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On yet another Las Vegas Summer League edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers rallying to get a win versus the Pelicans Tuesday night in Las Vegas to move to 2-1 at Summer League

• The performances of Caleb Love, D.J. Carton and Yang Hansen

• Hansen picking up the finer points of how to conduct yourself on an NBA court

• Good play allowing for good times

• The Trail Blazers all but being eliminated from the 2025 Las Vegas Summer League championship (which might be the case by the time you watch/listen)

• An interview with Hansen about getting drafted by the Trail Blazers, eating fried chicken at the 2025 NBA Draft, how he's dealing with all the attention he's received in China and the United States, being a "big dummy" around his teammates, his ability to create for others with his passing and being too hard on himself when it comes to turnovers, his relationship with his interpreter, Chris, his favorite food/musician/movie and his overarching goal for his rookie season.

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

• The Trail Blazers moving to 1-1 at the Las Vegas Summer League with a loss to the Grizzlies on Saturday

• The difficulty of playing a Summer League Back-To-Back

• Game running behind schedule (maybe due to the Summer League tournament tiebreaker)

• Yang Hansen gets his first Las Vegas Summer League poster dunk

• Hansen's post-game comments about fitness, rebounding and improvement

• The Las Vegas Summer League standings as of the morning of July 13 and where the Trail Blazers stand in terms of making the tournament

• The Trail Blazers adding another former player, James Posey, to a remade coaching staff

• An interview with two-way rookie Caleb Love about when he got serious about basketball, his college career at North Carolina and Arizona, why he decided to sign with the Trail Blazers and his hopes for himself and the team at Summer League

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On this edition of the Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider, on location in Las Vegas, discusses...

• Yang Hansen's Trail Blazers Summer League debut Friday night in a blowout victory versus the Warriors at Thomas & Mack Arena on the campus of UNLV

• Not being exactly sure what to expect from Hansen in his first game playing with NBA players

• Hansen getting a highlight on the first play of the game

• The passing, handle and defense Yang Hansen displayed

• The reaction in the arena and the large contingent of media following Hansen in Las Vegas

• Being surprised by the quality of Hansen's dribble drives

• Portland's front office having cause to feel validated in acquiring Hansen in the first round when no one (publicly) had him getting drafted before the second round