Sources told ESPN that LA Clippers assistant Chancey Billups and San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon are among the leading candidates and have proceeded to look for Portland Trail Blazers for a second interview.
Sources said the two assistants are set for additional meetings with Portland officials in the coming days.
Sources told ESPN that Brooklyn Nets assistant Mike D'Antoine is another candidate still involved in the search for the Blazers.
Billup has been in contact with several teams throughout this search process and remains with the Clippers in their Western Conference Finals series against the Phoenix Suns. This is the Billups' first season as an assistant coach in the NBA. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and was the NBA Finals MVP in 2004.
Hammon, who would become the first female head coach in NBA history, has been on Greg Popovich's staff for seven seasons and has interviewed for several jobs in recent years. She was a WNBA All-Star six times in her professional playing career.
After a fourth first-round playoff exit in five seasons, the Blazers and coach Terry Stotts parted ways after nine seasons together. Stotts left Portland as the second-most winning coach in franchise history, including eight consecutive playoff appearances—the longest streak in the league.
Portland's season ended in a 4–2 series loss to the Denver Nuggets in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs. Stotts led the Blazers to a 2019 berth in the Western Conference Finals, as well as two other trips to the Conference Semifinals in his nine seasons with Portland.