Rip City Mornings

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! We jump right into with the Houston Rockets and the Blazers game last night and, of course, the tough loss for the Blazers with the Rockers but it was still a great fight against the team in the closing minutes when the team was down by 17 with 4 minutes and the bench came in and started to do their thing. It was a GREAT comeback for the Blazers, but at the end of the day, the Blazers did lose the game which is something we did not want but a very hopeful defeat last night.

Jabari Young talks with us about the Spurs/ Blazers matchup this Saturday, the whole Kawi Leonard situation and where it is at the moment , Dan not taking Jabari out for coffee when he was here last, and the playoff situation with the Spurs and where they are going from here!

IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We preview the matchup tonight with the Blazers and Rockets and are expectations going into this game are… not very good. With Dame being out, we are most likely to lose this game with the firepower that is James Harden and Chris Paul. Wining this game will be most likely a struggle to be completely honest. Dan and Nigel DID actually spend some time together yesterday and went and watched Black Panther! Then we discussed about Black Panther and how good it was for literally the rest of the segment.

Craig Ackerman joins the show this morning to talk some Blazers/Rockets matchup that is tonight without Damian Lillard, the Rockets and their lack of “hustle” they have showed over the past few games, who the Rockets want to see in the playoff race when it comes down to it, and James Harden’s MVP race this year.

CJ McCollum has a new podcast, and with that, he opens up about the possibility of LeBron actually going to the 76ers??? CJ says that this actually is something that could happen with how the East is right now. With the 76ers up and coming and doing so well this season, and with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons doing his thing this year, LeBron might just go and hop on the process train.

Happy Wednesday everyone! Here is today's show if you guys missed it!

The Blazers are playing the Dallas Mavericks tonight in a game where the Mavs are basically at the point of tanking with little to no help on their roster with most of their players are injured. The Blazers looking to win tonight and thus giving them the 3rd seed in the western conference and also home court advantage. Home court would be a nice touch for the Blazers, and making this playoff run with the Blazers more fulling then what it is already for us as fans. Villanova smokes Michigan to win the national championship; this is the 2nd championship in the last 3 years for Villanova. Congrats to Villanova and their great championship win!

Mark Followill, TV play by play announcer for the Mavs, joins the show to talk about who in the hell is going to play for the Mavs tonight against the Blazers, If Dirk’s time with the team is a little overdone now and maybe it is time to move on from Dirk, if they are in tank more or still trying to figure things out, and of course the matchup tonight against the Blazers!

IT’S MONDAY! Nigel is BACK! After a long week away from us, we are all back together and the brand is STRONG once again! The Blazers played the Grizzlies last night and ALMOST didn’t come up with it, but ran away with a victory last night and securing that playoff spot for themselves here before the regular season comes to an end. That 3 spot is still in question, but it is looking like we are going to secure that spot for ourselves here in the next few games. Our main man Ed Davis is reportedly out for the next week or so to deal with some knee soreness. Ed has been a big part of our game as of late, so we are hoping he comes back when the playoffs start because the bench is in dire need of some help. The women’s national championship conclude in DRAMTIC fashion yesterday with Norte Dame coming in and finishing off Mississippi state to win their first national championship in over 17 years. Congrats to Norte Dame women’s team!

Terry Stotts joins the show to talk about the winner over the Grizzlies and the struggle from that, the bench and their lack of playing well without Dame being on the floor, if not the 3rd seed matter to him at all or not, and much more with Coach Stotts

The Blazers are playing the Clippers tonight at HOME finally and the Blazers will be back with their main guy DAMIAN being back from having his baby boy’s birth yesterday, Dame should have a fire under him right now after the loss against the bum Grizzlies two days ago without him. A new report comes out that if Blazers win tonight OR if Denver and or Minnesota lose tonight than the Blazers WILL become the 3rd seed in the playoffs. Blazers need to get it done so we can secure that 3rd seed baby!

IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We have Jay Allen filling in today! We talk Blazers and the disappointing loss to the Grizzlies last night, which should have been an easy win for the Blazers, but sadly, was not. CJ came to play, however, adding 42 points for himself and Wade Baldwin stepping up into the plate and adding a career high for himself with 15. Both were not enough to get the win last night, as the Blazers fall without the help of Dame, who is awaiting the birth of his son! The Blazers have a day of rest before taking on the Clippers this Friday. Opening day of baseball is today! Some are really happy about this and some, like myself, are thinking this is whatever. But hey, baseball fans rejoice!

CJ McCollums joins the show for his weekly segment to talk about the loss against the Grizz last night, Dame and the birth of his first son, what happened in the fourth quarter and how they let the game slip away from them, CJ hopes to finish the season with the Blazers having 50 wins, and more!

IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! Blazers beat the Pelicans in an AMAZING Damian Lillard fashion where Dame goes OFF and scores about 24 pts in the 4th to get this win over the Pelicans and send home Dame happy to see his new baby with a win behind him and most LIKELY will get Memphis Grizzlies with a dub tonight. The Blazers are playing the Grizz tonight without Dame, for obvious reasons, and CJ will most likely have to come into this game firing on all cylinders to make sure the Grizz don’t come out of nowhere and get this win.

Pete Pranica, TV play by play announcer, joins the show this morning to talk about Grizzles matchup, Marc Gasol and his status with the team, if the team is trying to tank or not this season, the Chandler Parson’s situation and the experience with the team,

IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We talk about Blazers and the Pelican matchup that Is tonight! We know Davis is in a different level when it comes to how he is playing right now, but the Blazers can still handle Davis with Dame and CJ leading the way and hopefully the bench comes out for this game where in the last game, they only had 8 points which is not enough for a bench for this team against the Pelicans who follow Davis fully. We will see how this matchup goes tonight, but we need the Blazers to take this win and make sure they are 3rd in the western conference finals. The Lady Ducks lose last night in the Elite 8, and their chances of a championship is gone at this point. They had a good run, but the run wasn’t enough to make it to the Ship this year

Joel Meyers, Pelicans TV play by play man joins the show to talk about the matchup today against the Blazers, Cousins and his decision this year and where he goes, Davis having an incredible season that no one saw coming, what is the status of Rajon Rondo, and more about the Pelicans and the Blazers matchup.

Terry Stotts joins the show to talk about the loss of the Celtics this last Friday where we all thought this was going to be a win, where we discuss the win over the Thunder, where most people were going to chop that up as a loss. We also talk about Dame and the birth of his almost first child where it is slowly but surely coming here in the next few days, but it needs to come out so it won’t stress Dame out anymore!

IT’S MONDAY! THE BLAZERS WON ONE… and well, lost one in the process as well. The Blazers took an L against the beat down Celtics, where we thought this was an EASY win but fell short towards the end. Where the Blazers got the very difficult win over the OKC Thunder where we thought we would chalk this up as a loss, but got the WIN instead and we will run with that and take it. Damian’s baby is still not out yet, and it has been almost a week now and this whole thing might be stressing Dame out, but could also mean he might miss a game in order to see his child being born. The Final Four is actually set now, Loyola, Villanova, Michigan, and Kanas are set the matchups this Saturday to face each other in where most of us will not know the outcome because all teams have a shot of making it to the finals.

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! The Blazers are playing the Celtics right tonight who are very much beat up right now with Kyrie, Marcus Smart, and other who are not going to be able to fight at all this game, which is good for the Blazers and we might actually win this one tonight without the Celtics superstars playing and THUS bringing us back into a win streak hopefully before the playoff run that is a few weeks away.

Mike Gorman, Celtics TV play by play announcer, joins the show to talk about how beat up the Celtics are and what this team looks like with all of these stars being out right now, if Kyrie will be out for the rest of the season with this Knee injury, and if he is, will the Celtics be in full tank mood with everyone out, and more with the Celtics and how the Blazers are on pace to do big things in the playoffs.

IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We talk about the Bet Payoff we are doing today in which Dan blasts a T-Shirt Cannon in the balls of a fan so he can get these tickets to watch the Celtics play the Blazers tomorrow. He said he would do anything for these tickets, and well we will accommodate him! The Blazers are getting ready to play the Celtics tonight without their secret weapon that is Kyrie Irving. We should just chalk this up as a dub overall, without Kyrie, the Celtics are somewhat nothing without their main star. The Blazers could be going onto another win streak before the playoffs start.

We had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! We talk with CJ about the win streak and it ending and if it affects him at all, the whole ref situation between players and refs, LeBron just seemingly not aging at all and only getting better, the Celtics matchup without their superstar Kyrie, and more with CJ and the playoff standings and saying he knows this team will end up with 50 wins.

IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! So the Blazers uh… lose FINALLY their first game after a month of winning and so it has stopped… the 13 game win streak is over, and the Houston Rockets and James Harden with the help of Chris Paul take down the Blazers in dramatic fashion with a last second fashion. The Blazers lose 114-110 with Harden dropping freaking 40 pts and putting up shots that no one has ever seen before, but he is basically the MVP this year and he showed it last night for sure. The game was loss, but the effort was good and we played very well until the end where Harden went full on God mode. The Celtics are this Friday, so we can get back to a win streak with this hopeful win this Friday!

Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News, joins the show with us to talk about the Pac 12! John talks about what the Pac 12 is going thru with football and basketball, and the struggles that both sports are having right now. Talks about the solution of what the Pac 12 can do in order to bring recruits in which might be about better buildings and bringing more NFL coaches into the mix as well, and more to try and fix this situation in the Pac 12

IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We preview the Blazers vs. the Rockets today and how tough this game is going to be and this might also be the BEST game of the year for the Blazers tonight. James Harden and Chris Paul are moving with these Rockets are causing some chaos in the Western Conference, as they are the leading favorites for the #1 seed right now in the West and have the best record in the NBA all together. If the Blazers win this game, we will go 13 in a ROW win streak and mostly everyone here wants that and NEEDS that! We will see the outcome of tonight’s game when the Rockets take on the Blazers tonight.

Matt Thomas, radio voice for the Houston Rockets, joins the show this morning! He comes on the show to talk about the Rockets and James Harden doing his thing this season and how he is NO DOUBT the MVP for this year, he talks about the run the Blazers are on right now, which is a run he did not see coming from this team but is also happy to see the Blazers play the way they are playing right now, how tonight’s game will be a very high scoring game and will most likely be in the 120’s, and more!

Coach Terry Stotts joins the show for his weekly segment as usual! Coach Stotts is on a hotstreak right now with the Blazers! He joins the show to talk about this win streak and what his team is doing at the moment, talks about the comments Stan Van said during the win against the Pistons, what the Blazers are planning with the Rockets for tomorrow’s game, Mo Harkless and his play as of recent, and takes a shot at Dan and his shiny head

IT’S MONDAY! The Blazers are on FIRE right now and they can no the stopped right now! The Blazers are now on a 13 game win streak at the moment, after beating the Pistons and the Clippers this weekend, Damian Lillard and the Blazers are on a roll that no one really saw coming and we are loving every second of it! Mo harkless, Nurkic, and Damian are all killing it in this win streak right now, with all of them playing to the fullest, the team is playing like they have a mission and are not worried about who they play next, but to play like it is another game. The Blazers are playing the red hot Houston Rockets this Tuesday to continue this hot streak. This next game will be very important, as it will show if the Blazers are ready to take on any team or not.

We have Chris Haynes to join the show to talk about his interview with Dame and CJ, The Blazers as a whole team, LeBron and where he is going, and more!

