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On yet another Las Vegas Summer League edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers rallying to get a win versus the Pelicans Tuesday night in Las Vegas to move to 2-1 at Summer League

• The performances of Caleb Love, D.J. Carton and Yang Hansen

• Hansen picking up the finer points of how to conduct yourself on an NBA court

• Good play allowing for good times

• The Trail Blazers all but being eliminated from the 2025 Las Vegas Summer League championship (which might be the case by the time you watch/listen)

• An interview with Hansen about getting drafted by the Trail Blazers, eating fried chicken at the 2025 NBA Draft, how he's dealing with all the attention he's received in China and the United States, being a "big dummy" around his teammates, his ability to create for others with his passing and being too hard on himself when it comes to turnovers, his relationship with his interpreter, Chris, his favorite food/musician/movie and his overarching goal for his rookie season. 

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl, on location in Las Vegas, discusses...

• The Trail Blazers moving to 1-1 at the Las Vegas Summer League with a loss to the Grizzlies on Saturday

• The difficulty of playing a Summer League Back-To-Back

• Game running behind schedule (maybe due to the Summer League tournament tiebreaker)

• Yang Hansen gets his first Las Vegas Summer League poster dunk 

• Hansen's post-game comments about fitness, rebounding and improvement

• The Las Vegas Summer League standings as of the morning of July 13 and where the Trail Blazers stand in terms of making the tournament

• The Trail Blazers adding another former player, James Posey, to a remade coaching staff

• An interview with two-way rookie Caleb Love about when he got serious about basketball, his college career at North Carolina and Arizona, why he decided to sign with the Trail Blazers and his hopes for himself and the team at Summer League

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On this edition of the Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider, on location in Las Vegas, discusses...

• Yang Hansen's Trail Blazers Summer League debut Friday night in a blowout victory versus the Warriors at Thomas & Mack Arena on the campus of UNLV

• Not being exactly sure what to expect from Hansen in his first game playing with NBA players

• Hansen getting a highlight on the first play of the game

• The passing, handle and defense Yang Hansen displayed

• The reaction in the arena and the large contingent of media following Hansen in Las Vegas

• Being surprised by the quality of Hansen's dribble drives

• Portland's front office having cause to feel validated in acquiring Hansen in the first round when no one (publicly) had him getting drafted before the second round

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers announce their summer league roster and begin holding practices in preparation for their five-game run (at least) in Las Vegas

• Assistant coach Ronnie Burrell's thoughts on Yang Hansen's first practices as a Trail Blazer

• Yang Hansen deals with a faster pace and overcoming language issues in his first two Las Vegas Summer League practices

• Yang Hansen's teammates give their first impressions of playing alongside the rookie center out of China

• Portland's summer league games airing locally on KUNP and BlazerVision

• The July moratorium is over, meaning teams can now officially agree to free agent contracts and trades 

• Deandre Ayton and Jabari Walker say their goodbyes

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Friday press conference to introduce Yang Hansen, who Portland traded for at the 2025 NBA Draft

• Thoughts on Hansen's first days as a Trail Blazers

• Yang overcoming language barriers and expectations going into his rookie season

• What "Hansen" means in Chinese and why it's a “great and beautiful connection” and “a wonderful arrangement by fate”

• The undrafted players the Trail Blazers have reportedly signed to two-way contracts and Exhibit 10 contracts 

• Portland's 2025 Las Vegas Summer League schedule and why every Trail Blazers fan should try to go at least once

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On this special 2025 NBA Draft Edition of the Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers trading the draft rights to Cedric Coward for Chinese center Yang Hansen, a 2028 first-round pick and second-round picks in the 2027 and 2028 Drafts

• Portland shocking the NBA and the media by keeping their selection secret

• The reasons the Trail Blazers targeted Hansen, who they have been scouting for at least the last two years

• Is Yang Hansen "Chinese Jokic" or "Sino Sabonis" 

• The Trail Blazers having five centers on their roster

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers wrapping up their pre-draft workouts this weekend

• The players who came through Portland for workouts and what that does or doesn't tell us

• A plead for some standardization in the pre-draft workout process

• A quick roundup of the mock drafts two days before the 2025 NBA Draft

• The Kevin Durant trade and whether it matters that the Suns, rather than the Rockets, will be making the pick right before the Trail Blazers

• The Oklahoma City Thunder defeating the Indiana Pacers in seven games to win the 2025 NBA Finals

• Whether the Pacers run and the weakness of the Eastern Conference is beneficial to a team like the Trail Blazers 

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers holding their sixth pre-draft workout

• The lack of consensus around this year's draft and why that might be

• Portland has a lot of options with the 11th pick (and will they acquire a second round pick?)

• The additions to the coaching staffs of the Trail Blazers and Remix

• What some of the items at the Bill Walton auction, including his Trail Blazers 1977 Championship ring, sold for 

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers first pre-draft workouts of 2025

• Portland's fourth workout being their most high-profile so far with players expected to be taken in the first round

• The many reasons why the Trail Blazers' are working out players projected to be selected after their pick at 11

• Toumani Camara being named to an All-Defensive team and Donovan Clingan making an All-Rookie team

• Bring back qualified stats!

• The Trail Blazers are now officially for sale

• The NBA Finals matchup between the Thunder and Pacers and how it reflects a new era

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers falling back to 11th at the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery and the reaction

• Portland underperforming their draft lottery odds three of the last four years

• We know that life isn't fair, but is it especially unfair for the Trail Blazers?

• The Trail Blazers already hosting two workouts and what those workouts tell us about Portland's pre-draft preparation

• Portland being one of the teams that still discloses (for the most part) which players participate in workouts

• Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin's thoughts about the 2025 Draft and how Portland might approach using the 11th overall pick