The Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday confirmed that assistant coach Kim Hughes is no longer with the team, but they will not say why. Most people believe Hughes’ comments about LaMarcus Aldridge are the reason for his firing.
Hughes, who was the team’s big man coach the past three years, said in an interview with WTHI a day after the draft that Aldridge was going to be leaving in free agency.
“Well, people don’t realize we just went young,” Hughes told WTHI, according to The Oregonian. “We didn’t publicize it, but we lost LaMarcus Aldridge.