The Portland Trail Blazers are still looking for a general manager to replace the fired Rich Cho and ESPN reports that two more names have been added to the team’s list as possibilities.

Sources tell the site that the Blazers are interested in both Cleveland Cavaliers vice president of basketball operations David Griffin and Los Angeles Clippers vice president of basketball operations Neil Olshey.

Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reported last week that Oklahoma City Thunder executive Troy Weaver had already interviewed and that the Blazers are also interested in ESPN analyst Chris Mullin, formerly vice president of basketball operations for the Golden State Warriors, and San Antonio Spurs assistant GM Dennis Lindsey.

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The NBA released the 2011-12 schedule on Tuesday afternoon with a triple-header of action on opening night – November 1 – that includes the World Champion Dallas Mavericks hosting the Chicago Bulls and the Oklahoma City Thunder traveling to Los Angeles to face the Lakers.

One team NOT included in the opening night festivities are the Miami Heat.  They open the season on Wednesday, November 2 with a trip to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks.

The Cleveland Cavaliers also open their 2011-12 season on the road, heading to Boston to face the Celtics.  Cleveland will take on the Toronto Raptors in the Home Opener at The Q on Friday, November 4.  Cleveland won’t spend long at home, however, taking their first trip to the West Coast starting November 6.  The Wine and Gold will play 3 games in 4 nights against the Los Angeles Clippers(11/6), Denver Nuggets(11/7) and Sacramento Kings(11/9) in the first meeting between the Cavaliers and J.J. Hickson.

What about the Miami Heat, you ask?  

The Cavaliers and Heat will play four times next season, with the Heat coming to Cleveland on Friday, November 18, a game that will be televised on ESPN.  The Heat will also be at The Q on February 17, 2012 while the Cavaliers will head to South Beach on March 7 and April 6.

The Novemeber 18th matchup is the only time the Cavaliers are scheduled to be on ESPN/ABC or TNT all season.  Cleveland will play 13 games in November, with 6 at home and 7 on the road.

Check out the complete 2011-12 NBA Schedule;  Cavaliers site Fear The Sword talk about the Cavs schedule as well!

By
Erik Matuszewski
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Wed May 25 23:14:12 GMT 2011

The Los Angeles Lakers have an
agreement in principle to hire former Cleveland Cavaliers coach
Mike Brown as the successor to Phil Jackson, who won five of his
record 11 National Basketball Association titles with the Lakers.

“We’ve met with Mike and are very impressed with him,”
the Lakers said in a statement on their website today. “We have
an outline for an agreement in place and hope to sign a contract
within the next few days.”

Brown, 41, agreed in principle to a four-year contract with
the Lakers worth $18.25 million, ESPN reported, citing
unidentified league sources.

Brown was fired by the Cavaliers on May 24, 2010, after
recording a 272-138 record in five seasons as coach of a team
built around LeBron James. He guided Cleveland to the 2007 NBA
Finals and won the NBA’s Coach of the Year award after the 2008-
09 season. He emerged as the leading candidate after an
interview with Lakers executives over the weekend, ESPN said.

Brown, who has been working as an NBA analyst for ESPN
since he left Cleveland, would be the 22nd Lakers coach. Los
Angeles ranks second in NBA history to Boston with 16
championships and has missed the playoffs five times in 63 years.

In Jackson’s 11 seasons in Los Angeles, the Lakers had a
610-292 record and never missed the postseason.

Lakers assistant Brian Shaw and ex-Houston Rockets coach
Rick Adelman were also candidates to succeed Jackson, ESPN said.

Brown started his NBA career in 2000 as an assistant to
Gregg Popovich in San Antonio. He’s regarded as a defensive
specialist and his Cleveland teams ranked among the league’s top
10 in points allowed in all five of his seasons. The Cavaliers
allowed a league-low 91.4 points in 2008-09.

Brown was fired last year after the Cavaliers became the
first team in league history to post consecutive 60-win seasons
and fail to reach the NBA Finals.

To contact the reporter on this story:
Erik Matuszewski in New York at
matuszewski@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Michael Sillup at msillup@bloomberg.net

The Los Angeles Lakers are looking at former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown as a possible successor to retired coach Phil Jackson, according to ESPN.com.

The Los Angeles Lakers are taking a deliberate approach to their search for a successor to Phil Jackson, but NBA coaching sources told ESPN.com the team has added Mike Brown to its list of candidates.

The former Cleveland Cavaliers coach, now working as an analyst for ESPN, is expected to interview “soon” with the Lakers, sources say.

Brown would become the fourth known candidate for the job, along with former Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman, ex-Los Angeles Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy and Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw, who is regarded as the only serious in-house contender to replace Jackson.

The site says that Brown is considered a leading candidate for the head coaching vacancy at Golden State. Indiana Pacers President Larry Bird said he’s among those being considered for that job, as well.

Brown was dumped by the Cavaliers shortly after the team built around LeBron James fell to the Boston Celtics in the 2010 playoffs. James left the Cavs last summer in a televised special called “The Decision” and “took his talents to South Beach.” James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh decided that together, they could win multiple NBA titles with the Miami Heat.

As of now, the Heat and Chicago Bulls are tied 1-1- in their playoff series.