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