In the summer of 2015, after the Portland Trail Blazers lost four of their five starters, most pundits predicted that the team would plummet to the bottom of the Western Conference in the upcoming season. It’s a testament to Head Coach Terry Stotts’ basketball acumen that the team has found a way into the playoffs the last two seasons, despite replacing veterans like LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews with unproven youngsters like Noah Vonleh, and Maurice Harkless.
Stotts is recognized throughout the league as one of the best in the business when it comes to designing an offense.