Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

It’s a back-to-back as the Portland Trail Blazers fresh of Friday night’s victory get set to take on the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night in Portland. While there will be plenty of eyes on the floor, there will be whispers about President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey’s future after a late Friday night announcement (read: news dump) came out stating the Olshey was being i...

Friday night the  Portland Trail Blazers  likely stole one against the  Indiana Pacers  110-106, in what was mostly an ugly contest. The Blazers stop their 3-game skid on the backs of CJ McCollum, Norman Powell and Anfernee Simons - each taking a whole quarter to themselves before the Pacers decided to fall apart in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter. Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Spragu...

The Portland Trail Blazers wrap up their 3-game trip through the Eastern Conference with a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 107-104. The loss has Portland at 3-5 on the season and 0-3 on the road trip -but more than that, with each passing game more questions are raised than answered. For every step forward, it’s at least 2 steps back. Damian Lillard continues to struggle, CJ McCollum has cooled d...

The Portland Trail Blazers have run into a mostly good to have problem. They have four very good guards but there’s not enough; minutes, touches, shots, or spots on the floor for them all to be maximized. However, one thing is clear - Anfernee Simons needs to be getting over 20 minutes a night regularly. How do the Blazers figure that out? Does that make it a necessity to make a move at the deadli...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at Friday night’s Trail Blazers victory over the LA Clippers, 111-92. In what was easily Portland’s best and most consistent effort of the early season, the Blazers on the backs of their defense in a less refined offensive night carry the burden until the offense finally got on track in the second half. Damian Lillard seems to have fo...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they break down Wednesday night’s Trail Blazers victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, 116-96. Damian Lillard found a part of his jump shot, Anfernee Simons continues to be instant offense off the bench, Larry Nance Jr introduced himself to Blazers fans, Cody Zeller made it through a game without needing medical attention, Jusuf Nurkic woke up in the second ha...

On a special 1 on 1 episode of Jacked Ramsays, host Danny Marang is joined by Trail Blazers wing Nassir Little! With a win over the Phoenix Suns and losses to the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers the Blazers have gotten off to an uneven start, we asked Nassir about returning to some normalcy of an 82 game season, breaking down a play against the Clippers, learning how to be physical and d...

Join host Danny Marang to relive... no... to commiserate over Monday night’s absolute thumping of the Trail Blazers by the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-86. It’s a night for burning the tape, having a laugh and moving onto the next. Remember, there’s still 79 of these things, you have to pace yourself. Damian Lillard still looks like he’s hampered, Jusuf Nurkic looked like a hamper, CJ McCollum tried...

On this Mail Bag episode of the Jacked Ramsays, Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take on your questions after the Trail Blazers plays two VERY different games against the Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns that may have raised more questions than they answered? Many have been left wondering, which version of the Trail Blazers is closer to the one we might see this year? A more listless effort a...

Blazers win! Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they break down the Trail Blazers dismantling the Phoenix Suns to get their first win of the season! CJ McCollum continues his torrid shooting to start the year, playing so well that he didn’t crack the 30 minute mark. Damian Lillard still hasn’t found his 3-point shot but he’s dropping dimes like a throwback commercial while Nassir Littl...

Hop in and join the Jacked Ramsays Live Show with hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at the Portland Trail Blazers’ opening night loss to the Sacramento Kings. What went wrong? What went right? What is there to look forward to as the Blazers prepare to take on the Phoenix Suns on Saturday? We’ll discuss Damian Lillard’s struggles, CJ McCollum shines, and the on again, off a...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they break down tonight's loss to the Sacramento Kings - CJ McCollum shows up, Damian Lillard struggles and questions still need answers. How did the offense look? Did we see the elements of more guys getting involved? Defensively, were they better at the point of attack? Were their building blocks being placed that give you hope? How did the starting...

It's quasi-season preview slash mail bag episode of Jacked Ramsays where hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague answer your questions and take a look some likely or unlikely team and player scenarios. Will Damian Lillard continue taking the shots he has taken in the past (volume-wise)? Will CJ McCollum be the one to cede way for others? Will everyone who was promised a larger role (Norman Powell,...

