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On the latest edition of The Brief Case podcast, recorded from the Trail Blazers' team hotel in San Antonio, Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers' overtime victory versus the Rockets in Houston

• Thoughts from Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons and Chauncey Billups regarding Grant's shot to send the game to overtime in Houston

• Having two players in Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simons who can close games offensively 

• Wednesday's game being a team win

• Getting the short end in the final moments of Tuesday's loss to the Thunder in Oklahoma City

• A five-game winning streak for the Rip City Remix

• The Trail Blazers signing Taze Moore to a 10-day

• Maintaining flexibility and the possibility of a quiet trade deadline for the Trail Blazers

• Drops in both offensive and defensive rating

• The Trail Blazers covering in five of their last six games

On the latest episode of The Blazers Balcony, recorded from the team hotel in Los Angeles, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers playing just three road games throughout the month of December

• Continuing to feel good about losses

• Chauncey Billups' coaching meeting Joe Cronin's team-building

 • The return of Anfernee Simons and the recent play of Shaedon Sharpe

• Looking forward to the returns of Jerami Grant, Malcolm Brogdon and Deandre Ayton

• Katherine McPhee and her husband, Christmas in Beverly Hills, requests for Bill Kennedy and Brooke declining Airdrop

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On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers coming up just short versus the Warriors in San Francisco Wednesday night

• Chauncey Billups' comments regarding the free throw disparity in Wednesday's loss

• Anfernee Simons' thoughts on his first game back in the lineup after missing all but the first game of the season due to injury

• The performances of Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Duop Reath and Jabari Walker versus the Warriors

• Friday's game versus the Mavericks at Moda Center

• Whether the Trail Blazers are being disrespected by oddsmakers

On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers returning from a 2-2 road trip, which could have very easily been a 4-0 road trip

• Shaedon Sharpe and Toumani Camara posterizing Jazz center Walker Kessler on back-to-back possessions

• Chauncey Billups speaking one of those dunks into existence

• Jerami Grant entering the concussion protocol after taking a shot to the face in Saturday's loss to the Jazz

• The imminent return of Anfernee Simons, who has been sidelined since the first game of the season with a thumb injury

• The Trail Blazers getting a Disable Player Exemption and whether that means much in the short term

• A rundown of the last week for the Rip City Remix

• Portland offensive and defense ratings nearly a quarter of the way into the season

• The Trail Blazers beating the spread in four of their last five games and when they might be favored in a game for the first time this season

And the show ends with a lengthy sit down with second-year forward Jabari Walker, who discusses the road trip, his recent play, Portland's "bench mob," the importance of bringing energy off the bench, the return of Anfernee Simons and what he hopes to see from the team and himself in the next month.

MLB closer Josh Hader signed for $40,000 after being chosen in the 18th round of 2012 MLB Draft out of high school. 10-plus years, seven big league seasons and three trades later, the lefty has been on the last five NL All-Star teams,  he is MLB's all-time leader in strikeouts per nine innings with 15.0, as well as batting average against at .156. "Haderade" and show host Matt Stucko go way back to Hader's days in the minors and Stucko covering top prospects. While Hader was never a highly-touted prospect, the two hit it off when they met in Lakewood, NJ during Hader's Single-A days and they kept in touch supporting each other every step of the way to their current day success. Hader hops onto the show to talk about his career, off-field ventures and more with Stucko on this episode of Keep Swinging.

