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

• Finishing up training camp with the season opener scheduled for Wednesday

• Recapping losses to the Warriors and Jazz in the last two games of preseason play

• Both Jerami Grant and Jrue Holiday having their best offensive games of preseason versus Utah

• What, if anything, to make of statistics during the preseason

• Shaedon Sharpe extension eligible until Monday afternoon

• Trail Blazers waive Javonte Cooke through he could come back on a two-way

• Rounding up all of Portland's current injuries

• The Trail Blazers starting their 2025-26 regular season Wednesday night versus the Timberwolves at Moda Center

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

• The Trail Blazers getting to 1-1 for the preseason by beating the Kings Friday night at Moda Center

• Portland doing Friday night versus the Kings what they couldn't do Wednesday night versus the Warriors in San Francisco

• Deni Avdija gets the start versus the Kings after coming off the bench versus the Warriors

• Jerami Grant coming off the bench versus the Kings in the first half and the starting in the second half

• Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen putting on an absolute show during a six-minute stretch of the third quarter versus the Kings

• Hansen's confidence seemingly growing every time he does something right

• Hansen bouncing back from a lackluster debut versus the Warriors and a so-so first half versus the Kings, which will serve him well throughout his rookie season

• Understanding the comparisons between Yang Hansen and Nikola Jokic

• The upcoming games versus the Warriors on Tuesday and the Jazz on Wednesday

• Making wild guesses about what lineups Chauncey Billups might try in the final two preseason games

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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 losing to to the Warriors in the first of their four-game preseason schedule

• The game goes down as a loss, but it was really a win for the Trail Blazers

• Chauncey Billups following through on his promise to "tinker" with the starting lineup by starting Shaedon and Jerami and bringing Deni off the bench

• The play of Jrue Holiday, Toumani Camara, Donovan Clingan and Deni Avdija in Wednesday's loss to the Warriors

• Everything that we've heard from Shaedon Sharpe 's performance in training camp being reflected in the game versus Golden State

• Yang Hansen's first preseason game