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I host @LockedOnBlazers a daily podcast about the Portland Trail Blazers | Always a Tar Heel

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Mike Richman
6 years
The Nets made the worst trade in NBA history, built a team without lottery picks and won a playoff game before the Lakers and Knicks.
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3 years
Joe Ingles only has one liked tweet ever. It’s magnificent.
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7 months
Jerami Grant has not played an NBA basketball game in the month of April since 2021.
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3 years
Congratulations to the Blazers for managing to be in 7th place in West for several days without openly complaining about the play-in.
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3 years
Norman Powell came to Portland for 10 months, got a raise at his already very good job and then moved to LA for a better gig. A classic PNW tale.
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3 years
I'm not at the presser but the Blazers cutting off a question about Chauncey Billups' 1997 legal case is not a good look. Deeply embarrassing at best.
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5 years
Anfernee Simons’ 37-point performance in Game 82 maybe changed the fate of the league for 3-4 years.
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3 years
Something to watch: Nassir Little is now only 2,909 three-pointers short of breaking Ray Allen's record.
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8 years
Have you ever seen a performance like Steph's? Ed Davis: "Yeah, Dame last game."
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3 years
Respect to Jusuf Nurkic for being too good to play.
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2 years
The Blazers are just really fun. Hard to ask for much more from a basketball team. Hold on to your joy.
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4 years
This kinda seems like more good news for the "CJ McCollum first time All-Star" campaign.
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8 years
Damian Lillard said he text Anthony Davis and Tim Frazier before their game against Denver, telling them "We need y'all to win this game."
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3 years
Damian Lillard checking Jayson Tatum basically the entire second half after is really something. Blazers have come a looooong way since last Sunday.
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2 years
The Blazers are … fun as hell?!
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4 years
Two Oregon high schoolers starting the national championship game and there is basically zero coverage from local outlets. It’s a bummer that that isn’t a priority.
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2 years
Chauncey Billups did some coaching down the stretch. Small ball, huge challenge, no timeout on the game winner. The friggin Blazers y’all
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3 years
The Warriors just deployed a Box and 1 on Anfernee Simons. That’s a pretty serious level of respect.
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3 years
Jusuf Nurkic had quite the postgame interview. I asked him if he wanted to be back on the team next season. "In the right situation, yes." What's the right situation? "We'll see."
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Mike Richman
6 years
Legit happy for Moe Harkless saving the Blazers tonight. Lots of people — including plenty of my colleagues — spent a ton of energy bashing him this season. Glad he got to be the hero.
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Mike Richman
3 years
The funniest outcome for the Blazers is a Norm vs. CJ play-in game that decides whether or not the Blazers get a 2022 1st round pick to replace Norm and CJ.
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5 years
Melo is playing Marvin Gaye in the locker room.
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3 years
Larry Nance was awesome but credit to Jusuf Nurkic who sat for a long time in the half and then came in and gave the Blazers 9 excellent minutes in the fourth quarter.
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3 years
A plea from your friendly neighborhood podcaster: Please stop the "Set Dame Free" stuff. Dame has made half a billion dollars in Portland and keeps saying that he wants to stay here. Your self loathing is not the same as Damian Lillard's personal preferences.
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2 years
The irony of Shaedon Sharpe finally getting loose in a game that no one in Portland can watch is almost too much for me to handle. The mystery may never end.
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2 years
Payton Pritchard yelling “That’s what I do” as he buries you in a Game 7 is a tough way to go
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4 years
The Blazers just won a game where Dame shot 6-for-21 and Portland outscored Philly by 12 in the 12 minutes that Lillard was on the bench. Really impressive win.
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Mike Richman
6 years
Nik Stauskas just walked out on practice court to dap hug all his Blazers teammates before he heads to Cleveland. The human element of trades is always strange.
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Mike Richman
2 years
If this is what Shaedon Sharpe can do straight out of AAU and a few. months practicing against Oscar Tshiebwe. Imagine what he’s going to be like after 50 NBA games.
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Mike Richman
3 years
Dennis Smith Jr throwing a lob to CJ Elleby is not how I thought this game was going to go.
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Mike Richman
2 years
The Shaq of Troutdale changed the game. The Blazers needed everything he gave them.
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8 years
Davis and Frazier both said "I got you" and then NO beat Denver by 25. Lillard joked, "I guess they're men of their word."
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Mike Richman
5 years
Don’t think I’ve seen anyone write this (apologies if you captured this scene and I missed it) Zach Collins said he didn’t see what happened in the Curry-Barton kerfuffle. He essentially said he stood up in the middle of it and knew he had to push people. The kid stays on brand
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Mike Richman
2 years
@BrandonSprague @BleacherReport Why are you so mad at Bleacher/Report?
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2 years
A lot of my best friends are Oregon alums who feel Ducks football deeply in their bones. And look I just wanna reach out to y’all and say this sincerely: Lol
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9 years
CJ McCollum ate dinner at Damian Lillard's house on Monday night. Then they both scored 34 points against the Nets.
