Terry Stotts, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
After another Portland Trail Blazers postseason comes to an abrupt, heartbreaking end, Coach Terry Stotts now enters the cold world of the NBA job search. This certainly seemed like the end of the Blazers core as we know it, and the head coach is usually the go-to scapegoat for such a perilous situation.
Replacing a head coach is a dangerous move, as it’s never a certainty that the newcomer will be an improvement. Jim Boylen, Lloyd Pierce, and Ryan Saunders were all brought onto their respective teams in hopes that they could cultivate a winning standard.