Trail Blazers hire two-time NBA champion as assistant coach

The Trail Blazers announced they hired James Posey as an assistant coach on Chauncey Billups‘ staff, according to a team press reelase.

Posey, a two-time NBA champion as a player, had been serving on the Suns’ staff. After retiring from his playing career in 2011, Posey began his coaching career with Cleveland’s G League affiliate in 2013-14. He then joined the Cavaliers as an assistant from 2014-19, where he won another championship in 2016.

After departing the Cavaliers, Posey spent 2021-22 with the University of Virginia’s women’s basketball team as an assistant under current Trail Blazers scout Tina Thompson. Posey then spent time with the Wizards as an assistant coach from 2022-24 before joining the Suns.

As noted by the release, Posey was teammates with Billups with the Nuggets in the ’99-00 season. Posey joins Nate Bjorkgren, Tiago Splitter, Patrick St. Andrews, Quinton Crawford and Ronnie Burrell as assistant coaches for Portland.