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3 years
Justise Winslow has been really helpful for the Blazers. Perhaps too helpful for some. His defense and passing instincts are just super useful for this team.
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3 years
Dame yelling in Scottie Barnes face is proof that the rook is the truth. Congrats Scottie.
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3 years
Lol the Blazers are just good I guess
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3 years
Chauncey Billups has said that Damian Lillard’s makes are louder than everyone else’s. He started that flurry by splashing a couple unreasonably deep 3s and woke the arena up. Blazers closed the half with an 18-3 burst.
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Mike Richman
3 years
There is a really bizarre thing going on with Blazers fans where a non-trivial number of them think Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard would make the current Portland NBA team worse. It's surprising!
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Mike Richman
3 years
The Blazers are extremely online
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Staying connected. These athletes posted the most throughout the @NBA regular season.
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Mike Richman
3 years
Larry Nance is good. The Blazers did well. Picks don't matter you weirdos. Listen to Locked On Blazers.
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Mike Richman
2 years
On the second night of a back to back without one of their key rotation guys, Portland came in and steamrolled Denver after halftime. This is what they would call Blazing the Nugs, I believe.
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Mike Richman
7 years
Blazers through the 5 games in 2016-17: 2-3; 13th in offense, 24th in defense Through 5 games in 17-18: 3-2, 4th in offense, 3rd in defense
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Mike Richman
3 years
Some Blazers joy for you. The Lillards doing dance trends and Dame rocking Nurk’s new merch
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Mike Richman
1 year
After midnight on the east coast. Watching an illegal stream. Talking myself into Toumani Camara. It's good to have the NBA back.
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Mike Richman
4 years
Rodney Hood took a little bit of a discount to join the Blazers last year, and the team basically gave him the biggest raise they could for this season after he opted out. That raise has no real impact on their other free agency tools. Good for both sides, I'd guess.
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3 years
Damian Lillard is so good. Calls for the screen to get the Kennard switch. Knows the clippers will help kennard and then fires a look away skip pass right where the help came from and hits CJ perfectly in the shooting pocket. Sheesh.
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Mike Richman
3 years
Joe Ingles will probably never play for the Blazers but do not tell your dad that he is already ordering a custom jersey
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3 years
Dennis Smith Jr. is an NBA player. He might not end up being an NBA player in Portland, but he belongs in the league
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5 years
Some minor good news from Blazers-land: Just saw Rodney Hood walking around without the walking boot in the back hallway of the Moda Center.
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Mike Richman
3 years
Not exactly how it works but -- The Blazers turned two first round picks and Gary Trent Jr into Eric Bledsoe's partially guaranteed contract, Justice Winslow, Keon Johnson and a 2025 second round pick.
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Mike Richman
2 years
Jabari Walker is good
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Mike Richman
3 years
Josh Hart out for “rest” is either totally normally because he flew cross country earlier today and the Blazers don’t care about winning or extremely suspicious because we’re less than 24 hours from the trade deadline and the Blazers don’t care about winning.
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3 years
🧐
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Mike Richman
2 years
The WNBA studio show is miiiiiiiiles ahead of ESPN’s NBA product. It’s amazing how enjoyable talking about *the game* can be.
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Mike Richman
6 years
The NBA has these new Blazers jerseys up on Locker Vision
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Mike Richman
3 years
With New Orleans' loss tonight against Dallas, Portland goes into the All-Star break with a two-game lead over the Pelicans for 10th place in the West and the final play-in spot. Pels are 1-4 since trading for CJ McCollum. The Blazers are 4-1.
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1 year
I have simply had too much exposure to the Miami Heat fanbase. I need a Damian Lillard Trade Saga resolution so TimmyHeat4L503 stops lecturing me about loyalty and relevance.
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Mike Richman
6 years
The Bulls are staying over in Portland, which gave Robin Lopez an opportunity to hang around after the game and meet Dame Jr.
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4 years
The players, and specifically Milwaukee Bucks players, led this strike. The league has gone for sanitized messaging around racial injustice and police violence. The league wanted to slogan this away and the Players wouldn't let them. Respect.
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Mike Richman
2 years
It seems to me that a lot of Blazers fans adamant that it's time to move on from Dame might be too young to remember this. You might be right, but you also might be talking yourself into Victor Khryapa in your dorm room so just be ready chief.
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5 years
In the summer of 2016 the Blazers offered Pau Gasol 2/$40M ... Three years later they'll get him at the vet minimum. Blazers chasing a lot of old flings this offseason.
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Mike Richman
5 years
Isn't Markieff Morris just Kyle Kuzma with a brother?
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5 years
Damian Lillard has had 18 games in his career where he finished with at least eight points and eight rebounds, refusing to chase that sweet, sweet statistical symmetry. But tonight, against Russell Westbrook no less, he finally delivered that triple double you crave.
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Mike Richman
4 years
Over his last 7 games (including a dud in New York), Carmelo Anthony is averaging 18.6 points on 47.5/43.6/82.6 shooting. Blazers are 6-1 and he had the game winning FTs vs. Philly and the game-winning assist at Dallas.
