Rip City Report

On this road trip edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss the improved play of Evan Turner, the return of Al-Farouq Aminu, incremental improvements to Portland's defense and finish by answering Twitter-submitted questions

In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's continued woes on defense, whether their recent play has changed expectations, the strong play of Maurice Harkless, the mystery of when Al-Farouq Aminu might return from injury and answer Twitter-submitted questions about Meyers Leonard's "Built To Rise" video, Jake Layman's playing time, Terry Stotts' rotations and more

In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss what to expect on the upcoming five-game trip, how the Blazers have fared in the absence of Al-Farouq Aminu, winning ugly and winning close, Moe Harkless' recent performance and whether he's emerging as Portland's third scorer, Damian Lillard's continued assault of Portland's franchise records and finish as always by answering listener questions about the Blazers as “Seinfeld” characters, the Blazers’ depth, nicknames for Jake Layman, who would survive a zombie apocalypse, the Northwest Division favorites, talking to ladies at parties and much more.

In Election Day edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss the play of Portland's bench, Al-Farouq Aminu's shooting, the team's road record, CJ McCollum's performance in Memphis, ponder which players would make the best presidential cabinet members and answer listener questions about Ed Davis, Evan Turner, the new NBA awards shot, the absence of Chris Kaman, the Blazers’ defense, cheesecake, teleporting and more.

In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's crazy win over the Nuggets in Denver, Terry Stotts' ATO wizardry, the Noah Vonleh vs. Meyers Leonard conundrum, Damian Lillard’s remarkable early-season play, whether the Blazers have or need a consistent third scorer, Evan Turner continuing to integrate into the Portland offense and finish off by answering a host of listener questions about Turner, positive/negative trends with the team, Will Barton, Mason Plumlee’s contract extension (or lack thereof) and more.

In this season preview edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com consider how the Blazers stack up in the Western Conference, the different confidence and mindset surrounding the team heading into the regular season, predictions of how the West will shake out, whether Damian Lillard be in the MVP conversationand answer listener questions about Noah Vonleh’s role, Evan Turner’s playing time, what Blazers would succeed in other sports, the Meyers Leonard’ Voodoo Donut, reasons for being optimistic about the team and much more.

In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's performance through four preseason games and whether or not it really matters, Evan Turner's integration, CJ McCollum's mini-slump, whether Maurice Harkless has locked up the starting small forward job, how well Noah Vonleh and Shabazz Napier have played and whether that will result in playing time during the regular season and answer your Twitter-submitted questions

In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's first preseason game, improved ball movement, Terry Stotts sticking with the starting lineup from last season and whether that's subject to change, the injuries to Meyers Leonard and Noah Vonleh and answer Twitter-submitted questions regarding ways to watch Blazers games, training camp standouts, Vonleh’s role this season, Shabazz Napier’s solid opener, why some national writers are down on the Blazers this season.

In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss Media Day, the start of training camp, Meyers Leonard's sooner-than-expected return from shoulder surgery, the battle at small forward, Wells Fargo Fan Fest, potential changed to Portland's uniform and answer your Twitter-submitted questions.

In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss some of the storylines going into training camp, the Las Vegas over/under for Portland's season, give an update offseason injuries and answer your Twitter-submitted questions

In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss CJ McCollum's extension, Maurice Harkless' new contract, take a stab at guessing starting lineups, both Al-Farouq Aminu and Festus Ezeli foregoing the 2016 Olympics and answer your Twitter-submitted questions

In this edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/Trailblazers.com discuss the free agent signings of Evan Turner and Festus Ezeli, the re-signings of Allen Crabbe and Meyers Leonard.

Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss the 2016 Draft, free agency and interview Trail Blazers power forward Meyers Leonard on the June 29, 2016 edition of the Rip City Report podcast

Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com talk to new Trail Blazers TV play-by-play announcer Kevin Calabro, discuss the NBA Finals, the upcoming 2016 Draft and answer Twitter questions in the June 20, 2016 edition of the Rip City Report podcast

On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's loss to the Golden State Warriors in the second round and recap the 2015-16 season

On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's victory in Game Three versus the Warriors, the statuses of Stephen Curry and Maurice Harkless and look forward to Game Four Monday at the Moda Center

On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's fourth-quarter collapse in Game Two versus the Golden State Warriors

In the latest edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCentet.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's loss to Golden State in Game One of the Western Conference Semis and look at the series going into Game Two on Tuesday

On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCentet.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's win victory versus the Clippers in Game 5 at Staples Center

On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss the Trail Blazers win in Game 4 versus the Clippers while tying the series 2-2.