The Blazers Balcony

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers getting their first home victory in over a month Saturday night versus the Raptors in overtime • Deandre Ayton returning to the lineup and picking back up right where he left off • Scoot Henderson returning to the floor on Saturday after sitting out since the All-Star break with an addu...

(First off, apologies for Casey's mic, which sounds like an old rusty tin can for reasons we can not yet discern)  On this edition, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers losing eight-straight and being winless in the month of February with one game left to play • And update on the "Brooke Hearts Your Heart" campaign, which comes to a close at the end of th...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Hodahl discuss... • The 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis • Shaedon Sharpe showing up at All-Star Weekend despite not competing in any events • Scoot Henderson's performance  in the Rising Stars Challenge and  the  rest of his weekend in Indianapolis • Thoughts on the year hand-wringing about the NBA All-Star Game •  Du...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers losing four-straight heading into two games versus the Timberwolves this week • Jerami Grant working hard both on the court and the runway • Another wave of injuries taking out a significant portion of Portland's rotation  • Trading for Dalano Banton and signing Ashton Hagans...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Entering the easiest part of the Trail Blazers’ schedule, at least in terms of home games • The Blazers playing decent basketball in losses to the Nuggets in Denver on Friday and Sunday • The recent play of Deandre Ayton and Scoot Henderson and the reasons why both might be playing better as of late • Pr...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss • Ever-shifting injury desinations • The Trail Blazers returning from a 4-game road trip with a 1-3 record • Sunday night's loss to the Bulls and Monday's game versus the 76ers  • The recent play of Deandre Ayton • The return of Damian Lillard to Moda Center for Wednesday's game versus th...

On this edition of the Blazers Balcony, recorded from the team hotel in Los Angeles, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl  discuss... • The Trail Blazers being back on the road again after a brief, icy stop off in Portland • The stupidity of the "analysis" of Portland's recent ice storm • Being waylaid in Los Angeles due to ice in Oklahoma City • Brooke breaking her foot and getting by...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, recorded from the team hotel in New York City,  Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Portland's 134-127 overtime victory versus the Nets in Brooklyn on Sunday • Anfernee Simons' bounce back performance and how he's dealing with more attention from opposing defenses • Malcolm  Brogdon coming up big in overtime • The trip thus fa...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, recorded from the team hotel in Dallas, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Spending New Year's In Phoenix • The Trail Blazers' starting a seven-game, two-week road trip • The Trail Blazers getting healthier even though half the team is listed as questionable • The center rotation of Moses Brown, Duop Reath and Ibou Badji •...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers being winless so far in the month of December • The process of integrating everybody back into the lineup now that the team is mostly healthy • The losses last weekend to the Mavericks and Warriors • The incorrect out-of-bounds call that cost the Trail Blazers in Sunday's loss to the Warri...

On the latest episode of The Blazers Balcony, recorded from the team hotel in Los Angeles, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers playing just three road games throughout the month of December • Continuing to feel good about losses • Chauncey Billups' coaching meeting Joe Cronin's team-building  • The return of Anfernee Simons and the recent play of Shaedon Shar...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony (the actual basketball talk starts around the 12-minutes mark), Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The benefits of players returning from injury • Sunday's loss to the Bucks and the bounceback win the next night versus the Pacers • Being confused by the NBA's current approach to replay reviews • Brooke sets the scene in Milwaukee and Ind...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers' loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday • Whether a team can feel like they're accomplishing something in a blowout loss • Waiting on the returns of Malcolm Brogdon and Scoot Henderson  • The first few home games for the Rip City Remix • The Blazers facing the Suns in Phoenix on...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, recorded in Salt Lake City, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers losing three-straight but feeling good about the results • The current state of Portland's injuries and how it's taking some of the excitement out of the season  • Skylar Mays getting a promotion, Duop  Reath making his debut and Jamaree Bouyea gettin...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers going 3-1 last week • Chauncey Billups and tough love when it comes to young guards • Fawning over Malcolm Brogdon • Thoughts on the In-Season Tournament and whether it's working as the league had hoped • The new In-Season Tournament court and plaid-forward City edition jerseys • The upcom...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, recorded from the Trail Blazers' team hotel just outside of Detroit, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers getting their first win of the season versus the Raptors in Toronto • Scoot Henderson's comments after Monday's win and how he's handling his first days as an NBA player • Jabari Walker and Toumani Camara m...

In this, the centennial edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Their thoughts on the Trail Blazers' 2023-24 season a few days before it begins versus the Clippers in Los Angeles • What would make for a successful season • The addition of Ish Wainwright and Portland's roster (which wasn't finalized until after recording) • Las Vegas set...

On  this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Why this is episode 99.5 and not episode 100 • Brooke handling hosting duties for  Monday's  preseason finale versus the Suns, which is being broadcast  over the air on KPTV Plus • Takeaways from Portland's first three preseason games • The team focusing on specific  areas they want to improve rather...

On the latest 2023 Training Camp edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • First impressions from training camp in Santa Barbara • How training camp feels different from last year's and why that might be the case • How Scoot Henderson and the rest of the rookies looked in their first training camp • Getting to know Malcolm Brogdon, Deandre Ayton and Robert...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The trade sending Damian Lillard to Milwaukee and Jusuf Nurkic, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson to Phoenix in exchange for Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Jrue Holiday, a first round pick and multiple first round pick swaps • The trade sending Holiday to Boston in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams III...

On this, the 2023-24 NBA Schedule Release edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Initial thoughts on Portland's 2023-24 schedule • How this schedule is a little different from previous schedules due to the in-season tournament • The first things they look for when the schedule is released • The best and worst month of the season • The best and worst roa...

In the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...  • The Trail Blazers going 3-1 at the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League • Portland's hopes of repeating as Summer League champs being technically alive (at least as of the time of recording) and what needs to happen in order to advance • Thoughts on what we saw from Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, Jabari Wa...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers' Las Vegas Summer League schedule, which begins Friday at 4 p.m. versus the Rockets • This being the most people have been interested in the Trail Blazers at summer league in the last decade • What they would like to see during summer league and what would make it a successful trip •...

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Portland drafting Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert at the 2023 NBA Draft • Takeaways from the press conference introducing Henderson, Murray and Rupert • Thoughts on the Trail Blazers naming their new G-League team the Rip City Remix • Portland extending the qualifying offer to Matisse Thybyll...

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • Thursday's upcoming NBA Draft in which the Trail Blazers own the third, 23rd and 43rd picks • Draft and trade rumors and whether there's any point to following either • The idea of Portland being in a decent position regardless of whether they use or keep the third pick • Predictions on how many, if an...