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Jason Quick: Blazers coaching candidates interviewed with Olshey, board of directors head Bert Kolde, COO Sarah Mensah and members of BB operations staff Twitter

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Ken Berger: Olshey, who had a successful run with the Clippers, was favored by Paul Allen advisor Bert Kolde during interview process, sources say. Twitter

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Everyone picks a favorite horse in a race, and so it seems the same thing has happened in this Blazers search. David Morway, the general manager of the Indiana Pacers, is believed by many to be the favored candidate of Blazers president Larry Miller. Meanwhile, if you believe insiders, Allen confidante Bert Kolde is pushing for Los Angeles Clippers general manager Neil Olshey. Oregonian

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I don’t think people question that you want to be GM,but I think people wonder if Bert (Kolde) wants to be GM: "No Bert, doesn’t want ... No. Neither of us. Being the GM is a full-time job. You are talking to teams, you are down here with coaching staff, it’s a full-time ... I mean, don’t get me wrong, Bert has always been super enthusiastic about the Blazers, as obviously I have been, but neither of us have ambitions to be full-time GM. You want someone who has that depth of basketball experience, who has lived, eaten, breathed basketball for most of their lives. So, you know, I would love to have ... I already hired (Cho) for this season, but that wasn’t meant to be so now we move forward." Oregonian

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