the BlazerTag podcast and Brandon Goldner of The Trailcasters talk about therapy, mental health and wellness, and the pressures of the NBA; how Blazers President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey has handled the Blazers' 2019 moves so far; the changing NBA landscape with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George heading to the Clippers; and more! We talk about mental health, therapy, and the pressures of the NBA, Olshey's 2019 performance so far, the shifting NBA landscape with Kawhi and PG13

Green, Whitty, and Hair reunite now that NBA Free Agency is officially under way. Olshey shipped off the last of his "bad contracts" from the summer of 16' and upgraded almost all positions of need! Also, Dame gets SUPER paid and then calls Kanter out after he ditched us for the Celtics. Go Blazers!

Green and Whitty touch bases to talk about the Trail Blazers selecting Nassir Little in this years NBA Draft before having an emergency pod discussion about the trade of ET for Kent Bazemore! Then, Whitty hangs out with Brandon Sprague of Dirt and Sprague on 1080 The Fan at The Leaky Roof to discuss the best radio segment of all time, life in the radio business, balancing fandom with a media roll, and if swinging a trade for Kevin Love would put the Blazers over the top and bring home a championship!

Steve DeWald (@SteveDHoops) sits down with Whitty and talks about the upcoming draft and discusses how deep this class actually is and what it means for the Lakers future having given up all their picks for the foreseeable future. Then, the entire crew sits is in Studio Green with Chris Burkhardt (@ChrisBurkhardt) of NBC Sports Northwest in an attempt to talk roster building and the Blazers path forward, but really goes off the rails as more as a WWE lovefest between him and Green. Go Blazers!

AJ McCord (@AJMcCord) of KOIN 6 joined Whitty at The Leaky Roof for a fun new OverTime Edition! AJ shares what is was like moving across country TWICE for work, the hectic schedule of traveling and covering so many different teams, and what she does in her off time to keep herself sane (hint: nature). Then we look ahead to what she believes is in store for the Blazers this off-season and what the team may look like in the future! Go Blazers!

The Trail Blazers miraculous season is now behind us, so we look back and off our Post Season Roster Rankings, discuss the extensions of Stotts and Olshey, and talk the future of the team moving forward. Also, be sure to stay tuned for some special Overtime interviews in the off-season with guests closely associated with the team! Go Blazers!

The Portland Trail Blazers find themselves in an 0-2 hole in their first Western Conference Finals appearance in almost two decades. Stotts has stuck with his starting line-up and decided to punt Game 1. Game 2, the Blazers came out swinging but still let a win slip through their fingers. How does the team respond and how do we feel about this series. Listen and find out! It’s PLAYOFF TIME RIP CITY!

Holy $h!t Rip City fans, the Blazers have themselves a date with the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals! The Hair and the Ryans talk their way through their immediate reactions to Game 7 against the Denver Nugget, how their Mother’s Day was impacted, and go on a bit of an apology tour towards various players. Then, we get into Games 1 and 2 and our overall feelings about this team and this series. Are the Trail Blazers a team of destiny? Can Dame turn off the lights at Oracle?

​ Game 7! The Trail Blazers haven’t made it this deep in to the playoffs in 19 years, and have only ever played 4 Game 7’s in franchise history! Green and Whitty go Hairless in this two man episode talking about how the NBA Playoffs have shaken out across the league and all the drama that has arisen from this Blazers-Nuggets series! Sassy front-runners, hipsters showing no class, eye-ball poking, Boy Meets World connections….just so much stuff!

After an up and down weekend of Blazers basketball that saw (another) historic game, how are we feeling about this series? This Western Conference Semi-Finals could not be closer in terms of stats and star production and we have zero clue how it will turn out….flip a coin!  We also have a fun little segment where we put on our tinfoil hats and come up with the headlines that everybody is afraid to report on.

