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RipCity are you listening?! Ryan "Witty" Whitledge of the Blazertag Podcast commandeers the show this week, leaving Christian and Austin to guest on their own show? Madness ensues...

The trio discusses the injury-riddled Portland Trail Blazers and attempts to assign reason for the comeback losses or near losses, as of late.

Post recording: The Portland Trail Blazers, more specifically Damian Lillard with his typical late-game antics, got the win against The Chicago bulls with a stunning buzzer-beater. They now sit at 10-8 for the year, tied with The Phoenix Suns for the 6th seed. The next matchup is Monday, February 1st, against The Milwaukee Bucks at 5 PM PST.

Go Blazers!

Ripcity, are you listening?! The peeps in plaid, Christian and Austin, chat about the Trail Blazers defensive woes, some less than impressive media dynamics from Blazers player leadership, and the unfortunate loss of Jusuf Nurkic due to his fractured wrist. The duo also take some time to expand on the blockbuster James Harden to Brooklyn trade. All this and more in season 3 episode 4!

Ripcity are you listening?! 🎧 👂 Christian and Austin bring you a post-Christmas catch up. The pair discuss recent trade rumors surrounding James Harden expanding his request to include Portland, whether losing CJ would be worth the former MVP, as well as reviewing the first two games of the season. Will the Trail Blazers make an even bigger move, after what was already a summer of musical chairs? Will one of these moves include coach Stotts? As always, please follow, like, and subscribe @PeepsInPlaid. (Apologies for the lack of timeline this week, as time was constrained pre-Lakers game 12/28/20)

#RipCity are you listening?! Christian and Austin are joined by previous guests, Matt Eldredge (expert friend and blazers fan) and Keith Feltner-Smith (also, expert friend and host of @TrailCasters). Both guests and hosts discuss off-season moves, provide their Eastern and Western Conference top ten seeds, and make some bold predictions. Check out @TrailCasters on Twitter as well, and follow their host @RipCityKeith. Please also follow @PeepsInPlaid on Twitter and Instagram. Music was provided by Ziggy Zay! New tunes coming next week👀 TIMELINE: :35 – Introducing our TWO guests: Keith Feltner-Smith and Matt Eldredge

1:50 – News around the league – Wizards, Rockets, Nets & Clippers drama and trades

18:20 – Don’t worry, we finally get to some news from your PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

21:37 – Play-in tournament description

22:33 – Christian’s Eastern Conference Rankings 1-10

25:57 – Keith’s Eastern Conference Rankings 1-10

28:35 – Matt’s Eastern Conference Rankings 1-10

31:45 – Austin’s Eastern Conference Rankings 1-10

35:52 – Austin’s Bobcat love bleeds through, and we discuss the underestimation of the Blazers

38:38 – Christian’s Western Conference Rankings 1-10

43:38 – Keith’s Western Conference Rankings 1-10

46:02 – THE TRAIL BLAZERS LOVE BEGINS

48:42 – Matt’s Western Conference Rankings 1-10

54:36 – Austin’s Western Conference Rankings 1-10

56:37 – Terrible can of worms regarding Blazers injuries gets cracked open. Wood being knocked on perpetually.

1:05:05 – Blazers schedule discussion

1:07:08 – Locks for the season. THE BLAZERS LOVE CONTINUES, YOU’RE NOT GONNA WANT TO MISS THIS!

1:12:55 – Thank you to our guests Matt and Keith, we close out the episode.

RipCity are you listening?! Cohosts Christian Gmelin and Austin Kaphammer are BACK in their season 3 debut to discuss more 2020 craziness, as well as the acquisition of Robert Covington, Derrick Jones Jr, and Enes Kanter. Other moves around the league are also touched on, while the hopes for a top seeding Blazers in the west soar. Christian also provides an amended intro to cover Olshey and the Blazers 11/23/20 press conference and Wenyen Gabriel moving on to the Pelicans. Peeps in Plaid is coming with another exciting episode soon, so stay tuned.

The Blazers finished the last 5 games 4-1 to go 6-2 in the seeding games and just barely make it to the play in with the 8 seed! Damian Lillard is setting records and tying his career high of 61 to somehow squeak out wins and will his team to the play-in against the Memphis Grizzlies! Tara Bowen-Biggs joins us as we discuss how stressful and intense that final game against the Brooklyn Nets was, how we feel about the Blazers chances going forward, how this team struggles despite Dame's dominance, we also discuss the hall of fame, 100 Percent Trent and more! What questions do you have? Comment and hit us up on Twitter!
Peeps in Plaid | @PeepsInPlaid | https://www.twitter.com/peepsinplaid
Christian Gmelin | @ChristianGmelon | https://www.twitter.com/christiangmelon
Austin Kaphammer | @AKaphammer | https://www.twitter.com/akaphammer
And you can find this episode’s guest:
Tara Bowen-Biggs | @tcbbiggs | https://twitter.com/tcbbiggs
Huge thank you to Tara for joining us especially late and after a mentally taxing game! And to our musical contributors, Ziggy Zay and Mashonibeats for the intro and outro music. Check out Ziggy wherever you stream your music and Mashoni on Soundcloud!
Episode Timeline:
:26 – The Blazers win, and welcome Tara!
1:50 – Reviewing Blazers-Nets, and the stress that came with watching it.
4:47 – Are we worried about these close games?
6:09 – Could you imagine if this was the last game of the season?
7:02 – Dame is garnering ALL the attention.
17:24 – What were the Blazers chances going into the seeding games?
18:54 – The Nets are mirroring the Clippers last year, and the Blazers should have beaten them more easily.
20:25 – CJ has a broken back??? Tara's research comes to the rescue as we try to understand.
24:20 – Christian predicted all 5 final games correctly, we summarize those games.
25:35 – Christian retells the tragedy of failing to secure $61 Dames.
27:15 – How do we feel going into the Grizzlies Play-in and potential Lakers Playoff games?
31:51 – Has Zach Collins been overhyped? Can he continue to improve and impress?
39:45 – For the Blazers, the best defense is THE BEST offense.
40:30 – Let's talk Hall of Fame! Do the Blazers have hall of famers on their team? Tara describes her experience at the Naismith Hall of Fame.
47:25 – Brief discussion on Dame and the haters/Skip Bayless. S/O @GoldnerPDX
49:05 – Damian Lillard cares, and he leads, and he is involved... and we are lucky to have him.
52:40 – Christian explains his gripe with the Hall of Fame by dropping a bomb of sadness.
58:00 – Discussing the WNBA, Seattle Storm and Brittney Griner.
101:21 – #100PercentTrent is a perfect nickname for a guy who give it his all every play.