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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

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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 hosting six players -- Rueben Chinyelu, Devon Prior, Ben Henshall, Dink Pate, John Blackwell and Lachlan Olbrich -- in their first round of 2025 pre-draft workouts

• The decisions facing players who still have the option of going back to school

• Florida center Rueben Chinyelu, Texas forward Devon Pryor and Mexico City guard Dink Pate discuss their workouts with the Trail Blazers, what they're trying to show teams during the workout process and what goes into their decisions to either stay in the draft or go back to school

• The end of the first round and the start of the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs

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

• Deni Avidja finishing 8th and Toumani Camara finishing 12th in 2025 Most Improved Player voting

• Toumani Camara representing the Trail Blazers at the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

• Donovan Clingan getting no votes for Rookie of the Year and why he absolutely should have gotten at least a few

• The schedule for Group D at Eurobasket 2025, which could feature Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, Rayan Rupert and Sidy Cissoko

• The report that the Trail Blazers will not review the contracts of three assistant coaches

• Damian Lillard tearing his Achilles tendon

• A quick recap of the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs 

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

• The Trail Blazers losing the NBA Lottery random draw to the Houston Rockets (via the Phoenix Suns) and what that could mean once the 2025 NBA Draft takes place at the end of June

• Toumani Camara finishing ninth in the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year voting and what that might mean for his chances of making one of the two All-NBA Defense teams

• The 2025 EuroBasket (aka the FIBA European Championships) to be held in Poland this summer that could potentially feature Deni Avdija (Israel), Toumani Camara (Belgium), Rayan Rupert and Sidy Cissoko (France) in one group

• The first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs

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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 2025 Play-In Tournament and how it's a great indicator of how much better the Western Conference is than the Eastern Conference this season

• The 2025 NBA Playoffs starting this weekend

• The NBA releasing the "finalists" on Sunday for NBA awards and keeping our fingers crossed for Toumani Camara

• Deni Avdija, Anfernee Simons, Bryce McGowans and Isaac Nogués González all being recognized for their efforts on and off the court

• The Trail Blazers finishing the season as one of the best bets in the NBA and one of the largest overachievers with regard to their season win projection

• Anfernee Simons and Scoot Henderson discuss Chauncey's extension, their performances this season, their offseasons and what they'd like to improve upon during their exit interviews

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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 defeating the Lakers Sunday afternoon at Moda Center in the final game of Portland's 2024-25 season

• Both the Trail Blazers and Lakers turning the game over to their younger players

• The Trail Blazers ending the season tied with the Suns and what that means for their draft lottery odds

• Why the random drawing to break ties at the draft lottery matters

• Chauncey Billups and the Trail Blazers agreeing to a contract extension Sunday morning

• Joe Cronin and Chauncey Billups discuss their extensions, the direction of the team, the 2024-25 season, improvements on the defensive end and early expectations going into the 2025-26 season

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On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers losing to the Bulls in Chicago to end a five-game road trip

• Portland returning home to defeat San Antonio on Sunday, and thus, ensuring a winning record at Moda Center this season

• Being eliminated from post-season contention Sunday afternoon thanks to the Kings defeating the Cavs

• Where the Trail Blazers are at in the current standings and how far up or down they could move with three games to play

• Odds at the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

• The Trail Blazers agreeing on a contract extension with General Manager Joe Cronin

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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' loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Sunday

• Reaching the midway point of the last extended in Atlanta

• Deni Avdija's impressive stats in the month of March

• Hopes for the play-in have almost entirely slipped away after four-straight losses. 

• The Blazers haven't moved up in the standings but they can still move down, though not that far

• The launch of the Toumani Camara for Defensive Player of the Year campaign and "the box" and the video the team created to promote his candidacy at TheCamaraCase.com

• An interview with Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons

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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 wrap up a seven-gamer homestand with a loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday

• Staring a five-game road trip with a loss to the Kings in Sacramento on Thursday

• Losing three-straight after winning four-in-a-row

• Deni Avdija's stats on March (they're great)

• Portland's increasingly difficult path to making the play-in with eight games to play

• The Trail Blazers being the fourth-best team versus the spread this season

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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 beating the Nuggets at Moda Center on Friday in one of the more entertaining games of the season

• The importance of Friday's win for Portland's chances of making the play-in tournament

• The loss to the Celtics on Sunday 

• Portland losing ground in the play-in with the loss and neither Phoenix nor Dallas playing on Sunday (though both play Monday)

• One of the things great teams almost always do

• The Top Golf Swing Suite at Spirit Mountain Casino

• A rundown of the schedules for the teams fighting for the last play-in spot

• The status of the tiebreakers in regard to the last spot in the play-in

• Portland's odds of making the play-in compared to the Suns and Mavericks (and Lakers?)