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

• The NBA's In Season Tournament, now known as the NBA Emirates Cup

• The three Western Conference "groups" and how the Trail Blazers' competition in Group A stacks up to Group B and Group C

• Portland's four-game group stage schedule versus the Timberwolves, Kings, Clippers and Rockets, which also happen to be four of their soon to be announced 80-game (plus two games to be added later) schedule

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 through three games

• The Trail Blazers' chances of making the Las Vegas Summer League Tournament

• And the show ends with an interview with Trail Blazers rookie center Donovan Clingan about how he's performed thus far at summer league, what a 20-year old can do in Las Vegas, his sunny disposition, whether or not he still gets nervous, a brief visit from Jacky Cui, growing up in ESPN's backyard, that photo with Cooper Flagg and their relationship and growing up with a mom who played basketball.

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 versus the 76ers Monday night

• Clingan's comments after Monday's win at Thomas & Mack Arena

• Duop Reath playing just two minutes in Team Australia's loss to Team USA in a friendly Monday

• And the show ends with an interview with Trail Blazers forward Kris Murray about his offseason, what he's looking to improve at his second Summer League, how one gets better defensively, developing chemistry in a short amount of time and his golf game