Scott Brooks will be joining another NBA team as an assistant coach, but it won’t be the Los Angeles Lakers, as previously reported. He will be the lead assistant coach on the Portland Trail Blazers, where he will be on Chauncey Billups’ staff, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Former Wizards coach Scott Brooks is finalizing a deal with Portland to become Chauncey Billups’ top assistant coach, sources tell ESPN. That’s a significant addition for Billups as he builds his new staff.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 9, 2021
Billups is a first year head coach and the move makes sense from the standpoint that he would want to hire a lead assistant coach with previous head coaching experience.