Rumors

Heading into this offseason, several NBA sources said the expectation was that most of the head coach openings could be filled by African Americans. According to NBA sources, the list of African American assistant coaches who interviewed for jobs included the Los Angeles Lakers’ Jason Kidd and Phil Handy, the Dallas Mavericks’ Jamahl Mosley, the Denver Nuggets’ Wes Unseld Jr., the Golden State Warriors’ Mike Brown, the Philadelphia 76ers’ Sam Cassell, the Milwaukee Bucks’ Darvin Ham and Charles Lee, the Brooklyn Nets’ Udoka and Jacque Vaughn, the Clippers’ Billups, the New Orleans Pelicans’ Teresa Weatherspoon and the Timberwolves’ David Vanterpool. Sources said Dawn Staley, USA Basketball women’s head coach and University of South Carolina women’s head coach, was another African American considered for NBA openings, but she was focused on the Olympics.

The Undefeated

On the day USA Basketball released its roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the team's coach, Dawn Staley, answered questions about a potential future job. The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball head coach, leading Team USA on the Olympic stage for the first time next month, confirmed she has spoken with the Portland Trail Blazers about their head coaching position but didn't divulge much. "I've talked to the Portland Trail Blazers, and that's the extent of it," she said Monday. "I've talked to them."

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Adam Zagoria: South Carolina coach Frank Martin told me he believes Brian Bowen will withdraw from the NBA Draft so he has the option of going back next year. Could potentially go to the G League or Australia.

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