Will The Real Trail Blazers Team Please Stand Up? - a podcast by SB Nation

This week we try to figure out which is the real Trail Blazer’s Team? The team that jumped out to a fast start or the one we have seen the past few weeks which looks remarkably familiar to the Trail Blazer’s we’ve seen over the past few seasons. We also answer twitter questions, thanks to @jackfrank_jjf, @lazchance, @KodyTarbe11, @NervousOrca, @Burlacious_M, @GoldnerPDX for sending those in!  
0:15 Meyers Leonard and Evan Turner: why are people still complaining about them?2:20 How Zach Collins can work on getting fewer foul calls. 4:40 Thanksgiving5:30 Paul Allen interlude8:15 Blazers are probably thankful for many things like playing on a team full of good guys with a coach they love and respect. 9:50 Rehashing the last 3 losses. How did they happen?11:30 Golden State: They let Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson both get loose. 12:45 Blazers continue to struggle against teams with length.15:00 What has been different for the Trail Blazers over the last few weeks?16:40 In 8 losses, Portland has won the 3rd quarter only one time. 18:10 What would the scouting report say about the Blazers right now?18:50 Golden State Warriors Blitz Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum19:10 Clippers: Drop their bigs back.20:00 Dame is getting the bulk of his assists to Nurkic this year. 21:10 Dan doesn't like the bounce passes through two defenders to the rolling big. Tara disagrees, those passes are the best!23:20 Please guards, throw the ball UP to the big guys so they can catch it above people!25:30 Tara is convinced that the problem in the Clippers game was almost entirely the fact that they lost Jusuf Nurkic in the second half. 27:50 What happened to the Blazer's bench? Is this just a rough patch? 28:30 Rotations have changed a little bit, they have moved away from Evan Turner as ball handler. 30:45 Why aren't we seeing much of Nik Stauskas lately? 32:30 Despite recent struggles this is still be best bench Portland has had in years. They might be doing things in the short term like giving playing time to Seth Curry that will pay off in the long run. Not sure why Stauskas is not getting more playing time. 33:40 Seth Curry is really good at running a pick and roll.34:50 Meyers is scoring efficiently, but how has his rebounding improved? Offensive rebounding is a new development.38:50 Could Al-Farouq Aminu's offensive woes be transferring to his defensive play? He seems to be a little less sharp in that department!39:50 How frustrated is Dan with the team right now? 40:30 The Warriors have ruined the NBA in that they make 65 wins look too easy. 44:40 Seth Curry hasn't hit a groove yet. He's been in some three guard lineups but the Blazers give up a lot of length which they don't really have to give/ 46:20 Dan swears up and down that Seth is phenomenal in the pick and roll. Swears. Like Lillard. Suggests getting Seth into the early offense. 47:30 What happens to Layman now that Harkless is back? Moe will need to prove that he should be getting the minutes. We will learn a lot over the next 1- games because the schedule will be really tough and Stotts will likely  solidify his rotations. Harkless could really add defense to the bench. 51:50 If Nurkic is out, should Collins or Meyers Leonard start? 53:40 It is a scary line of bigs coming up. 56:10 Nurkic has matured beautifully into his role. 1:02:30 Dan hoping for a 2-1 road trip, most likely is probably 1-2. 1:04:30 Blazers Edge night, March 25 vs the Brooklyn Nets!
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