Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

Join Danny Marang, Brandon Sprague and special guest Casey Holdahl for the latest Jacked Ramsays live. It's a road trip check in, following two back breaking losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder (read: The Fighting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (s)) and a 6th game in 10 days against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets - there's a lot to tackle about where this Trail Blazers team is right now (17-15) Foll...

It’s an all new Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag show! Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague where they hit on: Will the Raptors blow it up? Does a slow start (13-17) being only a handful of games out of the Eastern Conference, Fred VanVleet’s slow burn and a failure to maximize the win now of one end of the roster mean they should look to reset? Does this sound familiar to anyone else? From there the ques...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for a post game Jacked Ramsays After Dark following a win Wednesday night on Game 1 of their 6 game trip - kicking it off in San Antonio with a 16 point win over the Spurs. The Blazers did what was needed of them - even if they messed around a bit - Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant combined for 78 points on 59% shooting - where the TEAM shot ne...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take on all your questions about the Portland Trail Blazers on the weekly Mail Bag Show. Over the last week the Blazers are 3-1, the lone loss coming at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in the waning seconds of a 121-120 final capped by an incredible 3 pointer in the corner falling away oer Jerami Grant by Jamal Murray. Don't try to give the Blazers any...

Join Danny Marang for a recap of Saturday night's game that saw the Blazers get back in the win column against the Minnesota Timberwolves, 124-118 - in a game that was up for grabs until late in the 4th quarter. The Blazers offense has been finding a real rhythm lately, putting up multiple 120 point efforts - the flipside is that the defense has been in the dumpster like a family of raccoons on cr...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at how the Trail Blazers got their groove back - now sitting 6th in the West at 13-11, with 3 days off and a chance to get healthy before taking on Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets and Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert of the Minnesota Timberwolves before embarking on a 6 game road trip through the heartland. Featuring games against sub .5...

Join Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark that saw the Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Indiana Pacers, 116-100. The return of Damian Lillard to steady the ship early and often, integrating back into a lineup with Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simons offensively who’ve been some of the most productive offensive players in the league in Lillard’s absence . Tonight the trio all scored 21 or mor...

Join Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark that saw the Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Utah Jazz, 116-111 on the road and improve to 12-11 on teh season. It was a special night for Anfernee Simons, who finished the night with a new career high of 45 points on 15-25 FG, 7-12 3FG and 8-8 FT - who scored 36 of those points in the 1st half (also a career high for points in a half) but it all...

The Trail Blazers have lost 7 of their last 8 and the world is crashing down around them.. or is it? Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they look at the last 2 weeks of Blazers basketball that have seen the once bright outlook on the season darken as injuries and losses pile up. Can the Blazers get to Christmas at .500? Sitting at 11-11, the Blazers have 11 more games before Christmas day -...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for a Mail Bag edition of Jacked Ramsays as the Blazers have 20 games under their belts and sit at 11-9. Where do the Blazers go from here? How are you feeling about them? Are the injuries to Damian Lillard and Gary Payton II a problem for the year? Is there a Jusuf Nurkic problem - or is there a scheme problem that Nurkic doesn't fit? Are the Blazers looking...

Join Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark episode following Friday night's win in Gotham as the Blazers hold off the Knicks in OT, 132-129. The shorthanded Blazers got monster performances from Jerami Grant (new career high 44 points and franchise record 28 free throw attempts) and Anfernee Simons (38 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) to stop the 4-game skid and get Portland back in the win c...

Join Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark episode following Tuesday night’s game vs the San Antonio Spurs that saw the Blazers rattle off their 10th win of the season, 117-110. Once again led by swingman Jerami Grant(29 points, 8 rebounds, 6-8 3FG) with the starting unit back together - Damian Lillard (22 points, 11 assists, 2 rebounds) and Anfernee Simons (23 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for a Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag following the Portland Trail Blazers return from a 6-game road trip where the Blazers went 4-2, elevating their season record to 9-4 and the top of the Western Conference (as of Monday night). What did we learn about the Blazers on their trip? From their series games with the Suns, we saw that the Blazers are able to survive witho...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for another Jacked Ramsays After Dark following another road win for the Blazers - this time taking down Zion Williamson, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram and the new Orleans Pelicans, 106-95 in game 5 of a 6 game road trip. The Blazers went into the game with Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, Shaedon Sharpe and Keon Johnson all sitting out due to various injurie...

