Damian Lillard Returns To Portland And Yang Hansen Wraps Up Summer League On The Brief Case, Episode 163

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

• The Trail Blazers officially signing Damian Lillard as a free agent

• The reasons a reunion makes sense for both the team and Lillard

• The decision for both the team and Lillard being about basketball rather than nostalgia

• The Trail Blazers being in a much better place now than they were when Lillard was traded

• How Lillard helps the Trail Blazers on the court, in the locker room and in the community

• This being one of Portland's better offseason and cause for optimism in the upcoming season

• Wrapping up Yang Hansen's four-game run at the Las Vegas Summer League

• Hansen exceeding all pre Summer League expectations and if that changes anything going into the 2025-26 season