Joe Freeman of The Oregonian/OregonLive.com joins the show to check in on the Trail Blazers season after 22 games. We discuss Portland's split of road games in Toronto and Cleveland, Deni Avdija's star surge, Toumani Camara's slump busting shooting, and Tiago Splitter's path to become the head coach of the Trail Blazers.

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