The Jazz have received permission to interview former NBA guard Jason Terry for their head coaching job, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Terry, a champion and Sixth Man of the Year winner as a player, last suited up for an NBA team in 2018 after appearing in over 1,500 total regular season and playoff games across 19 seasons. He joined the Texas Legends – Dallas’ G League affiliate – as an assistant general manager in 2019, then left the team to become an assistant coach at his alma mater of Arizona for the 2020/21 season. In ’21/22, he coached the Grand Rapids Gold, the Nuggets‘ NBAGL squad.
The Jazz are casting a wide net in their head coaching search — Terry is the 13th candidate the team is expected to interview. Given the amount of competition he’ll face, he’s probably a long shot to fill Utah’s vacancy, but getting a meeting is a step toward realizing his goal of becoming an NBA head coach.
Terry is also receiving consideration from several NBA teams as a potential assistant coach, according to Charania.
Probably a long shot, but if the Jazz hire a guy like this, get ready for major rebuild. Not saying I would disagree with the hire but the writing would be on the wall.
Fact is, as the Jazz stand today with their roster and how they’ve fared in the playoffs, probably would be a good hire. Trade their assets that they’ve attempted to win with the Last 5 Years and start over. Much like the Blazers should do. Hired a rookie coach as well.
May well be interviewing for an Assistant coaching position with the Jazz… “I’d love to be your Head Coach but, if not, I can still add value to the organization as a front-of-the-bench assistant.”
This would be the perfect hire for Utah & for Mitchell & for Jet too tbh. Bit of a match made in heaven
Rank these UofA legends in terms of who will have the greatest overall career once they’re all done playing, Jason Terry, Sean Elliott, DeAndre Ayton, Mike Bibby & Gilbert Arenas…
Tough call from where I’m standing. They’re all kind of great but hard to separate.
The one thing that comes to mind though is the shot. Didn’t Sean Elliott win a ring or two with the Spurs? (Toes on the sideline for 3?)
One insignificant item comes to mind that my Warriors traded the 10th pick Jason Terry for Mookie Blaylock. Don’t think that worked out too great for us. I remember that the talk was the Warriors needed a true point guard and Jason Terry was not that player.
Hawks trades for Terry & later on for his former teammate Bibby were 2 of the low-key best trades in franchise history. Couldn’t put enough talent around Jet to make it work but he was definitely a fun guy to root for & watch play ball