Blazer's Edge

The Trail Blazers have reached the halfway point in their season and the NBA is weirder than ever. Tara and Cassidy take a look at the last three Blazers games, wonder if Jake Layman should get a starting role and if Noah Vonleh would still be making an impact in Portland. Then we turn to the big question: can NBA players be friends? And how do friendships unite fans? We spoke to some superfans who have bonded over their love of the Trail Blazers even though they are 67 years apart in age! We had a wonderful time talking to Arinze and Charlene McGee and Soosie of The Golden Girls Who Love the Portland Trail Blazers. 1:30 Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets, a rare home and home back to back: what did we learn?6:00 More Jake? Moe Fun? What to do with the Jake Layman Maurice Harkless debate?10:30 Basketball is full of hard decisions.12:00 An easy decision, firing Tom Thibodeau. Players don’t need to be yelled at. 13:00 If the Trail Blazers didn’t have Terry Stotts (and they couldn’t have Gregg Popovich)