Rick Adelman, Hall of Fame coach who led Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals, dies at 79

Hall of Fame head coach Rick Adelman, who led the Portland Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals and whose 1,042 regular-season wins ranked 10th in league history, has died at the age of 79, the National Basketball Coaches Association and Sacramento Kings announced Monday. Adelman was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021 after serving as the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Southern California native was also a seventh-round draft pick out of Loyola Marymount University by the San Diego...