After another first-round exit, there have been plenty of questions surrounding the job security of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts.
According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the front office plans to keep Stotts, but there is a chance owner Paul Allen could squash that plan.
“In the wake of that humbling first-round exit, Olshey preached patience, announcing at a season wrapup news conference that he would advocate a ‘measured' approach to the Blazers' inability to cope with New Orleans after finishing third in a rugged Western Conference.”
“If it's up to him, Olshey said, Portland will ‘not overreact' to one bad series. What remains to be seen is whether Olshey will be making those big calls, or if the Portland owner Paul Allen — now that Allen is no longer occupied by his Seattle Seahawks' business in the N.F.L. draft — will keep his lead basketball decision-maker in place amid considerable consternation in the Pacific Northwest about the Blazers' flawed construction.”
The biggest question facing Paul Allen is if these first-round exits are just flaws, or has Stotts gotten the most out of his players and they need a new voice to push them to that next step forward.
With so much money invested in Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, there have been some question marks about how much better they can actually build this roster, or if they are going to need to try and just win with the players within. Either way, it sounds like Stotts will be back, but there should be a sure answer in the next few weeks.
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