Blazers expected to part ways with coach Stotts after this season

The Portland Trail Blazers are expected to part ways with coach Terry Stotts at the end of the current season, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

“If Stotts can’t ‘pull a rabbit out of his hat’ with a playoff miracle of sorts, as one source put it, the Blazers are expected to opt for a new coaching voice,” Charania wrote. “And the Damian Lillard timeline, it seems, is playing a big part here.”

Los Angeles Lakers assistant Jason Kidd, Atlanta Hawks interim coach Nate McMillan and Los Angeles Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups are among the names Portland might look toward to replace Stotts.