Portland separates from coach Terry Stotts after 9 years

The Portland Trail Blazers had been built to achieve something more than a first-round playoffs. Not even a stellar Damian Lillard was enough to avoid elimination at the hands of the Denver Nuggets and therefore the management opted to split from coach Terry Stotts, on the Oregon team bench since 2012. He had a record of 402 wins and 318 losses. , with 8 plays in the Playoffs in 9 years, including a Conference final.

For the choice of the next coach, Lillard will obviously also be heard: the # 0 in his career has only played for coach Stotts and will now have the opportunity to have a new technical guide. The eligible candidates to succeed Stotts are four for now and the name of Jason Kidd, whose name had already been around for a few days, does not appear: we talk about Chauncey Billups, the always eligible Jeff Van Gundy, the assistant to the Nets Mike D’Antoni and Michigan coach Juwan Howard.

The new coach will surely be found within 2-3 weeks, before the free agency starts.

Thank you, Coach Stotts ❤️ https://t.co/dLHJdAEajZ pic.twitter.com/fGzPnuyvyL

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) June 5, 2021