A Path Blazers assistant basic supervisor is transferring from the entrance workplace to the sidelines for the approaching season, in keeping with the group, which introduced in the present day that Sergi Oliva has been named the brand new head coach of the group’s G League affiliate, the Rip Metropolis Remix (Twitter hyperlink).
Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter hyperlink) and Sean Highkin of Rose Backyard Report reported the transfer forward of the official announcement. Oliva is changing Jim Moran, the previous Rip Metropolis head coach who left the group this offseason for a job with the Kings.
As Highkin explains, the Path Blazers, with help from head coach Chauncey Billups, need to implement “new developmental methods” at their G League affiliate that they really feel will profit the franchise in the long run. Oliva will lead these efforts.
Whereas he has been a basketball operations government since arriving in Portland in 2022, Oliva has earlier teaching expertise beneath Quin Snyder in Utah and Brett Brown in Philadelphia. His function with the Sixers was a twin teaching/entrance workplace place, Highkin notes.
Based on Wojnarowski, the expectation is that Oliva will resume his assistant GM function with the Blazers on the finish of the 2024/25 G League season, so the Remix will probably be out there for a brand new coach at the moment.
Justin Minaya and Bryce McGowens are presently on two-way contracts with Portland and determine to be common contributors for Rip Metropolis this season. Henri Drell, who’s on an Exhibit 10 deal, and Yongxi Cui, who reportedly reached an Exhibit 10 settlement with the Blazers, are different candidates to swimsuit up for the Remix.
