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Marc Stein: Mahlalela, first reported by @TheSteinLine as a Dallas contender along with Nori, Ivey and Terry Stotts on June 4, has worked the closest with Ujiri to date among known candidates for the post. TBD whether new names emerge.
Marc Stein: Coaches under consideration in Dallas, sources say, include Micah Nori, Houston's Royal Ivey and the experienced Terry Stotts. The emergence of other candidates has not been ruled out as a search for Jason Kidd's successor launched on May 20 progresses. More: tinyurl.com/5xcrpc3j
The Stein Line has also been advised that former Trail Blazers, Bucks and Hawks coach Terry Stotts — who previously had a stint in Dallas as an assistant and was once recommended strongly for Kidd's staff by former majority owner Mark Cuban — is also certain to get an interview for the position.
Terry Stotts has notified the Golden State Warriors he will. not be back as Steve Kerr’s No. 1 assistant coach next season. That opens the door to some speculation. Would he be interested in returning to the Trail Blazers as the head coach? “I would love to come back to the Blazers and Portland,” he told me via text Friday.
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Despite the return of longtime head coach Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors have changes coming to their coaching staff. The top two assistants, Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse, are departing the franchise, league sources told ESPN on Thursday. Their contracts expired after this past season.
Stotts just finished his second year as Kerr's lead assistant and offensive coordinator. His nearly three-decade coaching career includes a nine-season run as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Stotts informed Kerr late in the regular season that he didn't intend to return and told ESPN he is leaving the Warriors on good terms and remains open to NBA head coaching opportunities. "I enjoyed my time with Steve, the staff and players," Stotts said. "My two years there were fulfilling. Nothing but well-wishes."
The Warriors are in the early stages of searching for replacements for Stotts and Stackhouse. Former New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green is among the candidates, league sources said. Green started his NBA coaching career with the Warriors in 2016 and spent three seasons as an assistant on Kerr's staff. The two remain close.
I don’t think Lacob and Dunleavy would be locked into any specific criteria, but I think if it gets past Brown, they’d most likely be interested in a younger, development-minded candidate with some background using analytics. Well-regarded current assistants who could fit that model: Micah Nori (Minnesota), Chris Quinn (Miami), Sean Sweeney (San Antonio), and Johnnie Bryant (Cleveland). Other names, some more realistic than others: Current defensive coordinator Jerry Stackhouse, current offensive coordinator Terry Stotts, Boston assistant Sam Cassel, TV analyst Brent Barry, and my outside-the-envelope candidate … Andre Iguodala.
Collins' block led to a Clippers fast break and Curry's fifth foul of the game. Kerr was irate and stomped onto the court, needing to be restrained by assistant coaches as he yelled at all three officials. Kerr was given two technicals and ejected. Warriors lead assistant Terry Stotts stepped in as the interim coach for the rest of the game and took questions from reporters postgame in Kerr's place. "I'm up here because I'm saving Steve some money," Stotts said.
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Who have been some of your favorite NBA colleagues to share wine with? CJ McCollum: I'm from Ohio, so I've obviously drank wine with LeBron. Kevin Love has a great palate. He drinks a variety of wine. Channing Frye. Carmelo Anthony always brings some unique wines and he’s heavy on white burgundy. Terry Stotts has a good palate. Coach Willie Green enjoys his wine. I've shared some different Pinots with him. It’s cool to drink with players, but I would say I enjoy drinking wine with my wife the most. We've got special occasion bottles. Birthday and celebratory bottles. Birth year bottles. We enjoy opening a bottle and sharing stories. We've had some unique experiences over the course of our life.
A source told ESPN they felt Stotts and Kerr were "kindred spirits," and that Kerr has always appreciated Stotts' offensive acumen and how he's communicated with players.
Kerr landed on Terry Stotts and Jerry Stackhouse. Despite a long history in the same industry, Kerr and Stotts didn’t know each other well before this hiring process. But the mutual respect was there and, as Kerr dissected the offensive issues that need fixing, it became clear to him that Stotts — a noted tactician — had the correct skill set to do the tweaking. “He fits what we want to do and get a little bit more patterned,” Kerr said. “He loves movement. Portland, you know, they always had a lot of motion and movement, but it was probably more patterned than what we’ve done. Terry can really help us put in some new things that may be easier to run but maintain the motion.”