The Brief Case

Send us Fan Mail On the latest edition of the Brief Case, recording from Santa Barbara where the Trail Blazers are holding their 2023 training camp, Casey Holdahl discusses... • General thoughts about the first three days of camp in Santa Barbara • The "leadership by committee" approach the Trail Blazers have taken since the trades last week • Portland trying to play faster and commit to...

Send us Fan Mail On this, the first 2023 Training Camp edition of the Brief Case recorded from the team hotel in Santa Barbara, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The positive vibe at Portland's 2023 Media Day and why that might be the case • Portland officially signing five players to their training camp roster and whether any of those players might make the regular season roster • A number of new...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The trade sending Damian Lillard to Milwaukee, Jusuf Nurkic, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson to Phoenix in exchange for DeAndre Ayton, Toumari Camara, Jrue Holiday, a 2029 first round pick from the Bucks and 2028 and 2030 pick swaps, also from Milwaukee • How Ayton and Camara might mesh with the Trail Blazers' cor...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses the start of training camp and Portland's upcoming Media Day before discussing the upcoming season with Dewayne Hankings, Trail Blazers President of Business Operations. Over the course of the interview, Hankins discusses... • What the team accomplished in the offseason • Fan enthusiasm for what is in many ways a new-...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of the Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons joins Casey Holdahl to discuss... • How his offseason went and how the offseason changes the longer you're in the league • Traveling to Croatia for Jusuf Nurkic’s "Game Of Thrones" wedding • Simons' impressions of Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert after a couple weeks of...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest edition of the Brief Case podcast, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The past and future Rip City Remix open workouts • The trades the Remix have made in the last few weeks • The Rip City Rally making its way across the state • Details about the 2023 Fan's Fest, which is scheduled for Sunday, October 8 • A non-update on the situation with Damian Lillard  • An intervi...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • An overview of the NBA's In-Season Tournament • The Trail Blazers' four-game group stage schedule, which was released on Tuesday, which features games versus the Grizzlies, Suns, Lakers and Jazz • Portland's four-game preseason schedule • The performance of the Trail Blazers who are playing internationa...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The Trail Blazers ending their 2023 Las Vegas Summer League with a lopsided loss to the Miami Heat Sunday night • How Portland came this close to qualifying for the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League tournament semifinals • The play of Shaedon Sharpe, Jabari Walker, Scoot Henderson and Kris Murray in Las Vegas • What might...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest edition of the Brief Case, recorded at the 2023 NBA Las Vegas Summer League, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Portland's Summer League opening loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday • Scoot Henderson's Summer League debut, the injury that kept him out of Portland's second summer league game and his comments after practice on Saturday • The job Jabari Walker...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The signings of Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert • Portland's preparations for the Las Vegas Summer League, which starts Friday • A non-update regarding free agency (the NBA's moratorium will likely be over by time you listen to this podcast) • The Damian Lillard situation And the show ends with...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Jason Hart, head coach of the G-League Ignite, discussing Scoot Henderson's jump to the NBA • The Trail Blazers releasing their roster for the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League, which starts on July 7 • The news that Shaedon Sharpe is on Portland's Summer League roster and how that makes the Trail Blazers one of...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The Trail Blazers announcing the name and branding for their new G-League team, the Rip City Remix • How having a G-League team in close proximity to the NBA team enhances both teams • Comments from Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin, G-League Commissioner Shareef Abdul-Raheem and Trail Blazers President of Business Operatio...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The Trail Blazers selecting Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert at the 2023 NBA Draft • How Portland's 2023 Draft goes down as one of their best in years • The Trail Blazers' just announced 2023 Las Vegas Summer League schedule and the featured matchups • Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin's post-dra...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, hear both Villanova freshman wing Cameron Whitmore and Alabama freshman forward Brandon Miller, both of whom are expected to be among the first players selected at the 2023 NBA Draft, discuss their solo workouts this week with the Trail Blazers. 

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The new general manager, assistant general manager and head coach hires the Trail Blazers made this week for their heretofore unnamed G-League team • How many players and what kinds of workouts the Trail Blazers have hosted for pre-draft workouts with just one week to go before the 2023 NBA Draft • Portland's wor...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Scoot Henderson's solo pre-draft workout with the Trail Blazers Saturday morning • The three workouts Portland held this week and the 21 players they've brought in for workouts since the end of the season • The Nuggets winning Game 1 of the NBA Finals versus the Heat • The NBA coaching carosel And we hear fr...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The Heat beating the Celtics in Game 7 to move on to the NBA Finals and Boston failing to be the first NBA team to come back from a 3-0 playoff deficit • The Thompson twins, Ausar and Amen, opting to play the last two years in the Overtime Elite League  • Ausar Thompson, a 6-7 wing who won the 2023 OTE championship wi...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Brandon Roy coming up big once again to bring the third pick back to Portland at the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery • The two pre-draft workouts the Trail Blazers have held so far and how those might indicate what areas they're looking to address • The upcoming NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat (pr...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Tuesday's 2023 NBA Draft Lottery and the Trail Blazers' history in previous draft lotteries • Brandon Roy trying to rekindle the magic of 2007, in which he was the team's representative when they won the first overall pick • Roy's comments about his reluctance to return to Portland and why that mig...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of The Brief Case, host Casey Holdahl discusses the first round of the NBA playoffs before sitting down with Dewayne Hankins, President of Business Operations for the Trail Blazers, to discuss the team acquiring a G-League expansion team, which will play at University of Portland and will be up and running in time for the 2023-24 season. Hankins discusses the steps...

Send us Fan Mail In another Exit Interview edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com discusses... • The news that Nassir Little underwent surgery last week to repair a core muscle injury on the right side of his body after having a similar procedure done on the left side last year • The first weekend of the NBA Playoffs • Jerami Grant's exit interview in which he discusses...

Send us Fan Mail On this, another exit interview edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Thoughts on the first play-in tournament games and the first round of the NBA playoffs, which start this weekend • Changes reportedly made to the CBA that allow teams to negotiate with their own free agents sooner, which could he helpful this summer in trying to keep Jerami Grant in Portland  A...

Send us Fan Mail On this, the first 2023 Offseason Edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses... • Portland finishing their season with back-to-back losses to the Clippers and Warriors • The recent play of Shaedon Sharpe and Skylar Mays • Where Portland finished in the Western Conference and league standings • The Trail Blazers' draft lottery odds by finishing with the fifth-worst rec...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of the Brief Case podcast, Casey Holdahl discusses... • The Trail Blazers splitting the first two games of a four-game road trip • The play of the G-League call ups that have recently joined the Trail Blazers • Portland's remaining schedule, the remaining schedules of their final three opponents and the schedules of the teams around the them in the standings •...

Send us Fan Mail On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com discusses... • The Trail Blazers having just seven players available in their loss to the Kings on Wednesday • Shaedon Sharpe doing something that only Luka Doncic, Kevin Durant and LeBron James had done before • The remaining schedules of Trail Blazers, Magic, Pacers and Wizards • Rooting for the Knicks to make...