The Rose Garden Report: A Portland Trail Blazers and NBA Podcast Sean Highkin

(0:00-22:49) Today on “The Rose Garden Report” Sean welcomes James Ham to talk some Kings basketball. Ham is the Kings Insider for ESPN 1320 and the host of the “Kings Beat” podcast. The Kings right now are third in the Western Conference and close to finally clinching a playoff spot. It has been a long road for the Kings to be back in the position and James looks back on the rocky road that led the team to this spot.


(22:50-39:21) What is crazy about the story of the Kings is that they never really went full tank in the NBA. James goes into why the team never really did a full tank in a season and how they managed that. James and Sean share stories of the rough days of the Kings. Then Sean asks James, “could you see this team make the Western Conference Finals?”


(39:21-End) In this massive turnaround that the Kings have had this year. One of the biggest changes made in the offseason was the head coach. James Ham tells Sean about how a lot of the success of the Kings relies on Mike Brown. As the kids would say, the vibes have never been higher in Sacramento. James and Sean go into how the Kings are everyone’s favorite team right now.  

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Today on “The Rose Garden Report” Sean welcomes James Ham to talk some Kings basketball. Ham is the Kings Insider for ESPN 1320 and the host of the “Kings Beat” podcast. The Kings right now are third in the Western Conference and close to finally clinching a playoff spot. It has been a long road for the Kings to be back in the position and James looks back on the rocky road that led the team to this spot.

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What is crazy about the story of the Kings is that they never really went full tank in the NBA. James goes into why the team never really did a full tank in a season and how they managed that. James and Sean share stories of the rough days of the Kings. Then Sean asks James, “could you see this team make the Western Conference Finals?”



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In this massive turnaround that the Kings have had this year. One of the biggest changes made in the offseason was the head coach. James Ham tells Sean about how a lot of the success of the Kings relies on Mike Brown. As the kids would say, the vibes have never been higher in Sacramento. James and Sean go into how the Kings are everyone’s favorite team right now.  

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From 'Heat Check' (subscribe here), On this episode of The Heat Check, Trysta discusses an unsung hero emerging for the Los Angeles Lakers (0:08). She also reacts to the return of Karl-Anthony Towns from injury (5:08) and Shaedon Sharpe's emergence as a solid player for the Portland Trail Blazers (6:57). Tune in!
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(0:00-20:41) It is a reunion of old friends between Sean Highkin and Cody Westerlund. The two use to host the “Locked On Bulls” podcast back in the day and it feels great to have them back together again. With Cody on, Sean talks to him about the “Patrick Beverly Effect” that has taken Chicago by storm. Was Beverly everything the Bulls needed? 


(20:42-34:01) When someone is the number 4th pick in the draft, they tend to get a lot of publicity and comes with a lot of pressure. Cody goes into his thoughts on Patrick and what he likes from Williams. Then Sean asks Cody about the front office and how interesting it was about the secret extension of Billy Donovan.


(34:02-End) Sean Highkin makes the comparison with Cody Westerlund and how both teams need a big offseason to build up their teams. They draw the similarities between the two teams and how at one point the Bulls wanted Jerami Grant. Cody then goes into the Bulls playoff chances and if they can win the play in tournament. Then Sean asks the real question…What was Cody's favorite game from the Bulls TNT broadcast streak? 

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