Lowe: Portland May Be Looking at a Coaching Vacancy

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    Hornacek is a good coach. If the Suns fire him, he will draw interest in what figures to be a frothy head-coaching market this summer. Brooklyn, Sacramento, Washington, Phoenix, Memphis, Houston, Minnesota, Portland, and the Lakers all could have open jobs, and the pool of candidates will be loaded with big names: Jeff Van Gundy (quietly a candidate for the Washington job), Scott Brooks, Thibodeau, Monty Williams, and potentially Dave Joerger, Mike D'Antoni, Hornacek, Luke Walton, and others. As Howard Beck of Bleacher Report noted Sunday, there have already been rumors of Phoenix chasing Walton if they dump Hornacek.

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    I should be coach, you guys could send me plays during the game via twitter.
     
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    Stotts should absolutely not have his job on the line.
     
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    If anyone it's Neil that should be on the hot seat.

    But he wont. When this position was open Paul had a hell of a time finding someone who wanted it.
     
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    I just want Thibs to be our defensive coordinator like he was in Boston here in Portland under Stotts..I think together, that's a championship coaching duo.
     
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    Has Nate McMillan taken himself off the market? I don't see him mentioned much when they're taking about teams looking for a head coach.
     
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    Nate McMillan sure has fallen off the face of the earth.
     
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    If we fire Stotts, not somthing im advocating at the moment, I love the thought of Mike D'antoni. It wouldnt give us the best shot at winning but his teams, minus the LA stint, are always insanely fun to watch and he could most definitely maximize the offensive potential of Leonard and Vonleh.
     
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    This is just a writer throwing out a list of teams. Very much doubt he has any inside info, or even a good pulse on this team. I don't think Stotts will be canned after an obvious rebuilding year. I think they like Stotts, and the team has been competitive.

    Consider the fact, that this year, they have only been outscored by a total of 31 points over 33 games. So less than 1 ppg. They have lost so many close road games, and played more road games than any other team.....they are, "morally" .500.
     
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    True, he's only coached crap teams after Phoenix, but you have to admit, the offense has been pretty good under Stotts. Even the current Blazers team is not bad, which can be considered an accomplishment with the talent on the roster.

    My main issue with Stotts is that he seems to like to play prevent defense all the time.
     
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    D'Antoni is currently employed by the Sixers.

    Tibodeau will have his pick of teams and ours would not be high on his list. (If he picks a team based on young talent rather than large market, I can see him thinking hard about Minny. There's a team that has the bones of a great defense. Plus he could ALSO be GM.)
     
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