Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they dive into the last 2 games for the Portland Trail Blazers against the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers that saw the Blazers step in and close out both teams in exciting fashion. After that - it’s a Mail Bag edition where the fellas answer as many of your questions as possible! The Anfernee Simons Block: Should there be a concern about Anfe...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brand Sprague on this live show of Jacked Ramsays where they’ll hit on: Blazers get 1st win against the Sacramento Kings! The Blazers find a way to win without Damian Lillard at his best and Anfernee Simons having a very “normal” night.  Jerami Grant debuts and shows exactly what the Blazers have been missing at the wing position since the departure of LaMarcus Aldridge...

On a special episode on the eve of Opening Night in the NBA, hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague are joined by Portland Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin for an exclusive interview. With breaking news of an unexpected extension for 4th year forward Nassir Little, Cronin is asked how the deal came together- his relationship with Little and what it means for the organization going forward. From there i...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprauge with special guest Sean Highkin as they take a look at where the Blazers sit before heading into Game 1 of the regular season. What's broken? What works? What were the biggest issues coming out of preseason and why are they so glaring? There's plenty to point to, the offense never got going, the defense is a mess while turnovers and fouling are prevalent...

Mike Richman of Locked On Blazers joins hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague to dig into what they’ve seen from the Portland Trail Blazers through 4 Preseason games. How much of it really matters? What they’ve been watching for and seeing or not seeing and whether that spells trouble for the Blazers. Josh Hart is named the starter, should he stay there - and if yes for how long? What would/will...

Deuce Mason of "Deuce & Mo" dropped by to talk state of the Sacramento Kings. Where are they? What are they doing? WHY are they? Deuce has you covered from front to back with the additions of Keegan Murray and Kevin Huerter, Mike Brown inserted as the new head coach, an evolution for De'Aaron Fox and optimizing Domantas Sabonis. The Kings are riding a 16 year streak of futility, now the longest in...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague on the first official Jacked Ramsays of the 2022-23 season! Together they’ll take a look at the first 2 games of the preseason that saw the new look Portland Trail Blazers take on Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers in Seattle at Climate Pledge Arena Monday night followed by a road-home back-to-back against the stripped down Utah Jazz...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague following the official start of the season with Trail Blazers Media Day. Together they’ll take you through all the interviews from Monday morning and what they mean.  General Manager Joe Cronin stated “it will probably involve making additions soon and definitely in the future” after saying that they’re going to need to be “focusing on their connectivity...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they help get you ready for the the 2022-23 NBA season with the Portland Trail Blazers by answering all the questions you have before mini camp opens up September 27th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of perso...

On the latest episode of Jacked Ramsays, hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague are joined by Trail Blazers rookie wing/big from University of Colorado - Jabari Walker! Together they hit on Jabari falling on NBA Draft night from a possible first round pick to the 57th overall (and second to last pick of the draft) - and how that went for him mentally...as well as maybe keeping a few notes on all t...

On the latest episode of Jacked Ramsays, hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague are joined by Portland Trail Blazers guard, Anfernee Simons. Fresh off his newly signed 4-year, $100 million contract the guys ask Ant what has changed in his life since he put pen to paper on such a life changing deal. Where was he, what does he remember and most importantly - what was the journey like for him to go f...

Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take on some big Portland Trail Blazers questions heading into the 2022-23 NBA season on the latest episode of the Jacked Ramsays Podcast! What does Damian Lillard look like this year? Which version of him is best for this team and how/where can evolve? That’s the first question of many that Danny & Brandon take a look at as the framing for next year becomes more a...

Join hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they set their final grades for the offseason as the officially, unofficial final grade date of August 1st has passed. Together they take a look at each transaction accordingly, the acquisition of Jerami Grant from the Detroit Pistons for a 2025 Protected 1st Round Pick from the Milwaukee Bucks, signing free agent and former Golden State Warriors big...

