On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses... • Chauncey Billups comments after Portland's loss to Oklahoma City on Wednesday • The wins versus the Grizzlies leading to close losses to the Timberwolves and Thunder • The Trail Blazers recent improvement in offensive rating, defensive rating and net rating • Portland covering in four-straight games after failing to do so in seven-straight games And the show finishes up with the second part of a two-part interview with Ian Karmel about his new book, T-Shirt Swim Club, being a "fat" person, his podcast, All Fantasy Everything, what beach he thinks of when drafting "the beach" and his considerable contribution to Beaverton High School.