The Blazers Balcony
Episodes
Rip City Report, Episode 78
20 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com discuss some of the storylin...
Rip City Report, Episode 77
01 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss CJ...
Rip City Report, Episode 76
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/Trailblazers.com di...
Rip City Report, Episode 75
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss the 2016 Draft, free agency and interview ...
Rip City Report, Episode 74
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com talk to new Trail Blazers TV play-by-play announce...
Rip City Report, Episode 73
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Po...
Rip City Report, Episode 72
08 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Po...
Rip City Report, Episode 71
05 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Po...
Rip City Report, Episode 70
02 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCentet.net/TrailBlazers.com disc...
Rip City Report, Episode 69
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCentet.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Po...
Rip City Report, Episode 68
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss th...
Rip City Report, Episode 67
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com recap Port...
Rip City Report, Episode 66
21 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com re...
Rip City Report, Episode 65
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com di...
Rip City Report, Episode 64
14 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the first 2016 Playoffs edition of the Rip City Report, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBla...
Rip City Report, Episode 63
07 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers....
Rip City Report, Episode 62
31 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers....
Rip City Report, Episode 61
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss the Trail Blazers and impending playoffs o...
Rip City Report, Episode 60
18 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/TrailBlazers.com discuss Portland's road trip, the injury of M...
Rip City Report, Episode 59
08 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 58
25 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 57
19 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 56
11 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 55
04 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 54
28 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 53
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 52
07 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 51
30 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 50
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 49
11 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 48
03 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 47
27 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 46
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 45
13 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 44
05 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and ForwardCenter.net's Casey Holdahl recap this week in Trail Blazers news, discussing: •The Blazers dynami...
Rip City Report, Episode 43
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and Trailblazers.com's Casey Holdahl bring you this week's Rip City Report from Phoenix to recap Portland&a...
Rip City Report, Episode 42
22 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 41
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 40
08 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 39
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Topics on this week’s podcast include takeaways from Media Day, our thoughts on the first few days of practice, Paul Allen’s statements, starting ...
Rip City Report, Episode 38
13 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
n the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topics...
Rip City Report, Episode 37
24 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 36
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
With the 2015 NBA Draft set to take place on Thursday, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com and I, Casey Holdahl of ForwardCenter.net/Trailblaz...
Rip City Report, Episode 35
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 34
17 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a playoff edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topics...
Rip City Report, Episode 33
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 32
11 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 31
25 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest edition of the Rip City Report podcast, The Oregonian's Joe Freeman and the Trail Blazers’ Casey Holdahl touch on a host of topic...
Rip City Report, Episode 30
12 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Rip City Report, Episode 29
14 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
On this, the 29th edition of the Rip City Report, Freeman and I discuss Portland’s perception nationally and how that might be different from the wa...
Rip City Report, Episode 28
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings on this, the last day of 2014. But before the odometer rolls over to 2015, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and I, Casey Holdahl of ForwardCente...
Rip City Report, Episode 27
17 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition we discuss the injury to Robin Lopez, how long he’ll be out, how the team might fare with him on the shelf and who might take his pl...
Rip City Report, Episode 26
05 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Trail Blazers hot start to the season and potential Damian Lillard injury news.
Rip City Report, Episode 25
18 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Off-day edition of the Rip City Report talks about the five game win streak and the return of LaMarcus Aldridge to the lineup and more.
Rip City Report, Episode 24
10 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s edition we consider Portland’s improved play in the second week of the season, the injury to Nicolas Batum and which player might t...
Rip City Report, Episode 23
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Portland Trail Blazers being the regular season by hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday night at the Moda Center. To prepare, Joe Freeman o...
Rip City Report, Episode 22
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a bit quiet here in Rip City the last few days, so this week’s edition of the Rip City Report with Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and I, C...
Rip City Report, Episode 21
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
After playing two preseason games, both losses to the Utah Jazz, the Trail Blazers had their first off day of training camp on Friday, so it seemed li...
Rip City Report, Episode 20
02 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Training Camp Report
Rip City Report, Episode 19
01 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings from Las Vegas. Both Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and I, Casey Holdahl of this blog and Trailblazers.com, are in Sin City to cover Damian Li...
Rip City Report, Episode 18
11 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We’re (temporarily) back! Please enjoy this very special offseason edition of the Rip City Report podcast with Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and I, C...
Rip City Report, Episode 17
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Trail Blazers’ 2013-14 season is over but there’s still some business to attend to, as we have to get out at least one last Rip City Report po...
Rip City Report, Episode 16
28 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Trail Blazers are one win again from advancing past the first round of the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since 2000, so it seemed...
Rip City Report, Episode 15
17 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings and welcome to the postseason. Please enjoy the first playoff edition of the Rip City Report podcast with Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and m...
Rip City Report, Episode 14
09 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We’re in the final days of the 2013-14 regular season, but the Rip City Report podcast is still going strong with a new episode featuring Joe Freem...
Rip City Report, Episode 13
03 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the first Rip City Report of April with with Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and myself, Casey Holdahl, of ForwardCenter.net and Trailblaze...
Rip City Report, Episode 12
25 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hello from Orlando. We’ve got our first road-recorded edition of the Rip City Report podcast with Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and myself, Casey Hol...
Rip City Report, Episode 11
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s edition we discuss Portland’s issue winning close games, whether the team is struggling with a lack of confidence, playing without ...
Rip City Report, Episode 10
28 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s show we discuss Portland’s ability to do better than tread water despite injuries, the play of Nicolas Batum, the peculiarity of Tr...
Rip City Report, Episode 9
21 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings Trail Blazers fans. After a few weeks off, The Rip City Report with The Oregonian’s Joe Freeman and myself, Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers....
Rip City Report, Episode 8
31 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode we discuss LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard being named Western Conference All-Stars, if any other Trail Blazers will joi...
Rip City Report, Episode 7
23 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Portland Trail Blazers play their 42nd game of the season tonight versus the Denver Nuggets at the Moda Center, which means you’ve got just enou...
Rip City Report, Episode 6
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast we discuss Portland’s shaky start to 2014, the upcoming road trip through Texas, the “fluid rotation” with Thomas Robin...
Rip City Report, Episode 5
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Thursday, which means a new episode of the Rip City Report featuring Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and myself, Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com...
Rip City Report, Episode 4
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
After a week off, the Rip City Report, featuring Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and yours truly of Trailblazers.com, is back for a fourth episode. On th...
Rip City Report, Episode 3
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Consider listening to the third installment of the Rip City Report podcast featuring Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and the person writing these words, ...
Rip City Report, Episode 2
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Please enjoy the second episode of the Rip City Report podcast featuring Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and some guy named Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers...
Rip City Report, Episode 1
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Please to enjoy the first edition of Rip Cit Report, a joint podcast between Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and yours truly. Topic include the recent 4-...