Blazer's Edge

On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang are joined by Blazer's Edge alum, formerly of Sports Illustrated and the Washington Post's newest national NBA writer - and all around great guy, Ben Golliver. Together they hit on the state of the franchise from ownership, the ties that Portland has through their fans, looking forward to the trade deadline, trading for Jabari Parker, Jusuf Nurkic's growth, the future for Damian Lillard and much more! Intro Opening Comments 2:30 Pro-"Danny" stance 4:30 ELI5, a Blazer's fan 8:50 Relationship between front office & ownership with the fanbase previously & going forward 9:20 Taking Paul Allen for granted 12:15 Stability of the franchise 14:20 Looking forward to new ownership 17:15 Does the uncertainty of ownership effect players? 19:20 Top tier players and "ownership" of the franchise 20:30 Damian Lillard's future 22:15 Jabari Parker and the Blazers 24:50 Parker as a basketball fit and another chance 28:30 Is this the year that