The Trail Blazers and the NBA Draft Combine

On this week’s episode of the Blazer’s Edge podcast Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang discuss all the news that came out of the NBA Combine, the Trail Blazers sending a psychologist for interviews, combine measurements, a quick look at who the Blazers have talked to, Neil Olshey’s comments on the state of the franchise, adding playoff caliber players, comparing Zach Collins to Kevin McHale, Karl Anthony-Towns landing on the trade block, Brook Lopez coming to Portland, legalized sports gambling and more!

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• Intro
• Royal Wedding
• NBA Combine
• Blazers send their psychologist
• Combine measurements, do they matter
• What are the Blazers trying to learn about players with a psychologist
• Blazers bringing in/working out a ton of combo guards
• Who stands out from the players linked with the Blazers so far?
• Brown Brown- Miami
• Gary Trent Sr. and Gary Trent Jr.
• Tis the season for smokescreens
• How do you know what to believe this time of year?
• Chandler Hutchinson - could Portland be the team that gave him the guarantee?
• Neil Olshey’s comments at the NBA Combine
• Contradicting statements and trying to parse through it all
• Timelines, playoff caliber players and roster building tools
• Zach Collins compared to LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin McHale and Rasheed Wallace…seriously
• Making comparisons like these are dangerous
• Moving Collins back inside- can Collins be ready?
• Blazers are no longer building around Damian Lillard’s trajectory
• Karl Anthony-Towns trade rumors
• CJ McCollum, Zach Collins and a 1st RD pick for KAT?
• Brook Lopez to POR as a free agent- does it make sense?
• How does the recent Supreme Court ruling on sports gambling effect the NBA?
• Will the NBA experience change?
• How do you tackle the fears of “protecting the sanctity of the game?”
• Closing Comments
• Outro

Note from Danny Marang: Apologies for my audio quality folks, my mic actually shorted out during the recording. It’ll be rectified before the next podcast.