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! The Blazers win VERY BIG against the Cavs last night and guys.. the Blazers are now have 11 straight wins going on right now which is the LONGEST win streak right now… YES! LeBron James did commit a murder last night however… by killing Jusuf on a crazy ass dunk that will probably go down as the best dunk this year…. So RIP Jusuf, he was very young and had a lot of talent and hope for the future. The NCAA Tourny was yesterday and continues today and of course for awhile.. but….Arizona destroys everyone’s bracket at the moment by freaking LOSING! Great… now no one has a perfect bracket and all is lost in the world.

IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! The Blazers are going to try and get their 11th straight win of the season against the Cavs tonight and the LeBron James squad. Dame is ready to go and lead his team while he is averaging almost 35 pts a game since the win streak. WE READY FOR THE BLAZERS TO WIN TONIGHT! NFL free agency is wild right now, with more and more people moving from team to team.. while the Seahawks look like it is over right now with this team right now.

We had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! We talk with CJ about what he had for dinner with Chris and Dame.. and the soup was Clam Chowder btw. WE also ask CJ about this 10 game winning streak, if he feels like they are the underdogs still right now, Dame being in talks for the MVP race right now, and the matchup against the new and improved Cavs.

Yogi Roth joins the show to talk some Pac-12 football with us right now. Yogi is on his way to UCLA to watch some pre practice and other stuff to preview a lil football while the NCAA tourney is going on. He talks about the issues at hand with the Pac-12 and the whole NCAA situation right now and the issue with paying the players

IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! NFL free agency is going crazy right now! People are being moved all over right now, with the Browns doing their thing and picking up as many people as they can before the draft, the Patriots shipping off some key defensive players, the Dolphins gaining speed from picking up offensive key players, and the packers just seem to get better and better. Kirk Cousins and Case Keenum are out to different teams as well, so will see how this free agency will end up. Rider beats LIU Brooklyn to start off the NCAA tournament, the NCAA tournament is going to be heating up here very soon and we cant wait for all the games this weekend!

IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! THE BLAZERS WINSTREAK IS ALIVE AND WELL! THE BLAZERS CAN NOT BE STOPPED RIZGHT NOW! The blazers beat the Heat last night 115-99 to continue their win streak to 10 games in a row now, WHAT IS GOING ON!? Damian is very unstoppable at the moment, with 7 3’s last night, and leading his team to victory once again and no one can stop Damian right now. Speaking of Dame, he has won conference player of the month, which is fair because no one can stop this man at all. The Blazers are playing the Cavs this Thursday, and we are ready for this team to continue this win streak right now

Coach Terry Stotts joins the show this morning! Stotts joins the show to talk about this win streak of 10 games that is going on right now and what the Blazers are doing right now that is keeping this win streak going, Zach Collins and how he is progressing so much this season and Stotts has now been talking about possibly putting Aminu in the starting lineup instead, Stotts also says that they have not doing anything new, and they they are just playing their best game on both sides of the ball so far and Dame is playing out of his mind, and more with Stotts!

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! It is also a Blazers GAME DAYYY! The Blazers are playing the Warriors tonight without the likes of Steph Curry, so this might be another win on the win streak column tonight! It is still the Warriors, with KD leading the charge tonight, it is still going to be a challenge and KD will be firing on all cylinders and the Blazers will do the best to put down the big beast. The Seahawks are literally falling apart at this point. They are on the way of sending out Richard Sherman to free agency, which would make the legion of boom literally no more. This is a sad time for Seahawks fan (aka only me) because Sherman was a huge part of the community in Seattle. We hope that Sherman does well somewhere else though.

We have the legendary Warren Moon on the show this morning to talk about what in the hell is going on in Seattle right now, the Seahawks trading Michael Bennet, the whole situation with Richard Sherman and why they are letting him go, how Kam Chancellor has to step into this leader role after his injury, what to expect this season, and more!

IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We Talk about what the hell is going on with the Seahawks right now, as they are basically destroying what they got and they are almost on the rebuild stage right now. Michael Bennet, Hawks Dline force, has been traded to the Eagles for a pick and Marcus Johnson.. so basically the Eagles got better and the Hawks didn’t really do much at all. Rumors going around that Richard Sherman is out, with him telling his teammates goodbye, and Earl Thomas basically saying he doesn’t want to be there anymore with the team. There is a lot of people going back and forth with the Hawks on what is the deal with them right now, all we gotta do is just wait and see what happens when the season comes a little closer than what it is now. The Pac-12 tourny is going on right now and OSU and Oregon basketball played a LONG two games yesterday that went into OT that Dan did not like at all, he needs sleep people! Dan talks about how we need to have some sort of sudden death with these type of things, but that is a little crazy because that is not going to happen.

We had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! CJ talks about Dan’s get up from yesterday, his time drinking wine and eating cheese with Evan Turner, the streak the Blazers are on right now and how they are on a tear, he talks about his shooting struggles at the moment and how he is working on getting better at it everyday, and the Warriors matchup this Friday!

IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! The Blazers get the dub last night against the Knicks last night and Damian is STILL on fire guys! Damian had 37 pts and they are now on an 8 straight winning streak right now, the next game is at Golden State this Friday, and hopefully the Blazers will win the 9th game in a row after this all-star game. Mario Cristobal and the Oregon Ducks are ready to start playing some football! As they are starting the Ducks Spring training at the moment!

Terry Stotts joins the show like he always does on Thursday for his weekly show! Terry Stotts talks about Dan’s look that he is rocking right now with no undershirt, talks about Damian Lillard taking over the last 8 games and destroying the league right now, talks about how the Blazers were playing really bad during last nights games, but Damian is the one that is keeping this game alive, and more with Stotts talking about the Warriors matchup this Friday

IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! The Blazers ARE ON FIREEEE! Damian Lillard had enough with the Lakers are beat them down last night with 19 pts in the 4th quarter, and finishing the game with 39 pts, and an incredible 4th quarter showing in LA and now making the Blazers win 6 straight games, with a hopeful 7 gam e winning streak tonight against the Knicks tonight. The Knicks are a sinking ship without the Unicorn, so let’s get a W tonight with this team that literally has no life left in them.

We had the man himself Rich Eisen on the show to talk about the NFL combine and what he liked most about it, which would be Saquan’s performance and Saqueem Griffin doing the absolute most at the draft where people thought he would not as good as he showed, he talks about his 40 yard dash and how it has become more than just a fun thing and it is not for charity purposes, The commish running the 40 to try and beat Rich, and what he has going on the show later today.

IT’S MONDAY! The Blazers are on FIRE right now! They got a pair of dubs against the Timberwolves and the Thunder and NOW the Blazers are 3rd in the NBA behind the Rockets and the Golden State Warriors in the standings… WHAT IS HAPPENING?! Damian Lillard is coming into his own right now and playing like a leader that everyone is behind and is following on this road to a streak of victories at the moment. With Nurk coming out more in the 4th quarter, the rookie himself Zach Collins is having himself a great last couple of games and showing that he is ready to come on as a great addition to the team with him hitting 3’s, blocking shots, and doing more than what people are expecting from him. The Blazers are playing the Lakers, who are also on a roll right now and are playing very well right now. Should be a great game against the Lakers, and hopefully another win and adding onto this win streak.

We got former Beaver and NFL hopeful Ryan Nall on the show this morning to talk about his NFL draft workout and his routine during the workouts, the side stuff he had to do that took a lot of his time in Indy, the interview process of talking to NFL scouts for each team, the strange questions they asked him, like one of the questions being asked is ‘who wrote the raven’ and how he was the only one who got it right, and more!

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! YES! Blazers got a win against the Timberwolves last night and rallying back from being down towards the 4th by 11, but Dame and CJ came into the 4th with a will to win, and beating the Timberwolves 108-99 in a very important win when It comes to the playoff spot right now. The Blazers are now 11 games above .500 right now, and are now 4th in the western conference standings which I something we haven’t seen before! Arizona’s Sean Miller is back to coaching when he was out from the allegations from an FBI wire tapping, which is now going very wrong in the writers favor, and now things are coming out that this might not be true.