Dan is joined by Tara Bowen-Biggs (@tcbbiggs) from the We Have A Take podcast for a deeeeeep dive into the Portland Trail Blazers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. We discuss Damian Lillard's future, CJ McCollum's value, Jusuf Nurkic's areas of improvement, Larry Nance Jr.'s fit, the development of Nassir Little and Anfernee Simons, which new additions will have the biggest impact, defensive concerns, trade candidates, potential lineups and so much more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:17 - Intro 🔘 5:25 - Marquese Chriss' Wikipedia page 🔘 8:13 - Impressions of the Blazers' offseason 🔘 9:18 - Larry Nance Jr.'s fit 🔘 14:25 - Importance of Tony Snell and Cody Zeller 🔘 17:43 - Damian Lillard's future 🔘 28:39 - CJ McCollum's future/value 🔘 35:53 - Jusuf Nurkic's role/areas of improvement 🔘 41:42 - Will Anfernee Simons play a meaningful role? 🔘 45:03 - Nassir Little's role 🔘 47:42 - How much better can the Blazers defense get? 🔘 50:32 - Biggest weakness of the roster/Greg Brown thoughts 🔘 53:15 - Trade candidates 🔘 59:37 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 1:01:59 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 1:08:48 - Win-total prediction 🔘 1:12:07 - Final thoughts on Dame Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices