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WHAT National Perspective from Dan Favale
We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast
English - October 31, 2022 14:52 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsBasketball Sports trail blazers blazers portland oregon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
With the Blazers off to a hot start, Tara called on Dan Favale, national writer for Bleacher Report and host of Hardwood Knocks podcast, to give us some national perspective. What can we take away from the wins? Does the defense look sustainable? But first, we learn more about growing up a Knicks fan, attending his first game at Madison Square Garden, first jersey, and how he got his high school newspaper to publish stories about Kevin Garnett. All this and more!
1:00 Icebreaker: What is the best Halloween candy?
4:30 Getting to know Dan. From Knicks fan to NBA writer.
8:00 Patrick Ewing Knicks and hating Michael Jordan. Glenn Rice 4Ever
10:00 Early Knicks game experience.
12:30 Current work being a national NBA writer.
17:00 Hardwood Knocks podcast and how listening to local coverage gives unique and special insight.
20:30 “Why your favorite team isn’t going to win the championship this season.”
25:00 Connectivity and the Portland Trail Blazers
26:00 Dan starts by summing up his assessment of the Blazers so far this year, “Holy crap”.
29:00 Accountability needs connectivity to work
33:00 Dunking.
36:30 Players that have stood out: Josh Hart’s rebounding, Jerami Grant pressure on the basket, overall they have a lot of depth and versatility.
38:00 Will they be able to keep up the defense?
39:00 Brief interlude to trash the Lakers
42:30 What can we learn about the team they have played?
45:40 Some of the upcoming opponents: Pelicans,
48:41 There really don’t seem like there are any teams that the Blazers can’t challenge
49:30 Nets
53:00 What is up with the Jazz?
1:00:00 Grizzlies
1:02:00 Outro. Find Dan @danfavale and @hardwoodknocks
Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License