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Rip City Report, Episode 112 Sep 27, 2017

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On this Training Camp edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman and Casey Holdahl discuss the highlights from Media Day and the first days of camp, players impressions of rookie Caleb Swanigan, Jusuf Nurkić’s weight loss and “Bad Boy” comments, the benefits of a healthy Ed Davis, whether Terry Stotts will be more flexible this season in terms of making changes and finish by answering listener questions about Meyers Leonard, Blazers’ taste in music, the difficulty of luring free agents to Portland, the potential addition of Robert Pack, sandwiches and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 111 Sep 20, 2017

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In this pre training camp edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl preview Portland’s training camp, which opens next week, discuss expectations for Jusuf Nurkic, how the Blazers will go about replacing Allen Crabbe, the new red uniforms, whether this is Meyers Leonard’s breakthrough year, whether the rookies will contribute, whether any of the training camp invites make the team and finish by answering listener questions about the starting lineup, Nurkic’s physical transformation, our offseason highlights, Noah Vonleh, Al-Farouq Aminu’s position, eggs and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 110 Aug 16, 2017

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On the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman and Casey Holdahl discuss the Trail Blazers’ recently-released 2017-18 regular season schedule, new changes to the 82-game layout, give their thoughts on how the schedule might impact Portland's performance, reasons for optimism for the and finish by answering listener questions about the rumored Jail Blazer documentary, Carmelo Anthony, the Blazer most likely to be named Most Improved Player, fantasy basketball, the origin of our love of basketball and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 109 Jul 31, 2017

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On this 109th edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com discuss the trade sending Allen Crabbe to the Brooklyn Nets, whether the Trail Blazers are likely to make another trade this offseason, the preseason schedule the release of the new “Association” and “Icon” jerseys and finish by answering Twitter-submitted questions about uniform sponsors, adding available veteran free agents, who the best boxer on the team is, the regular season schedule and whether they think the Trail Blazers will make the 2018 postseason.

Rip City Report, Episode 108 Jul 17, 2017

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On the latest edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com recap Portland's run to the Las Vegas Summer League finals, the impressive play of Caleb Swanigan and whether he's in line for starter-like minutes come the regular season, Zach Collins' injury-stunted run in Las Vegas, the Carmelo Anthony trade rumor and finish by answering listener questions about the regular season starting lineup, summer league, Jusuf Nurkic’s weight, NBA conferences and divisions, curly fries, the G-League, the ever-expanding NBA season and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 107 Jul 05, 2017

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On the latest edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman and Casey Holdahl look at an increasingly loaded Western Conference and what that means for the Trail Blazers, Portland remaining quiet in free agency and why that shouldn’t be a surprise, what should fans be looking for during summer league, Pat Connaughton’s contract situation and finish by answering listener questions about free agency, the trade market, Ed Davis, the Blazers’ over/under on wins, the Paul George trade that didn’t happen, expectations for Caleb Swanigan and Zach Collins and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 106 Jun 26, 2017

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On this post-draft, pre-free agency edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss the additions of Zach Collins and Caleb Swanigan, look ahead to free agency and the trade market, consider the reasons why the Blazers didn’t trade for a veteran at the draft, whether they think the Blazers will use the mid-level exception to sign someone in free agency and finish by answering listener questions about Noah Vonleh, Jusuf Nurkic’s body “imbalance,” Meyers Leonard’s offseason, Portland chances of hosting the 2020 All-Star Game, the NBA awards show, summer beer and much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 105 Jun 08, 2017

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On the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman and Casey Holdahl discuss the Trail Blazers’ predraft workouts, whether the prospects visiting Portland offer insight into what the Blazers might do in the draft, what direction the Blazers will go in the draft and how will they use their three first-round picks, Golden State Warriors’ dominance impacting the league, whether the Trail Blazers care that they’re going to be in the luxury tax and finish by answering listener questions about potential Blazers draft targets, getting under the tax, Portland summer events, Gonzaga’s Zach Collins, their favorite sports stadiums, their picks for the Blazers in an Olympics 3-on-3 tournament and more.

Rip City Report, Episode 104 Apr 26, 2017

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In this end of season edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com recap the often disappointing 2016-17 season, the Trail Blazers' culture, takeaways from exit interviews, the Jusuf Nurkić effect, the upcoming offseason, Portland being players in the draft and the trade market but not in free agency and finish as always by answering istener questions about Meyers Leonard, Festus Ezeli, what fans have to look forward to next season, Noah Vonleh’s development, the Blazers’ inconsistency, the importance of organic growth, a guess about the number of new faces on next season’s roster, the team’s draft strategy and much, much more.

Rip City Report, Episode 103 Apr 22, 2017

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In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland’s demoralizing loss to the Warriors in Game Three, Jusuf Nurkić’s return, the historic greatness of Golden State’s current team, Portland’s difficulty in dealing with JaVale McGee and finish by answering questions about coping with tough losses, Nurkić’s status going forward, playoffs vs. tanking, Noah Vonleh and summer vacation plans.

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