NBA News: Damian Lillard Reveals Who He Wants to Be The Next Coach of The Trail Blazers
Damian Lillard wants Jason Kidd to be the next coach of the Trail Blazers, he told Chris Haynes of Yahoo!
On Friday evening, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that the Trail Blazers and Terry Stotts had parted ways, and his Tweet can be seen below, and article read in the hyperlink.
The Trail Blazers have lost in the first round of the NBA Playoffs four out of the last five years.
The Tweet from Haynes can be seen below, and article can be read in the hyperlink above.
Lillard told Haynes that he wants Jason Kidd to be their next head coach.
Kidd has coached the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks.
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