The Pelicans have a crucial matchup this Tuesday night with fellow western playoff contender, the Portland Trailblazers.   The Blazers head to their home opener with the Pels winners of two of the past three, each of the wins in overwhelming fashion.  Their only loss on the second night of a back to back after Giannis Antetokoumpo put up 44 points.   We welcome on Award Winning journalist, David Mackay of Blazers Edge to talk the history of these rivals, Portland's love of their hometown superstars, Jusurf Nurkic's assimilation to Terry Stott's offense as well as the role of the wing players on the team. Part Two (33:25) Then in part two Steven Dewald goes deep on the offenisve and defensive structures, explains why we may see Evan Turner on Anthony Davis, and why Myers Leonard may not match up with Boogie after all?   Rate us on Itunes please! Follow us @TheBirdWrites Blogtalkradio.com/thebirdwritesnba Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/the-bird-writes-nba-podcast-for-new-orleans-pelicans/id1254580823?l=en&mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/preston-ellis/the-bird-writes-nba-podcast-for-new-orleans-pelicans?refid=stpr See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.