Portland Trail Blazers assistant Nate Tibbetts earned a promotion to associate head coach this summer with the departure of David Vanterpool to Minnesota. Kerry Eggers of the Portland Tribune talked to Tibbetts about his new role:
“It’s just a title and a little more money,” Tibbetts, about to begin his seventh season as an assistant on Terry Stotts’ coaching staff, said with a smile. “This summer, people back home asked, ‘How will your role change?’ It really hasn’t.
”My job here is, No. 1, to work for the Trail Blazers, and No.