The Brief Case
Casey Holdahl, beat reporter and insider for the Portland Trail Blazers, breaks down the news of the day in Rip City and beyond
Episodes
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers being 2-1 at the Las Vegas Summer League after back-to-back wins Monday and Tuesday
• Donovan Clingan and the rest of the Trail Blazers holding Wizards rookie Alex Sarr to 0 points on 0-of-15 shooting
• The roles players on Portland's summer league team have settled into thro...
On this edition of The Brief Case Podcast, Portland Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl, on location with the team in Las Vegas, discusses...
• The Trail Blazers splitting their first two games at the 2024 NBA2K Las Vegas Summer League
• Differences between Portland's first and second games in Las Vegas
• Donovan Clingan's performance at the end of the Trail Blazers' victory v...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/insider Casey Holdahl, on location with the team in Las Vegas, discusses...
• Portland's four-game schedule at the Las Vegas Summer League, which begins Saturday versus the Spurs
• The Trail Blazers scrimmaging versus the Chinese National Team Friday at UNLV
• Portland signing Bryce McGowens to a two-way contract on Thursday
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On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers' preparations for the Las Vegas Summer League
• What Kris Murray, Rayan Rupert and Donovan Clingan are working on this offseason
• Is Rayan Portland's most important player at Summer League?
• Deandre Ayton and the Bahamas falling just short in their quest to mak...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Draft Night trade for Deni Avdija finally going official
• Thoughts on how Avdija's fit and place on the Trail Blazers going forward
• The second round pick trade also being finalized
• Deandre Ayton and the Bahamas National Team trying to qualify for the Olympics in basketball for...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers selecting UCONN center Donovan Clingan with the seventh overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft
• The Trail Blazers' long-running interest in Clingan and whether they were prepared to trade up
• What Clingan brings to Portland's roster
• Clingan's workout with t...
On this extended, 2024 NBA Draft Edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The players and trades the Trail Blazers have executed during the last five drafts and how that might instruct what direction they'll go at this year's event
• The best way to know if the Trail Blazers are interested in drafting a player
• What skills the team might look f...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider discusses...
• The Trail Blazers wrapping up their pre-draft workouts a few days before the 2024 Draft
• What Marquette F/C Oso Ighodaro and F Nae’Qwan Tomlin had to say about their workouts with the Trail Blazers
• A brief review of the players who came to Portland for workouts who are expected to be selected in the first round
On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers' predraft workouts less than two weeks away from the 2024 Draft
• Public vs. Private and Group vs. Solo workouts
• A quiet rumor mill so far
And we hear from Tennessee guard/forward Dalton Knecht, Duke guard Jared McCain, Duke forward/center Kyle Filipowski and Colorado forwa...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The passing of Trail Blazers legend Bill Walton Monday at the age of 71
• Walton's legacy in Portland, the NBA and the world
• More rambling about Bill Walton
• The Trail Blazers hosting Isaiah Crawford of Louisiana Tech, Alex Karaban of UCONN,
Caleb Love of Arizona, Quinten Post o...
On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Case Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazer hosting six players at their first predraft workout of 2024
•UCLA's Adem Bona and Cal's Jaylon Tyson discuss their workouts with the Trail Blazers and general thoughts on the predraft processs
• Check out yet another mock draft, this time from Krysten Peek at Yahoo! Sports
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers getting shut out of All-Rookie Team honors despite having five first-year players
• Another round of mock drafts and who they have the Trail Blazers taking with the 7th, 14th, 34th and 40th picks in the upcoming NBA Draft
• A quick recap of the conference semifinals and looking forward to the c...
In the latest edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The 2024 NBA Playoffs and which teams might be due for a reset if they're bounced in the first round
• Which players a new mock draft from CBS Sports has the Trail Blazers selecting with the fourth and 14th picks
• The last batch of Exit Interviews with Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey B...
On this edition of the Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The latest from the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs
• The recent breaking of ties as it pertains to the NBA Draft Lottery and what it could mean for the Trail Blazers
• Exit Interviews with Toumani Camara and Dalano Banton
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter and Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The first weekend of the 2024 NBA Playoffs
• Predictions on how each first round series ends
• Checking out who ESPN has the Trail Blazers selecting with the third, 14th, 33rd and 40th picks of 2024 NBA Draft
• Exit interviews with Anfernee Simons and Deandre Ayton
On this, another Exit Interview edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter and Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Golden State Warriors being eliminated from the postseason and what that means for the Portland Trail Blazers at the 2024 NBA Draft
• The remaining Play-In Tournament games
• Malcolm Brogdon's comments at Exit Interviews regarding his future in the NBA, thoughts ...
On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers ending their 2023-24 season with a loss to the Kings in Sacramento Sunday afternoon
• Portland finishing in a tie with Charlotte for the third-worst record and what that means in terms of their odds at the 2024 Draft Lottery
• What we learned and didn't learn about some of the Trail B...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter and Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The final three games of the Trail Blazers' 2023-24 home schedule
• Toumani Camara winning the Maurice Lucas Award
• Where the Blazers stand in terms of draft lottery odds with one game to play
• Portland's record versus the spread in the last 10 days of the season
• ...
On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers reporter/insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• Games versus the Magic, Hornets and Wizards as the Trail Blazers start to wrap up their last long road trip of the season
• Chauncey Billups being names to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
• The end of the Rip City Remix's inaugural season and whether it qualifies as a success
• The bottom of...
On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers losing their first three games of a seven-game trip, including Friday's game in Miami by... 60
• Injury updates on Deandre Ayton, Matisse Thybulle, Shaedon Sharpe and Toumani Camara
• The lottery odds landscape with roughly two weeks to go and the very real chance of the Trai...
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