In this, the centennial edition of The Blazers Balcony podcast, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Their thoughts on the Trail Blazers' 2023-24 season a few days before it begins versus the Clippers in Los Angeles

• What would make for a successful season

• The addition of Ish Wainwright and Portland's roster (which wasn't finalized until after recording)

• Las Vegas setting Portland's over/under at 28.5 wins

• Guesses on how many starting lineups Portland might use this season

• The return of the "Mayo Minute"

• Some brief thoughts on the first 99 episodes 

On this edition of The Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The end of Portland's 2023 preseason schedule

• An emphasis on practice with a week between the end of the preseason and the start of the regular season

• The recent trades made by the Rip City Remix and what those deals might signal for the last Trail Blazers' roster spots

• The report that Justin Minaya has recieved a two-way contract from the Trail Blazers

• The race for the 14th roster spot

• The Trail Blazers win/loss over/under and their record versus the spread in preseason

• Comments after recent practices from both Scoot Henderson and Malcolm Brogdon

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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 the defensive end and how those goals are common this time of year

• Comments from Malcolm Brogdon and Rob Williams III about their immediate futures in Portland

• Jrue Holiday's glowing comments about the way he was treated in the run up to the trade sending the veteran guard to Boston

• WNBA to Portland rumors

• Fan's Fest, presented by Daimler, this Sunday at Moda Center

And the show finishes with an extended conversation with Rob Williams III, who discusses his initial thoughts on being traded for the first time, his humble beginnings in rural Louisiana, focusing on basketball at a young age, when he realized making the NBA was a possibility, teaming up with Deandre Ayton, his health after injuries shortened his last season with the Celtics, what it takes to be good at finishing lobs and his opinions on headbands. 

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The trade sending Damian Lillard to Milwaukee and Jusuf Nurkic, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson to Phoenix in exchange for Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, Jrue Holiday, a first round pick and multiple first round pick swaps

• The trade sending Holiday to Boston in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams III and two first round picks

• The job that Joe Cronin and his staff did in putting the deals together despite difficult circumstances 

• Anfernee Simons coming into his own

• Initial thoughts on Ayton, Brogdon, Williams III and Camara

• The departure of Lillard, Nurkic, Little and Johnson and what each brought to the Trail Blazers both professionally and personally 

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 informal workouts

• Pairing up in the backcourt with Shaedon Sharpe

• What he’s learned about leadership from his vets and how he’s applying those lessons now

• How being mentored by Damian Lillard has prepared him for stepping into a similar role

• His expectations for the team going into the 2023-24 season... 

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 interview with Trail Blazers second-year guard Shaedon Sharpe covering his offseason, working out with Anfernee Simons and Scoot Henderson, growing as a leader, being a part of Nike's "GT Squad" and the play of the Canadian National team and his aspirations for joining his fellow countrymen at the 2024 Olympics

On this, the 2023-24 NBA Schedule Release edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• Initial thoughts on Portland's 2023-24 schedule

• How this schedule is a little different from previous schedules due to the in-season tournament

• The first things they look for when the schedule is released

• The best and worst month of the season

• The best and worst road trips

• Back-to-backs and an welcomed increase in consecutive games against the same team

• Brooke's birthday, it getting messy trying to watch Messi in person and takes from the lake house

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 internationally this summer 

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 be next for the players on Portland's summer league roster who are not currently under contract for next season

In the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... 

• The Trail Blazers going 3-1 at the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League

• Portland's hopes of repeating as Summer League champs being technically alive (at least as of the time of recording) and what needs to happen in order to advance

• Thoughts on what we saw from Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, Jabari Walker, Duop Reath in Las Vegas

• The official signings of Jerami Grant and Matisse Thybule and why those decisions were made

• Joe Cronin's comments in Las Vegas regarding the situation with Damian Lillard 

• Casey losing in Las Vegas, Brooke's soccer futility, Pickles first pitch and not being a softball person 

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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

On the latest edition of The Blazers Balcony, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers' Las Vegas Summer League schedule, which begins Friday at 4 p.m. versus the Rockets

• This being the most people have been interested in the Trail Blazers at summer league in the last decade

• What they would like to see during summer league and what would make it a successful trip

• A quick consideration of free agency now that the NBA's moratorium is over

• An even quicker consideration of the situation with Damian Lillard

• Fireworks, commuting by boat, suggestions on how to spend time outside of the gym in Las Vegas, Wemby vs. Britney and Celine Dion disrespect