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

• The Trail Blazers starting a five-game road trip with a "good" loss to the Thunder In Oklahoma City

• Where the Trail Blazers stand in the NBA Cup with the second group stage game on Friday versus the Rockets

• The Rip City Remix playing two games at Chiles Center this weekend after starting their season with four losses on the road

• Portland offensive and defensive ratings and covering in their last four games

• An interview with Trail Blazers guard/forward Dalano Banton aka "DB Hooper" about what his offseason looked like, the importance of having an offseason workout routine, how he's played this season and his role on the team, his role as a closer in the fourth quarter, being a "fringe" player and how that impacts his approach to the game, always playing on non guaranteed contracts, becoming a reliable player when you get reliable minutes, his improved three-point shooting, balancing scoring and creating for others, his "Young Boy" Shaedon Sharpe and the state of basketball in Canada and the nickname

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

• Bouncing back from one of their worst losses in recent memory with back-to-back wins versus the Timberwolves

• Robert Williams III excites in his first game at Moda Center this season

• Donovan Clingan's 17-point, 12-rebound, 8-block coming out party in Wednesday's win versus the Timberwolves

• Shaedon Sharpe puts up 33 points and throws down a ridiculous dunk to secure the victory Wednesday night

• The Portland Trail Blazers sitting atop the Western Conference NBA Cup standings after one game in Group A play

• The official release of the Trail Blazers' 2024-25 City Edition jerseys

• Portland's record versus the spread and being ahead of schedule on the season win total

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

• Chauncey Billups' comments after an "embarrassing" loss to the Grizzlies at Moda Center Sunday night

• Robert Williams III discusses Chauncey Billups' comments, holding each other accountable, the importance of honesty and getting out of their own heads

• Toumani Camara on Billups' post-game comments, not getting too low a few weeks into the season and figuring out ways to work together

• The passing of former radio play-by-play announcer Brian "Wheels" Wheeler and some of his best calls throughout his career covering the Trail Blazers