We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

Its our first deep dive of the season! Rose shares what she learned about Deni Avdija - his journey to the NBA, rookie year, being an international player, playing for his national team. Plus: The now-defunct Yugoslavian national basketball team, Deni's number 8, and it turns out we don't know what shows were on Nickelodeon! 2:00 Recap the last few weeks 9:17 Thoughts and prayers for Miami 11:00 Teams we forget about 15:49 WHAT about Deni Avdija 22:00 Early sports, early success 32:00 Predraft concerns - free throws and turnovers 35:00 Rookie year, getting robbed and losing his bag 43:00 2020 Draft 52:00 International players journeys 1:08:00 Ice baths 1:201:00 Takes! Winning isn’t everything and we’re watching people’s dreams come true. References Deni on Thanalysis Podcast: https://youtu.be/KRWmO7inmj4?si=EhA69ew1utqonVPZ Bleacher Report: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2861981-weve-never-had-a-talent-like-him Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharycohen/2020/04/16/israeli-phenom-deni-avdija-officially-enters-2020-nba-draft/ USA Today: https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/nba-draft-deni-avdija-scouting-report-measurements-israel-history Jewish-Herald Voice: https://jhvonline.com/israeli-teen-deni-avdija-goes-to-washington-wizards-with-th-pick-of-nba-dr-p28394-256.htm YouTube Draft Night: https://youtu.be/wUZbEv16ZX4?si=k8ZnuJHRVDKk3yX3 YouTube Draft Night Interview: https://youtu.be/kUKsYqWdjQg?si=JnNeuhkGs8rakKWL Join us on ⁠Discord⁠! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on BlueSky: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (⁠@shoozumoops⁠)

After basking in the glow of a two game winning streak (the Blazers will never lose again, we're certain) we go over some of the things that we manifested for the team at the beginning of the season. We might be making progress! Plus, Scoot's game winner in front of his biggest fan, Greg Oden returns to Moda Center, Matisse might live at Moda Center and will the Blazers be able to make any trades? 1:00 Scoot makes children’s dreams come true - an eyewitness report on Scoot’s game winner  19:45 Early Nate Bjorkgren era thoughts 28:00 Ways that Deandre Ayton could be impactful with the younger players 36:00 Revisiting some of the things we said we were going to manifest this season:  Greg Oden being as big man coach (a bit of background on his journey) 44:00 Backwards dunks for Donovan Clingan 45:15 Anfernee trash talking 47:50 Scoot slowing down on offense 54:00 Jabari Walker’s uniform on the website, health and playing time for Shaedon Sharpe and Robert Williams 55:00 Matisse Thybulle making the Moda Center his home home.  Ryan Rupert handle and reduced reliance on Eurostep 59:55 Jermai Grant topic of discussion for his play rather than his fashion. Will the Blazers be able to trade him this season?  1:05 Outlet passes 1:14:00 Takes

Our friend and G-League correspondent Cat joined us to catch up on how we're feeling and start part 1 of the 2024-25 Season Playlist 1:00 How is your spirit?  12:00 Deni Avjia chaos agent 17:30 WHAT is up with Deandre Ayton?  19:00 Bosses vs Teachers 22:00 Chanucy Billups is literally on the court 23:30 A close up view of bench celebrations  25:00 Is Robert Williams III the leader this team needs and how long will he be here? 38:00 Report on what it's like to sit in court side seats  41:00 G League report 1:00:00 2024-25 Playlist Part 1 Rose: All these things that I’ve done by The Killers (plus Mr Brightside) Tara: What’s up? By Four Non-blonds Cat: Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow Rose: Still Life by RM with Anderson .Paak Tara: Drivin’ my life away by Eddie Rabbit Cat: I’m Still Standing, Elton John (Side note: why did Chris Paul get himself ejected so early?) (Bonus: Movin’ right along by the Muppets) 1:18:00 Tara revisits a previous not-fully-baked take with a not-fully-baked update 1:22:00 Ready for a new coach 1:25:00 Puffy hair take 1:28:00 Outro

Join us on this journey! Also, what we’re thankful for! 1:00 Cars that match the trees they parked under 2:45 Houston series takeaways 7:00 Early take from Tara: The Blazers are a good team to measure how serious other teams are. 17:30 What we’re thankful for 18:00 …transition defense 20:00 … Donovan Clingan’s intensity 23:30 … bench celebrations - bring back Bench Celebrator Man of the Year Award! 28:00 … Delano Banton got the final roster spot 31:00 … we got to see Anfernee Simons look happy getting into a physical altercation 35:00 … two hands 40:30 … being wrong about the coach losing the locker room. 49:00 Takes: Rebranding Tanking to Lottery bound! 52:00 Jerami has an impeccable ponytail.  56:00 Homework: do any of the Blazer players have a noticeable free throw ritual?  WHAT are we thankful for? Join us on Discord! It's a place where we can share our love for the Blazers, talk about games, and get to know other Blazer fans. Kind of like Twitter but it's not. There are different channels with different topics and you can join in where you want, and ignore the stuff you don't want to see. Give it a try! You can also still find us on Twitter: @wehaveatake, @tcbbiggs @roselharding The cutest intro/outro music by Eric Peterson (@shoozumoops)