The Trail Blazers finish 0-4 for the 2021-22 preseason and head into the regular season with perhaps more questions than they went into preseason with. Hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague will break down tonight’s game against the Golden State Warriors and the overall themes from the preseason overall. Less concerned with Steph Curry going for 40-plus points and more about how and where he got...

Hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take a look at the first 3 preseason games, all losses but does that really matter? How has the offense looked with the starting group all out on the floor - the vaunted “3-guard lineup” featuring Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norman Powell, Robert Covington and Jusuf Nurkic? What, if anything, can we take from individual and/or team performance in the preseas...

Join Danny Marang & Brandon Sprague for the live Post Game show, today following the game! The Portland Trail Blazers took on the Phoenix Suns in the third game of the preseason - one that might’ve had hints of a regular season rehearsal with the full starting lineup out on the floor for an extended run while the Suns had Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder and Deandre Ayton (no Chris Paul) t...

It’s Gameday! Join DannyMarang & BrandonSprague for the live Pregame show, today at 5 PM! The Blazers get ready to take on the Kings in the 2nd game of preseason - but with Damian Lillard (rest), Robert Covington (REST), CJ McCollum (ankle), Norm Powell (Hip), Cody Zeller (nose), Nassir Little (hamstring), Tony Snell (ankle) & Ben McLemore (ankle) all out for the Blazers, what exactly are you look...

On this Mail Bag episode of Jacked Ramsays - hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague answer your questions leading into the final week of preseason before the points matter and the games count. The Ben Simmons to Portland noise refuses to die, no matter how much they want it to...once that’s put to bed early they guys take a look at what a great season (statistically) would like for Jusuf Nurkic wi...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they look back at the first game of the preseason between the Trail Blazers and  Golden State Warriors  and look ahead to next week’s action against the  Sacramento Kings ,  Phoenix Suns  and another match up with the Warriors. They’ll take a look at how Coach Billups looked in Game 1 - his principles, thoughts and reactions. Anfernee Simons as the le...

It's the Jacked Ramsays Post Game show with Brandon Sprague & Danny Marang - the guys take a look at Game 1 of the preseason, with top level takeaways, new look offense/defense, Anfernee Simons' PG skills on display, Damian Lillard - Still really good, Jusuf Nurkic as a offensive hub, Nassir Little pressing a bit too much and what to look forward to in the next preseason game. http://Youtube.com/d...

On this episode - Danny Marang answers your questions leading up to the first preseason game of the year for the Portland Trail Blazers against the Golden State Warriors. How can you measure an overachieving team vs an underachieving Blazer's team this year- what does that bar look like? Has Jusuf Nurkic backed himself into a corner with his public posturing/comments about feeling under utilized?...

Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague are joined for a live show Media Day wrap up by Bleacher Report's Sean Highkin to analyze and breakdown all of the happenings of the official start to the Trail Blazers's season! Coach Chauncey Billups and his "put an address on it" statement on accountability stole the show, but President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey stepped back under the limelight and ac...

Looking ahead to Media Day - what to expect? What questions would you want answers to? That’s what hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague tackled on the lead up to the opening of the 2021-22 Trail Blazers season. When Neil Olshey sits down at the podium - what do you want to know? Does he feel that he satisfied Damian Lillard’s requests? Does it live up to expectations? How different will this tea...

On this episode of Jacked Ramsays - Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons stops by to talk with hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague! Ant discusses what he’s been working on this summer, developing as a playmaker, growing his overall game and the expectations that come with an anticipated larger role. How he can be better and build on the last half of the season last year - what he’s learned so fa...

Jacked Ramsays Live show taking a look around the NBA and at recent Blazers news as training camp gets ready to open in just a few more days. Ben Simmons and the76ers are still feuding, the Timberwolves have fire Gersson Rosas leading Karl Anthony-Towns to express his frustration, Zion Williamson and the Pelicans are feuding and Blazer's Media Day is on Monday! Hop in, hang out & have fun! http://...