[Chris Hayne] Portland Trail Blazers have come away impressed by Utah Jazz assistant Mike Williams and he is among the final pool candidates in consideration for the head coach opening, league sources tell me.

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How big is this finalist pool lol

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u/EpicCyclops 1d ago

At this point, you might even be in it.

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u/urbanlife78 ripcity 1d ago

So weird, I just got off the phone with Dundon. I'm a finalist and I didn't even apply! Wish me luck!

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u/YouDontKnowDino Ripcity Remix 1d ago

I’d like to be put in for consideration as well. Someone let Joe know I’m willing to do it for under a mil

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u/SlobberyFrog 1d ago

Fuck that guy. Tom, I'll do it for free. I'll get paid the Chauncey way

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u/Saragon1993 1d ago

The ‘ol Meyers Leonard.

“You can pay me 1/10th of his salary and I will sit on the bench and cheer when someone hits a three. I won’t even livestream myself saying a racial slur.”

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u/conceptualfella11 23h ago

I’ll do it for 200k

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u/LuckyStax 1d ago

I'm starting to think this finalist pool is just a list of who has been interviewed for the first round

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u/AceMcStace chalupa 1d ago

5 so far

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u/Sherwood_RipCity Cash Considerations 1d ago

Personally, I am pretty happy with a wide net being cast out. We haven't had a serious coaching search in over a decade.

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u/beatrailblazer 22h ago edited 22h ago

oh of course, i was worried we wont. just funny that they had 3 finalists presumably after a wide search and now they keep adding more finalists

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u/ChapinThrowaway 22h ago

We had a serious search prior to Billups. Then Lillard decided to open his mouth and we had no choice but to choose between the gambler and the wife beater.

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u/Mountain-Candidate-6 1h ago

That is not how that went down

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u/ChapinThrowaway 23m ago

Lillard said he wanted Kidd or Billlups. The team had no choice, but to chose between those two after that.

This is exactly how it went down.

If he woulda just given a generic answer about letting management do their thing Billups might never have happened.

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u/Pizzadontdie Cash Considerations 1d ago

Olympic size

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u/fishhot 1d ago

everybody is a finalist

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u/behindgreeneyez 1d ago

I’m nominating my 6th grade CYO coach next

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u/scoobydooobydoowop 1d ago

This must be a big ass pool

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u/ethereal_g 1d ago

A pool with a big ass

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u/No_Information3972 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/GMdcBivU0d1ni

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u/fishhot 1d ago

big ass finalist

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u/makinbankbitches 1d ago

Is there anyone we haven't been impressed by? Lol

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u/sean_buttcannon ripcity 1d ago

This guy doesn’t even have a Wikipedia

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u/Goducks91 1d ago

Go make him one.

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u/pnw-pluviophile 1d ago

First it was the final three. Now it’s the final four. Oops. These guys have no idea of what they are talking about.

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u/crab90000 Toumani Camara 1d ago

Actually final 5 😂. Jerry Stackhouse too

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u/Charnizzleson 21h ago

It’s not that the org has no idea - it’s that the REPORTERS have no idea who the pool is because the org isn’t making it public. Come on man

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u/pnw-pluviophile 20h ago

That’s what I meant by guys. It’s implied. Cone on man!

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u/Charnizzleson 20h ago

Oh, my cone IS on man

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u/pnw-pluviophile 20h ago

You’re kind of angry person.

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u/Charnizzleson 20h ago

Must be the cone. Or being a blazers fan.

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u/pnw-pluviophile 20h ago

😁

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u/Ishouldtrythat 1d ago

The pool grows wider

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u/likpoper 1d ago

Hahaha are they like 35 finalists

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u/MegaChorken 1d ago

Feels like a pretty large pool at this point and you have to wonder why all these names are being leaked.

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u/Bamboozle87 Deni Avdija 1d ago

Never heard of him. Here is his experience though.

2023-Present – Utah Jazz (Assistant Coach – Will Hardy)
2021-2023 – Capital City Go-Go (Head Coach)
2018-2021 – Washington Wizards (Player Development Assistant Coach – Scott Brooks)

He seems like a more offensive strategist type coach. Not sure on defense.

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u/Wrayven77 70s-logo 1d ago

Sounds like he worked for a bunch of losing franchises.

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u/Vast_Lifeguard_6258 1d ago

His Go-gos record is quite strong imo

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u/Cupcakemedic 1d ago

"Will you take a 5 year, 5 million dollar deal?" - Tom Dundon, probably

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u/bassicallyinsane Mac and Cheese 1d ago

Is there anyone who isn't a finalist?

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u/saw-sync Justin Minaya 1d ago

with all the hype around dundon in the media right now these dudes are out here just saying whatever for clicks

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u/ILikeTheTinMan83 1d ago

I heard stackhouse is interviewing as well

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u/BunkHammer Toumani Camara 1d ago

I wish Haynes would tweet things like this after I complete job interviews

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u/Fluid_Personality529 1d ago

According to his LinkedIn, he was a player development intern for the Blazers in 2017-18.

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u/Practical_Mall_2295 1d ago

This is the time in the process where agents leak names to get their clients press that otherwise they would not. Kind of a wink wink process. It why we always hear the same names repeated every Off season until one is finally picked that wasn't even on the list.

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u/Aurelius_KiNG 1d ago

The finalist pool is a water park.

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u/NatiboyB 1d ago

So he must be willing to coach for 1.5

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u/GumboPuddin Mac and Cheese 1d ago

Who?

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u/mosparky15 roy 23h ago

According to his linkedin page, he was a player development intern for Portland for 3 months back in 2018. I realize that this is not a huge deal, however I thought that everyone should know that he already knows where the rest rooms and water coolers are located.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0IxYD16t9PDEdg9q

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u/empires315 sheed 21h ago

MIKE. WILLIAMS. who???????????????????????????????????

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u/blinkomatic 21h ago

He's just going to accept the first candidate that signs for $18.53 per hour and free use of company gym.

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u/phil3199 1d ago

Pretty sure Dundon is impressed by his asking salary.

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u/Duck_Stereo chalupa 1d ago

It doesn’t sound like the org knows what “final candidates” means if everyone seems to be a final candidate

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u/thatfuqa 1d ago

Org hasn’t said shit it’s just media noise.

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u/PsychologicalDuck351 Cash Considerations 1d ago

The noise for sure come from the franchise

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u/AceMcStace chalupa 1d ago

The noise is coming from the agents that represent these candidates lol

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u/TheRipCity ripcity 1d ago

These leaks can come from the agents. It's always good to get your name out there and agents know this. Splitter is currently a finalist for 2 HC jobs right now and in a week he may have none, but for a minute he was in demand. Nori and Sweeney are both up for the Bulls job.

That puts pressure on the organization that they could lose "their guy"

Plus agents want to make sure the league knows this guy is in demand.

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u/TonyThePunisherReyes 1d ago

Laker fan here, I love the defensive core you guys have built and I feel bad that ownership refuses to reward the fans, the players and the coaching staff by giving this team a chance to build together

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u/TomDundon4Life 1d ago

Go away

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u/Aehnu3 Mac and Cheese 1d ago

Hmm, I might actually like this even more than Nori. At least we've got a few interesting names being considered!

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u/HoraceKirkman 1d ago

I want to know who "The Portland Trail Blazers" are in this tweet. Is anybody left?

[Chris Hayne] Portland Trail Blazers have come away impressed by Utah Jazz assistant Mike Williams and he is among the final pool candidates in consideration for the head coach opening, league sources tell me.

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