Chris Tomasson of FoxSportsFloridareports on Twitter that Portland Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey met with former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan on Wednesday but that Sloan didn't believe it was a fit.
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Jerry Sloan told me Portland GM Neil Olshey interviewed him Wednesday in Salt Lake City for Blazers head position but Sloan pulled out today.
Jerry Sloan on Portland: "I talked to them yesterday. But it just didn’t work out on my part' Sloan didn't want give reason why pulled out. It's the second interview Sloan has had for an NBA head position that he has pulled out because not right situation.
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The Blazers fired coach Nate McMillan back in March and promoted assistant coach Kaleb Canales to interim coach. Olshey told reporters this week he would begin his coaching search during the Las Vegas Summer League, which begins on Friday.
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