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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 did going up against Victor Wembanyama in Portland's second Summer League game, a 85-80 victory versus the San Antonio Spurs Sunday night

• The play if Micheal Devoe and Doup Reath

• A conversation with Blazers rookie Kris Murray about how he came to basketball, growing up in Cedar Rapids, taking a year to focus on basketball before going to Iowa, some of the things he’s into off the court, , his dog, his first foray at summer league and his plans once the games wrap up in Las Vegas next week. 

• Portland signing Jerami Grant Sunday to a new contract and the impending signing of restricted free agent Matisse Thybulle

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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 a conversation with Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe about his offseason thus far, why he's playing at summer league, developing chemistry with Scoot Henderson, his first impressions of Portland's rookies, some of the skills he's been focusing on improving, his leadership style and whether he feels any pressure going into his sophomore season. 

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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 the most interesting teams at the year exhibition 

• The start of the NBA moratorium 

• The status of Portland's free agents (though much of that is likely already out of date)

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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 Operations Dewayne Hankins

• The press conference introducing Scoot Henderson, Kris Murray and Rayan Rupert

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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-draft press conference and his explanation of how they are still trying to put a winning roster around Damian Lillard

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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. 

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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 workout on Thursday featuring Myles Burns, Antoine Davis, Max Lewis, Sir’Jabari Rice, Oscar Tshiebwe, DeAndre Williams

And the show wraps up with post-workout interviews with Max Lewis out of Pepperdine and Oscar Tshiebwe out of Kentucky.

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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 from Scoot Henderson, a 6-3 guard out of the G-League Ignite, who is widely considered to be one of the first names called at the 2023 NBA Draft

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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 with the City Reapers, on his workout with the Trail Blazers, what he's looking to show during the pre-draft process, playing with his twin brother and the 2023 Draft being more than a three-player draft

• Amen Thompson, also a 6-7 wing, discusses his workout in Portland, the versatility he brings to the court, what he got out of playing the last two years at Overtime Elite, his relationship with his brother, Damian Lillard and the traits that come with being a player from Oakland

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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 (probably)

And with May being Mental Health Awareness Month, the show ends with an interview with Dr. Chantelle Green, the Trail Blazers' Director of Mind Health And Wellness, about her responsibilities with the team, how she goes about developing trust with players, her role in player evaluation during the draft and free agency, how mental health covers much more than what we usually consider “therapy,” and what she’d like to see in the mental health space going forward.