Debates regarding the performance of Blazers head coach Terry Stotts are nothing new. But the discussion got a kick in the pants the way so many things do these days: With a vague, insider-y tweet.
The mumurs have already started In coaching circles that 10 consecutive playoffs defeats will cost Terry Stotts his job in Portland, but league sources say Orlando would register immediate interest in Stotts if he becomes available
That’s Marc Stein, a longtime chronicler of the NBA, posting shortly after Game 4 of the Pelicans-Blazers series. As Rip City is painfully aware, the Blazers lost that game — and the three playoff games that came before it; the Pelicans, in fact, put an emphatic stop to what had been a promising season for Portland with their four-game sweep.