Green decided to bite the bullet and found himself in the arena for another historic Trail Blazers playoff performance. He breaks down his personal take on the game as well as what it felt like to witness a quadruple overtime playoff game in person. Then we switch things up as Whitty goes one-on-one with everybody’s favorite Team Mom, Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) to chat about how much sleep she got after such an emotional game as well as her outlook on the entirety of the Blazers postseason run thus far.

The Blazers evened the season series of the Western Conference Semis with the Denver Nuggets at a game a piece. What did we like, what did we hate, and what would we change moving forward as the series shifts back to the Rose Garden (Moda Center)? It’s PLAYOFF TIME RIP CITY! Hosted by Ryan "Green" Green (@TheRyanGreen), Ryan "Whitty" Whitledge (@TheWhittyRyan), and Brandon "The Hair" Cannady (@Brandon_Cannady). Our stupid thoughts are our own.

The full gang's back together and MAN what a week it has been. Lillard set the NBA on fire with his 37-ft buzzer-beating, series-winning shot and we relive how each of us took in the moment. Everything about Game 5 is on the table and discussed, from the player's mindset to Paul George’s bad take on a “bad shot.” Then, before diving into the upcoming Denver series we take a moment to nerd out on Avengers: Endgame. This is an episode for the ages, inspired by Logo Lillard!

Two man crew edition with Green and Whitty discussing Games 3 and 4 between the Blazers and Thunder! We were extremely sad after Game 3, but have been riding a massive high for the last 24 hours after Game 4! How much has Damian Lillard’s performance this postseason meant to this team and it’s demeanor and how far can he carry them? How important have the role players been and can they sustain? And do we buy into the narrative that the Blazers can make it all the way to the NBA Finals? Follow along!

In this special edition from the Whitty Abode, Whitty sits down with Steve Dewald (@SteveDHoops) of BlazersEdge and HoopsHype. Starting things off are his experiences at the Nike Hoop Summit before venturing down the rabbit hole of the NBA Playoffs landscape and how everybody is performing compared to expectations. Next up is our view on the Blazers postseason run and if it's sustainable and how we feel about our chances at a deep run. Random superstitions talk scattered throughout

Recorded IMMEDIATELY after the Blazers Game 2 home win over the Thunder! We talk about our thoughts on the home stand, Kanter's play in Game 1, Lillard's refusal to let Westbrook do anything, and wonder if PG has any stock in KT Tape. The Blazers Broadcasting folks also launched a new live game to play during the games and it had us all in a tizzy! It’s PLAYOFF TIME RIP CITY!

The Hair is back just in time for the postseason (and he wants to tell you about an amazing Timeshare opportunity)! In what is quickly becoming Whitty’s favorite episode of the season, we kick things off by paying out all of our outstanding season-long beer bets. After that, we take a quick look at the short week with the Blazers going 3-0 and Anfernee Simons amazing game before going round-table about the Blazers 1st round playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder! It’s PLAYOFF TIME RIP CITY!

Reunited and it feels so good! After a week and a half, 11 game Spring Break, Whitty and Green are Hairless to catch up on all things Blazers. And holy crap are things different than they were the last time we talked! We discuss our reactions to the Nurk injury, how CJ is rehabbing from his, and worry about the load on Lillard’s shoulders. We also introduce the newest member of our squad and what he will be bringing to the table before getting down to the nitty gritty of our season long beer bets

In this episode, we get excited about this week's wins and upcoming schedule! Once we brush past Shot of the Week (and it's a worthy one), we dive right into March Madness. Brackets, busts, Cinderella stories, etc! Be sure to listen for our in show game where Brandon embarrasses himself while having no luck whatsoever! Be sure to hit the subscribe button and rate us 5 stars on any of the podcasting platforms you listen to us on.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Team Mom from BlazersEdge, Tara Bowen - Biggs, comes back to the studio and brought us cookies... well, most of us anyways. We chat strangely named muscles and fan/player interactions while trying to ignore Green's horrible Irish accent. He did get a shot at redemption through round 2 of Blazer trivia.  Follow, Subscribe, and rate us whenever you find BlazerTag!  Go Blazers!

Joe Simons of Blazer Outsiders completes the trifecta and joins us in the studio to chat about the Blazers amazing road series and the disappointing home loss to the Thunder. Did Nurk trip Westbrook, is Kanter a good backup, and how dumb are our season-long beer bets? 

In a Hairless episode, the Ryans discuss the Blazers play post All-Start Break and if they are shocked by the 4-1 start to the road trip. Then we laugh about being stuck in an elevator before breaking down Kanter's Visa issues. Lastly, we look ahead to the next slate of games.

Better listen to our take on the new Blazer acquisitions and the All-Star game before our next show drops 3/3/2019! Brandon Dropped the ball on editing and we should all shame him for that!!   Be sure to hit the subscribe button and rate us 5 stars on any of the podcasting platforms you listen to us on. And to keep up with us and any breaking news, give us a follow on Twitter and FaceBook, where one of us is bound to say something stupid with conviction! Go Blazers!

After having our first "Lost Episode" with the great Keith of Trailcasters that will forever live in podcast purgatory, we dive in to all things NBA All-Star Weekend and why the NBA shouldn't change a single thing about it (dad joke). And not to be forgotten, the Blazers entered the break by YET AGAIN dominating the Warriors and picking up Enes Kanter. Will it mean anything?

Brandon is out doing CIA things so super fan Andrew Belvin takes his seat as we break down the week that almost broke the NFL! During the week of the Super Bowl, Anthony Davis put the Pelicans on notice, the Pelicans have played a marvelous game of chicken with the Lakers, and NEIL OLSHEY came out on Ground Hog's Day and didn't see his shadow....which means he actually made a trade! It's been busy here in the PNW, and we try to cover all things which cover the important Blazer news!

Comedian and Blazers Outsiders host Shain Brenden sit in the guest host chair as the guy dissect the big ANTHONY DAVIS NEWS! Does it make since for Portland to trade away everybody not named Dame to try and land him? Then we look at the All-Star starters, Dame's eventual reserve nod, and look back at the week, including our first internet hater.

Blazers went 2-2 on the week and found themselves 4th in the West before entering a tough road back-to-back with divisional rivals Utah and OKC. Who is the hero of this development? Is it Nurk with his triple-double that we aren't sure actually means anything, is it Layman exploding for 20 points in a quarter before retreating back into his shell, or is it *gasp* Harkless returning to the rotation and allowing Stotts to have a more steady line-up? Should the league do a Curry v Curry match-up in the 3-point

Our Heroes are joined by Keith of Trailcasters for an adventure deep in the middle of the season. Will they survive? Find out this week on BlazerTag! Be sure to hit the subscribe button and rate us 5 stars on any of the podcasting platforms you listen to us on. And to keep up with us and any breaking news, give us a follow on Twitter and FaceBook, where one of us is bound to say something stupid with conviction! Go Blazers!

Steve Dewald of BlazersEdge, joins us on the latest edition of the podcast. Once again, we failed at multitasking by trying to break down Jusuf Nurkic's historic 5x5 night against the Knicks, talking about the declining production of Zach Collins, and Layman deserving all of Moe Harkless' minutes.Then we get into a hotly contested debate about trail mix and gorp during Trail Mix before going over some of the more hilarious Trade Machine proposals that have come into Steve on BlazersEdge.

Join us as we celebrate New Year's Day morning talking about the Blazers performance over December!

Former professional basketball player and current BlazersEdge writer Brian Freeman takes the place of Brandon on our last episode of the year. After a disappointing week that saw the bench get destroyed in two out of three games, the Blazers find themselves at 16-13. What is the true identity of the Blazers second unit? And is CJ actually a good fit on this team if he can't help raise the play of other players the way Damian does? All these topics and more so don't forget to subscribe, and share! Go Blazers