Scott Brooks, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
The Portland Trail Blazers announced July 9th that they were finalizing a deal with former Oklahoma City Thunder and Washington Wizards Head Coach Scott Brooks to join the staff as Chauncey Billups’s lead assistant.
The NBA community is mixed in how they view the coach. Looking at his resume, with multiple, consecutive playoff appearances and a Finals trip, his experience and success as a head coach top nearly every other assistant in the league. Some pundits though, will hold his lack of a title with a Thunder team consisting of three future MVPs in Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden against him.