Report: Blazers hiring Scott Brooks as top assistant / News - Basketnews.com

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The Portland Trail Blazers are nearing a deal to hire Scott Brooks as the top assistant to new head coach Chauncey Billups, ESPN reported Friday.

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Brooks, 55, was head coach of the Washington Wizards for the past five seasons. The two sides failed to reach an agreement on a new contract and parted ways on June 16.

Brooks led the Wizards to a 34-38 record and a playoff appearance as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference this season. They lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in five games in the first round.

Brooks compiled a 183-207 record with three postseason berths in five seasons in the nation's capital. Before that, he went 338-207 with five playoff appearances in seven seasons as coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder (2008-15).

He was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 2009-10 and guided the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2011-12, losing to the Miami Heat in five games.

Portland hired Billups on June 28 to replace Terry Stotts, who went 402-318 with eight playoff appearances in nine seasons with the Blazers.

Billups, 44, has never been a head coach. He played 17 seasons in the NBA and spent the 2020-21 campaign as a first-year assistant coach with the Los Angeles Clippers, who advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history.

--Field Level Media

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