While many fans have devoted considerable interest over the past week to the NBA's off-court drama (and rightfully so), the Portland Trail Blazers, or at least some of them, returned to the court at their practice facility Tuesday morning for their first 2018 Las Vegas Summer League practice. It's certainly not the first time members of the team have taken to the court since being eliminated in the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs, though it was the first time since late April that they took the court with something tangible to prepare for. But while equaling or surpassing their second-place performance at the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League would be nice, the goal, as is usually the case in exhibition play, is more about improving than winning.For Wade Baldwin IV, who the Trail Blazers signed as a two-way player last season before earning a two-year deal, summer league provides him an opportunity to show Portland made the right decision giving him another crack at the NBA after the Memphis Grizzlies, a team that selected him with the 17th overall pick of the 2016 Draft, cut him prior to the 2017-18 season.