It appears there’s a spot opening up on the Portland Trail Blazers‘ bench heading into next season. However, it won’t be a player that is leaving. Neil Olshey and Terry Stotts will now be forced to look for a replacement for the upcoming season in the absence of assistant coach David Vanterpool.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Vanterpool has left the Blazers in order to become the associate head coach for newly minted Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders.
Sources: Minnesota is hiring Portland assistant David Vanterpool as associate head coach. He’ll run defense and play key role in support of Ryan Saunders.