Dan is joined by Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) from the We Have A Take podcast for a deeeeeep dive into the Portland Trail Blazers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. We discuss Damian Lillard’s future, CJ McCollum’s value, Jusuf Nurkic’s areas of improvement, Larry Nance Jr.’s fit, the development of Nassir Little and Anfernee Simons, which new additions will have the biggest impact, defensive concerns, trade candidates, potential lineups and so much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:17 – Intro 5:25 – Marquese Chriss’ Wikipedia page 8:13 – Impressions of the Blazers’ offseason 9:18 – Larry Nance Jr.’s fit 14:25 – Importance of Tony Snell and Cody Zeller 17:43 – Damian Lillard’s future 28:39 – CJ McCollum’s future/value 35:53 – Jusuf Nurkic’s role/areas of improvement 41:42 – Will Anfernee Simons play a meaningful role? 45:03 – Nassir Little’s role 47:42 – How much better can the Blazers defense get? 50:32 – Biggest weakness of the roster/Greg Brown thoughts 53:15 – Trade candidates 59:37 – Best crunch-time lineup 1:01:59 – Quirky lineups we want to see 1:08:48 – Win-total prediction
1:12:07 – Final thoughts on Dame