On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...
• The Trail Blazers losing their first three games of a seven-game trip, including Friday's game in Miami by... 60
• Injury updates on Deandre Ayton, Matisse Thybulle, Shaedon Sharpe and Toumani Camara
• The lottery odds landscape with roughly two weeks to go and the very real chance of the Trail Blazers ending up with the best possible odds at the draft lottery
• Portland dropping their last three games versus the spread and the official end of the chance of winning the over on the Trail Blazers' season win projection
• An interview with Justin Minaya on his season with the Trail Blazers, getting a two-way contract, decided to focus on basketball rather than baseball, his relationships with the players and coaches in Portland, his time playing in Mexico City and what he's hoping to accomplish going into the offseason