What Effect Will the Butler Trade Have?

On this week’s episode of the Blazer’s Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang have on special guest Sean Highkin to talk about the now epic saga of Jimmy Butler, Karl Anthony-Towns, Coach Thibodeau, Sean’s wildest days covering the Chicago Bulls beat, whether or not Portland is really a player for Butler, should the Blazers include CJ McCollum in a deal, what this means for the Western Conference, expectations for the Blazers rotations, different defensive wrinkles, favorite media day quotes, what to look forward to in the preseason and more!

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• Intro
• Opening comments
• Sean Highkin everybody!
• The Timberwolves and the apocalypse
• How dirty has the whole situation become?
• Breaking down the events of the past week
• A bored Stephen Jackson is amazing
• Realistic destinations for Butler
• Most dysfunction team Sean’s seen/covered
• Tara feels bad for Timberwolves fans, but loves the carnage
• How much leverage do the Timberwolves have
• Should Portland offer CJ in a deal?
• The package that Portland should offer
• The price of Butler, financially could get messy
• Why you need to take the best offer
• Butler is cut from a different cloth, would that work in Portland?
• Coach Stotts and consistency
• What are some of the keys to the Stotts system
• Looking forward to the Blazers defense this year
• How the Blazers could offer different looks between Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins
• Could the Blazers switch on defense?
• The Blazers in transition on offense...can it get better?
• Is Seth Curry the answer for the 2nd unit and transition points?
• Sean’s thoughts on Collins heading into the season
• Blazers Media Day!
• Best media day quotes
• Giving coaches player personnel power is not a good idea
• Closing comments
• Outro