Damian Lillard scored 21 points and Carmelo Anthony hit a big 3-pointer late to help the Portland with a key win.
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The Memphis Grizzlies announced the team has named Tuomas Iisalo as head coach.
“I have full confidence in Tuomas serving as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies going forward,” said Grizzlies President and General Manager of Basketball Operations Zachary Z. Kleiman. “Tuomas’ teams at every level have been disciplined, tenacious and connected on both ends of the floor, consistently exceeding expectations. We look forward to the same in Memphis.”
Iisalo was appointed interim head coach on March 28, 2025 to replace Taylor Jenkins, and guided the Grizzlies to the NBA Playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference. He originally was hired by Memphis on July 7, 2024, as the lead assistant coach following a decorated coaching career in Europe.
Before coming to Memphis, Iisalo captured the 2023-24 EuroCup championship and EuroCup Coach of the Year award in his first season as head coach of Paris Basketball. The architect of the top offense in competition history, Iisalo led Paris to a 20-1 record and the title in the club’s second EuroCup season.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver named Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki to the All-Star Game in what may be the final season for both future Hall of Famers.
Tim Connelly referenced studying team-building in different leagues as the Minnesota Timberwolves manage their roster in a new collective bargaining agreement environment with a more punitive system. Last week, the Wolves agreed to trade Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks as he enters Year 1 of a four-year, $224 million supermax extension in what many suspect was one to give them more roster and financial flexibility.
“I mean the new rules are … some of the consequences are unintended, quite frankly,” Connelly said. “I don’t know if anyone intended to make it this challenging to make moves, to make trades when you’re above certain aprons. But you gotta be smart, you gotta be lucky, you gotta hit on some of your draft picks and then I think you have to, as much as possible, build teams that can stay together for multiple years.
“Because I think there will be a lot of turnover just because of the finances becoming rapidly so big for some of these teams. I don’t know if it’ll be exactly like the NFL, but we’ve studied different leagues, we’ve studied the NFL extensively, how they’ve kind of done those things.”
