Veteran NBA reporter Sean Highkin covers the Portland Trail Blazers and the league on the Rose Garden Report.
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Veteran NBA reporter Sean Highkin covers the Portland Trail Blazers and the league on the Rose Garden Report.
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After looking at the predictions for the season, Sean and Erik express their opinions on how the season ended for the Blazers. Where everything went wrong for the team and how management did not help this team. Big mention is the explosiveness of Shaedon Sharpe and how great he was in the last couple of games of the season. With Sharpe being this good, did he play himself into not being tradable? We discuss on the Report. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In order for the Blazers to really take a step forward, Erik wants to see more experienced guys in leadership positions for the Blazers. Understandable, experience always helps! Erik mentions the positives of having more experience in the front office and on the coaching staff. Then he brings up an idea, Chauncey Billups to coach the Summer League team to just gain more experience. Thoughts? To finish out the show, Sean & Erik go into Dame not wanting to wait around for guys to develop. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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(2:21-15:06) On “The Rose Garden Report” Sean Highkin welcomes Mike Vorkunov from the Athletic. Mike covers the NBA and basketball business in pro basketball. Sean has Mike on to explain the new CBA. They dive right into players being able to invest in Sports betting companies.(15:06-28:59) Besides the sports gambling sponsorship with the players. Sean and Mike look into the luxury tax and how that changes trades. Plus look into when exactly will these rules that come into place. Then they debate about what a mid season tournament would look like and if people would care. (26:00-End) With the CBA finally coming together, how are the TV negotiations going with the NBA and streaming sites? Mike goes into it with Sean on where the negotiations are at and what to expect. Mike goes into how the small market streaming will work with the NBA and how it will change. Sean ends the show by asking the update on Portland getting a WNBA team. Enjoy the pod! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On “The Rose Garden Report” Sean Highkin welcomes Mike Vorkunov from the Athletic. Mike covers the NBA and basketball business in pro basketball. Sean has Mike on to explain the new CBA. They dive right into players being able to invest in Sports betting companies. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Besides the sports gambling sponsorship with the players. Sean and Mike look into the luxury tax and how that changes trades. Plus look into when exactly will these rules that come into place. Then they debate about what a mid season tournament would look like and if people would care. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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With the CBA finally coming together, how are the TV negotiations going with the NBA and streaming sites? Mike goes into it with Sean on where the negotiations are at and what to expect. Mike goes into how the small market streaming will work with the NBA and how it will change. Sean ends the show by asking the update on Portland getting a WNBA team. Enjoy the pod! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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(0:00-22:49) Today on “The Rose Garden Report” Sean welcomes James Ham to talk some Kings basketball. Ham is the Kings Insider for ESPN 1320 and the host of the “Kings Beat” podcast. The Kings right now are third in the Western Conference and close to finally clinching a playoff spot. It has been a long road for the Kings to be back in the position and James looks back on the rocky road that led the team to this spot.(22:50-39:21) What is crazy about the story of the Kings is that they never really went full tank in the NBA. James goes into why the team never really did a full tank in a season and how they managed that. James and Sean share stories of the rough days of the Kings. Then Sean asks James, “could you see this team make the Western Conference Finals?”(39:21-End) In this massive turnaround that the Kings have had this year. One of the biggest changes made in the offseason was the head coach. James Ham tells Sean about how a lot of the success of the Kings relies on Mike Brown. As the kids would say, the vibes have never been higher in Sacramento. James and Sean go into how the Kings are everyone’s favorite team right now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Today on “The Rose Garden Report” Sean welcomes James Ham to talk some Kings basketball. Ham is the Kings Insider for ESPN 1320 and the host of the “Kings Beat” podcast. The Kings right now are third in the Western Conference and close to finally clinching a playoff spot. It has been a long road for the Kings to be back in the position and James looks back on the rocky road that led the team to this spot. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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What is crazy about the story of the Kings is that they never really went full tank in the NBA. James goes into why the team never really did a full tank in a season and how they managed that. James and Sean share stories of the rough days of the Kings. Then Sean asks James, “could you see this team make the Western Conference Finals?” To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In this massive turnaround that the Kings have had this year. One of the biggest changes made in the offseason was the head coach. James Ham tells Sean about how a lot of the success of the Kings relies on Mike Brown. As the kids would say, the vibes have never been higher in Sacramento. James and Sean go into how the Kings are everyone’s favorite team right now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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