PORTLAND, Ore. (June 9, 2022) – The Portland Trail Blazers have hired Mike Schmitz and Sergi Oliva as Assistant General Managers along with Kevin Kinghorn as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, the team announced today.
Schmitz joins the Trail Blazers after working for ESPN as a well-renowned draft analyst since 2017. Oliva comes to Portland from the Utah Jazz, where he spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach on Quin Synder’s staff. Schmitz and Oliva will work alongside Assistant General Manager Andrae Patterson, who joined the organization in January, in the front office under General Manager Joe Cronin.