3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 24
Summary
A one-year contract with team options for the next two seasons drew attention away from Micah Nori’s hiring as Portland Trail Blazers head coach, Chris Finch said before the NBA Draft.
Finch said Nori prioritized opportunity over money in taking one of the NBA’s 30 head-coaching jobs, calling the arrangement a personal business decision between Nori, the team and his agent.
Nori, 52, had interviewed for seven head-coaching openings and was a finalist in Cleveland, New York and Chicago before landing his first top job in Portland.
Finch, who worked with Nori in Denver and made him Minnesota’s lead assistant in 2021, said Nori’s biggest transition will be leadership and staff-building rather than X-and-O work.