{"id":491583,"date":"2026-04-06T19:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=491583"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:43:33","slug":"blazers-exploring-coaching-market-as-portland-weighs-its-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/blazers-exploring-coaching-market-as-portland-weighs-its-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazers exploring coaching market as Portland weighs its options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1887\" data-end=\"2197\">The <strong data-start=\"1891\" data-end=\"1902\">Blazers<\/strong> are surveying the coaching market during a sensitive stage of the season. Stein reported that the franchise wants a clearer picture of its options while <strong data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2074\">Tiago Splitter<\/strong> continues to lead the team, posting a <strong data-start=\"2113\" data-end=\"2122\">40-37<\/strong> record as interim head coach so far.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2524\">The situation is also tied to <strong data-start=\"2229\" data-end=\"2250\">Chauncey Billups\u2019<\/strong> status after the NBA placed him on indefinite leave amid a federal gambling investigation. At the same time, Portland is currently <strong data-start=\"2382\" data-end=\"2418\">eighth in the Western Conference<\/strong>, which adds further weight to the franchise\u2019s coaching evaluations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2797\">New owner <strong data-start=\"2536\" data-end=\"2550\">Tom Dundon<\/strong> had already hinted that changes could be considered, saying the organization is not yet where he believes it should be. That makes this a potentially pivotal stretch for Portland\u2019s next decision on the bench.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2834\"><em data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2832\">Source: The Stein Line \/ RealGM<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Marc Stein, the Portland Trail Blazers are exploring the coaching market to evaluate possible alternatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":448815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-491583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Portland-Trail-Blazers.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491583"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=491583"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=491583"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=491583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}