Blazers do not carry again assistants Roy Rogers, Chris Fleming, Ryan Gomes

Portland, Oregon. – Portland Path Blazers is not going to renew the contracts of three assistant coaches, together with two coaches who mixed 26 years of NBA coach expertise, a group spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

Roy Rogers, who was a part of the primary employees of head coach Chauncey Billups with Portland, has been with the Blazers since 2021 and was in command of the protection of the group. Rogers, who performed three seasons within the NBA, has 16 years of expertise as an assistant of the NBA, with stays as assistant with the nets (twice), the Celtics, the Pistons, the Wizards, the Rockets, the Taurus, the Issues and the Blazers.

The Blazers improved protection throughout the 2024-25 season, ending season 16 in a defensive word after classifying twenty third on this statistic the earlier season. Portland’s protection was even higher after January 1, rating sixth within the NBA within the final 50 video games of the season.

Chris Fleming was employed as an assistant coach by the Blazers earlier than the beginning of final season, who marked his tenth yr as an assistant within the NBA. Earlier than arriving in Portland, Fleming was assistant with the Bulls, Nets and Nuggets. In response to Aaron Fentress from OregonianFleming has labored lots with the scooter Scoot Henderson this season and helped coordinate the Blazers offensive.

Ryan Gomes, who has performed eight seasons within the NBA, has been with the Blazers up to now two seasons as a gamers’ growth coach. Earlier than that, he was head coach and assistant coach within the NBA G League.

Billups signed a contract extension with the Blazers after the season. Portland has not introduced replacements for Rogers, Fleming or Gomes.

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