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3 years
Just saw Greg Brown greet a small child and give the kid a team autographed basketball. No cameras, no team employees, just a nice thing that happened in the back hallway. TBAGTWTC.
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4 years
Absolute theft by Mr. Lillard and co.
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3 years
The Lakers just stink
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2 years
Why is Josh getting photo credit for this? He's in the image!
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This photo of Josh Hart, Jusuf Nurkić and Jerami Grant was taken on March 21, 2022, the night the Trail Blazers faced the Pistons in Detroit. Almost three months later, Grant was traded to Portland. 📸 @joshhart
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3 years
The Blazers finally playing a lineup capable of doubling and scrambling is really something. Who knew it would take Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Nassir Little to unlock that capability.
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3 years
LEGENDARY - "And all this time, Nurk’s luxurious imported cats are roaming around the house and he’s drinking his customary 7-to-10 cups of coffee. It’s a whole vibe when you go to Nurk’s place. He’s petting the cats, telling me, “You have to get a Furbo. I’m buying you a Furbo.”
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6 years
Pretty cool: The Blazers halftime music spotlight which usually plays local acts is "Straw Into Gold" by Paul Allen and The Underthinkers.
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4 years
Cliff Robison played 18 seasons and his teams made the playoffs in 17 of those seasons. He was ahead of his time stylistically but also a baller who helped good teams for two decades in the league. Rest in Power, Cliffy.
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2 years
Jabari Walker made money in Vegas ... and the Blazers roster is full at 15 players.
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6 years
Terry Stotts, who is never ever in the locker room postgame, just came through passing out cupcakes. He’s definitely in a better mood than Steve Kerr ( @chold modeling the goods.)
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2 years
The worst part about this rough stretch for the Blazers is the familiarity. Seems like we’ve seen *this* before with some different parts.
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2 years
Chauncey Billups wasn’t a fan of Greg Brown going between the legs on a dunk with under 10 seconds left in the game. He asked Brown “what are you doing?” twice after the ran back down the floor.
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3 years
For my money, this is the most impressive game Anfernee Simons has had in the last week of him being The Guy. He went 2-11 from three and was still the Blazers best offensive player by a mile. Got into the paint, flashed all of his in between touch and dished out 11 assists.
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3 years
Seems like Blazers fans are doing well and being rational. Good to see. Keep at it.
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2 years
Congrats in advance to Jabari Walker for hitting a buzzer beater in Charlotte in a few hours.
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Casey Holdahl
2 years
Drew Eubanks and Justise Winslow will start in the place of Nurkic and Grant.
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Mike Richman
4 years
After going 4-for-4 to close the game last night, Damian Lillard is now shooting 60% from the floor, 56.3% from 3 and 100% from the free throw line in 14 "clutch" games. The Blazers are 11-3 in those games, outscoring opponents by 42 points with Dame on the court.
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Mike Richman
3 years
Lol only one of these franchises is trying to win every night …
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Anthony F. Irwin
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Lakers and Blazers racing for the 10 spot
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3 years
Chauncey Billups specifically credited the player development work of assistants Edniesha Curry and Mark Tyndale in his postgame presser. Said their “grind” with the likes of Trendon Watford and CJ Elleby has been showing up in recent games.
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8 years
Trail Blazers huddle during national anthem as display of unity. Really strong stuff from @moe_harkless in here:
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Mike Richman
3 years
Josh Hart is out tonight with what the Blazers are calling left knee patellar tendinopathy. The same ailment that is keeping Anfernee Simons out of action for a couple weeks. Hart was not on the injury report prior to today.
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8 years
Mike Malone said Denver couldn't guard CJ McCollum. CJ said he knew Nugs couldn't guard him today at 3:15 when he woke up from his nap.
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5 years
Damian Lillard threw 3 successful alley oops in the first quarter. He’s typically a bad lob tosser so I’m going to say that’s easily a career high. Dude is so locked in that 10 and 6 in the first quarter is just a normal day at work now.
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5 years
Damian Lillard averaged 53, 9 and 7 last week on 53/57/95 shooting. Sheesh.
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6 years
Straight up lifted from the Terry Stotts playbook. I even think the Nets call it “Portland”
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This was a really nifty set from the Nets and it confused the hell out of the Thunder.
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5 years
The Hawks have Evan Turner and Allen Crabbe? A well compensated 2016-17 Blazers reunion in Atlanta.
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3 years
I believe CJ McCollum just told the crowd “I lift weights” after that finish through contact.
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2 years
The second step of the Joe Cronin Team Building Experience™️ looks pretty decent.
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7 years
There is a lot of skepticism in the Blazers’ locker room about what hit the Thunder plane. Evan Turner maintains it was “an owl”
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2 years
The Lakers left the door open and Dame went full Kool Aid man on em
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4 years
RoCo honoring Al-Farouq Aminu with an out of control coast to coast turnover. Beautiful stuff.
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4 years
Everything going wrong for the Blazers. They can’t even get a tech
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