On this episode of Jacked Ramsays, Danny Marang is joined by Sam Esfandiari of “Light Years” show covering the Golden State Warriors to give insight on the newest addition to the Portland Trail Blazers, Gary Payton II. One of the biggest push backs over Payton’s addition is his “lack” of size - Sam highlights how that wasn’t really an issue for the Warriors and the role(s) you can expect Payton to...

Join Danny Marang as he talks the Trail Blazer’s second Summer League title in the last 4 years (have fun, I dare you) - beating the New York Knicks in the final, 85-77. Leading the charge, big man Trendon Watford who secured a unanimous Summer League Championship game MVP award 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. With Brandon Williams (22 points, 5 assists) and Jabari Walker’s continue...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague for another live Jacked Ramsays! Jabari Walker has signed a full contract with the Trail Blazers, reports have it listed as a 3-year deal for $4.57 million, the first year guaranteed, the second year partially guaranteed with nothing guaranteed on the final year. With Walker as the story of the Blazer’s Summer League (with #7 overall pick Shaedon Sharpe out in...

It’s been a busy couple of days in Las Vegas for the Portland Trail Blazers on and off the basketball court. Join hosts Danny Marang (fresh off his return from Las Vegas) and Brandon Sprague as they dive into anything and everything that’s happened so far! Rookie Shaedon Sharpe picked up an injury in the opening minutes of his debut that will keep him out of the rest of Summer League competition-...

With what appears most of the big roster moves out of the way for the  Portland Trail Blazers , hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take a look at where things stand as the Blazers get ready to head to Las Vegas for Summer League. The news of the day comes from Jody Allen announcing her plans in running the franchise moving forward. With the Blazers retaining Anfernee Simons, Jusuf Nurkic and D...

Damian Lillard made sure that things didn’t cool down around the Portland Trail Blazers following the NBA Draft by putting up a photoshop of him and Kevin Durant in a Trail Blazers jersey. This of course took social media by storm and got everyone talking, could Durant be on the move and is Portland a viable landing place? On the latest Mail Bag Jacked Ramsays, hosts Danny Marang & Brandon Sprague...

The 2022 NBA Draft is in the books and the Portland Trail Blazers surprised everyone by using their #7 overall pick on Kentucky Wildcat (technically, it counts) Shaedon Sharp and followed that up with using the #57 overall pick on Colorado Buffalo, Jabari Walker. Now, hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take a look at what it all means and where the Trail Blazers go from here. The Blazers opted...

Join Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague as they take a look at the breaking news from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that the  Portland Trail Blazers  have traded for  Detroit Pistons  wing, Jerami Grant the day before the  NBA Draft . With the first real move of the offseason, the Blazers have used their Traded Player Exception to absorb the nearly $21 million dollar deal of Grant and a whole lot of 2n...

It’s NBA Draft week and Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague are taking on your questions in an hour long mail bag extravaganza! Between rumors, workouts, news breaks and everything in between, there’s been no shortage of discussion topics as the Blazers head into the biggest changeover the franchise has seen in at least 6 seasons and with those changes come questions. On this episode Danny and Brando...

With only a week until the  NBA Draft , Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take a look at all of the news, notes and rumors around the NBA and tying to the  Portland Trail Blazers  on the latest Jacked Ramsays live show! The rumor of the day? The possibility of the Blazers moving back in the Draft, swapping 7 for the  Oklahoma City Thunder ’s Lu Dort and the #12 pick. Would it make sense for the Bla...

On this Mail Bag Episode of Jacked Ramsays, Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague take on your pressing questions less than 2 weeks away from the NBA Draft. With all of the smoke around OG Anunoby, Deandre Ayton, John Collins and Jerami Grant - how likely are the Blazers to land any of them? Could they actually secure two with their asset pool? What does that look like financially? If the Blazers stumb...

It’s a Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag where hosts Danny Marang and Brandon Sprague answer as many listener questions as they can in an hour. The biggest news for the Blazers, perhaps in over 20+ years dropped this week as Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweeted out that former Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight (along with real estate mogul and partial owner of the LA Dodgers, Alan Smolinisky) submitted a writt...