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Celtics Get Good News With Trail Blazers' Reported Head-Coaching Hire originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Portland Trail Blazers have reportedly made a decision on their next head coach.
"Just in: The Portland Trail Blazers are hiring Minnesota Timberwolves lead assistant Micah Nori as the franchise's next head coach, sources tell ESPN. Nori -- widely regarded as one of the league's top assistants -- has been in the NBA coaching ranks since 2009 and now takes over in Portland on a multiyear deal," ESPN senior NBA insider Shams Charania posted on X.
The Micah Nori hire also has a significant impact on the Boston Celtics.
It was reported in May that Celtics assistant Tyler Lashbrook was among the final candidates for the opening in Portland.
Then when the Chicago Bulls hired former Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter, it was revealed that Lashbrook was one of the two finalists for the Portland gig.
With the Trail Blazers reportedly going with Nori, Lashbrook can now return to head coach Joe Mazzulla's bench in Boston.
Lashbrook isn't the only member of Mazzulla's staff to fall just short of a head-coaching job this offseason.
It was reported in early June that assistant coach Tony Dobbins was expected to interview for the Dallas Mavericks' vacancy. The Mavericks ended up hiring former University of Michigan head coach Dusty May for the job, according to multiple reports.
Additionally, former Celtics assistant Ben Sullivan interviewed for Portland's lead gig and ex-Boston All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo was reportedly a finalist for the New Orleans Pelicans' head-coaching job.
One former member of the Celtics who did recently land a new opportunity is ESPN analyst and former NBA champion center Kendrick Perkins, who agreed to become the men's basketball General Manager at Jackson State last week.
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