Trail Blazers Hire Micah Nori as Team's New Head Coach

Trail Blazers Hire Micah Nori as Team’s New Head Coach



Trail Blazers Hire Micah Nori as Team’s New Head Coach

The Trail Blazers hired veteran assistant Micah Nori as the franchise’s new head coach. But the contract situation is bizarre.

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Jason Quick’s story on Nori in The Athletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7377725/2026/06/23/micah-nori-trail-blazers-head-coach/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.sVA.nrM2.MGZ_-MIp8zRq

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View Comments (34)
  1. So giving Kidd a one year vacation? I hope this dude does well under this kind of pressure. "So kid are you going to buy this piece of junk car at a very high APR or are you going walk to work?"…

  2. 'Hired'… from his perspective it's a 1 year deal. Total insult. What a joke. I hope he balls out and gets a real job next year. Happy for Splitter.

  3. As long as we don't go after Anthony Davis, I will be happy. This kind of stuff is mildly weird and irritating, but not as bad as shilling out for glass ankles Davis, or not paying for the two way players that got you into the playoffs to go to the games.

  4. Terry Stots and Chauncey both ended up with longer contracts. I think the same could happen with Nori unless he's a disaster. based on what I've heard about Nori he's a good choice.

  5. It's not a lame duck contract.
    We have him for three years.
    Difference from other coaches is that if we fire him, we don't have to pay for the years he's not with the team.
    What's he going to do, coach worse?

  6. Win win? U were all lose for Dundon. This is a win for Nori. He got an NBA head coach gig. Smart hire for Blazers. Not even joining u for the second segment, because u r 2 biased one way.

  7. Nice 👍 got the defensive coach ❤ let’s trade for AD with grant sharpe couple seconds and sign ant 🐜 Simmons as free agent let’s go win.. who cares about the drama we got the coach we wanted by the way the owner just won 🏆

  8. Total disrespect to the coach’s job . Took the last available one for cheap. Tiago had to stay . Next season is gone probably more than that .
    Worst owner in the NBA.

  9. Okay, it's been enough time. Tom Dundon is a huge POS, and that freak now will own my NBA team for the majority of my life. I hate Capitalism lol.

    I'm REALLY excited that we hired Micah Nori, he deserved a better contract.

  10. I think Dundon is being a cheap owner, but this is a smart move! Let Dundon and Nori cook. If Nori does well then I’m sure he’ll get a lucrative contract extension.

    Dundon could be showing other teams that this is an option when it comes to hiring first time HCs. We don’t have to always stick to the normal/traditional ways of doing things.

    Anyway, good hire. Let’s look forward and focus on new player acquisitions.

  11. How can you say it’s a lame duck scenario? Lame duck means no matter what you do, you aren’t coming back. This is the opposite of lame duck, his performance will determine if he comes back or not. It puts maximum pressure on Nori to perform. If you can’t perform under max pressure, you aren’t good enough.

  12. If it’s such a disrespectful contract why did Nori sign it???? Because nobody else was hiring him. He got passed over for the Mavs job in favor of a college coach. I swear you , Sean , Danny and Bill can’t say one good thing about Tom. It’s just becoming a hate fest for you all. I hope they pull all your press passes and let you all smear him from seats that you all have to actually pay for.

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