Join Danny Marang on the latest Jacked Ramsays After Dark - where he runs down the latest Trail Blazers road victory over the Charlotte Hornets, 105-95. Playing the 4th game of a 6-game trip, Portland opted to sit Jerami Grant (ankle) and Jusuf Nurkic (adductor) against the reeling Hornets who are still missing LaMelo Ball, ahead of a back-to-back Thursday against Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram,...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague on a special episode of Jacked Ramsays Live with special guest Cory Jez, On-Air Analytics Insider for the Portland Trail Blazers. Together they’ll dive into Cory’s background in analytics, how he got into this very particular world and ultimately what led to him ending up in Portland on air in the little box on screen during games explaining very specific poin...

Join Danny Marang for a post game wrap up where the Portland Trail Blazers go into Miami and split the season series on a last second game winner from Josh Hart - locking in a 110-107 win and the 2nd win in 3 games if a 6 game trip! After a muddy first half that saw the Blazers commit 12 turnovers, the Blazers tightened things down a bit in the 3rd quarter - nearly matching Miami 21-20 heading int...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they answer as many of your Blazers related questions as they can. The Blazers are off to a 6-3 start with 4 games remaining on a 6 game trip. Damian Lillard is getting healthier, Anfernee Simons is struggling with a nagging foot injury, Jusuf Nurkic is up & down, Shaedon Sharpe is showing out, Jerami Grant is hitting game winners and the Blazers have alrea...

Join host Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark that saw the shorthanded Portland Trail Blazers (missing Damian Lillard AND Anfernee Simons' combined 52 PPG) stun the Phoenix Suns on the first of back to back games in the desert, 108-106 on a Jerami Grant baseline J at the buzzer. Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton combine for 49 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists on 18-35 from the floor (5-9 fr...

Join host Danny Marang for a Jacked Ramsays After Dark following the Trail Blazers 111-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. While down by 17 at one point the Blazers closed the gap in the 4th quarter behind Anfernee Simons, Keon Johnson, Josh Hart, Jerami Grant and Jusuf Nurkic. While it wasn't enough, the fight they displayed served as a reminder of what Chauncey Billups has said he wants to see in...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they sit down with Trail Blazers TV Analyst Lamar Hurd to discuss - well everything that’s going on with the Portland Trail Blazers and their 5-1 start to the regular season! What has the overall feel been from the team to start the year? What’s noticeably different about the day to day coverage of the team? How does being at practice impact how you c...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for the weekly Jacked Ramsay Mail Bag where they take on all of your questions wrapping up the second week of the season! Going 5-1 in the first 6 games of the season give the Trail Blazers more wiggle room than anyone anticipated to start the season - does it make you adjust your expectations at all for the season? If yes, what exactly causes those chan...

Join host Danny Marang for a rapid reaction to Friday night’s game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets that saw the Blazers improve to 5-1 on the season, winning 125-111. The Blazers were lifted by 30 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds from Anfernee Simons, 27 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks from Jusuf Nurkic and 14 points, 2 assists and tremendously highlight reel dunks from...

Join host Danny Marang for a rapid reaction to Wednesday night’s game that saw the Portland Trail Blazers 4-game unbeaten streak come to an end against the visiting Miami Heat, 119-98. The headline outside of the loss was Damian Lillard asking out in the 3rd quarter and visibly limping. The team reported that he wouldn’t finish the game due to a right calf strain. After the game, media gathered ar...

Join host Danny Marang for a rapid reaction to the Portland Trail Blazers 135-110 win led by Anfernee Simons’ nuclear third quarter 22 points and Damian Lillard’s 31 point night against Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon’s Denver Nuggets. Segment 1: Turns Out, One of the Best Shooters in the NBA Can Still Shoot the Ball after 3 Poor Outings What? You didn’t think EYE was going to victory...