On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers coming away from the Draft Lottery with the seventh and 14th picks

• How the level of talent in this year's draft might open up possibilities for the Trail Blazers 

• The importance of not only knowing what players you like, but what players other teams like

• Best Player Available meets Position of Need

• Whether the Blazers are likely to add four rookies -- they also own the 34th and 40th picks -- to a team that is already rather young

• The wide-open nature of the second round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs

• What makes good lemonade, cynical facial recognition, calling the cops on your neighbors and fear of exploding Fresca 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The differences between where Brooke lives (SW Portland) and where Casey lives (N Portland)

• The Trail Blazers finishing their 2023-24 season with a 21-61 record

• Matisse Thybulle's segment in Sacramento

• The 2023-24 Trail Blazers' locker room vibe

• The WNBA Draft

• The best and worst parts of Portland's 2023-24 seasons 

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Finally returning to Portland after over two weeks on the road

• Wrapping up a seven-game road trip that saw the Blazers go 2-5

• The recent play of Dalano Banton, Scoot Henderson and Deandre Ayton

• What you can expect during Fan Appreciation Week at games versus the Pelicans, Warriors and Rockets

• You're doing amazing Sweetie: Moda Center fans and Dream Haters

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Whether Brooke actually "co-hosts" the podcast

• Spending time in Miami and the one negative of traveling to warm weather cities

• The Blazers losing to the Hawks and Heat

• Monday's loss to the Magic

• Scoot Henderson, Deandre Ayton and the Trail Blazers' final play in the loss in Orlando

• Standing up in the final  moments of close games

• Brooke doesn't want to hear your dreams or watch your cartoons

• Toumani Camara's rookie season 

• A brief "Scandoval" update

• You're Doing AMAZING sweetie: the Women's NCAA Tournament and Robert Williams' t-shirt collection 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, recorded live from practice in Atlanta, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The tricks your mind plays on you during road trips

• Brooke's Toumani Camara sweatshirt and the varying approaches to wearing clothing items multiple times before washing

• Mother Necessity and it's daughter Invention

• Simple, elegant solutions to everyday problems 

• The All Rookie starting five getting another... start in Monday's loss to the Rockets

• Avoiding room service and other hotel scams

• Road trip homecomings for Scoot Henderson (Atlanta) and Toumani Camara (Miami)

• Shark Tank is stealing my ideas!

• The persistence of road trip memories 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers playing well enough but still losing in recent road games in New Orleans and Chicago

• Brooke and Theo's weekend in the Windy City

• Damian Lillard showing up in Chicago, but NOT with Olivia Rodrigo

• Adam Sandler's net worth and longing for the days of "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore"

• Brooke meeting Eddie Vedder

• Duop Reath mismatches and crossovers

• Three rookies in the starting lineup

• "You're Doing Amazing Sweetie" with Toumani and Duop

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 adductor injury

• Dalano Banton continuing to impress in Portland, especially with regard to his three-point shooting

• Toumani Camara and Matisse Thybulle being more aggressive on offense

• Brooke goes to her first Rip City Remix game

(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 the month

• The recent play of Deandre Ayton and Kris Murray

• Being duped by a few days of nice weather 

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

•  Duop Reath  having his two-way contract converted to a full NBA contract

• Chauncey Billups being named as a finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 

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 to a 10-day

• Memorable All-Star Weekends

• Thoughts on the Super Bowl, Travis Kelce vs. Andy Reed, Brooke knows Usher AND Ludacris and respect for leftovers

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

• Predicting the February Rookie of the Month award

• General thoughts on how to go about dealing with the NBA trade deadline

• An update on the “Brooke Hearts Your Heart” campaign (go to blazers.com/heart for more information) 

• Year-round holiday trees, exercise at altitude, bad dude art, Terry Porter’s estate sale, whether you should be able to sell your own organs, whether passing along interesting stats is a jinx, taking credit for Scoot’s improved free throw shooting