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Ken Berger: The Trail Blazers have hired Nate Tibbets as an assistant coach. The former Cleveland assistant had been in running for head coaching jobs. Twitter @KBergCBS

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Sam Amick: Also on coaching front, Cleveland assistant Nate Tibbets will have his Charlotte interview on Thursday. Mike Dunlap was fired after season. Twitter @sam_amick

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Clifford becomes the sixth known candidate to fill the opening created when the Bobcats fired Mike Dunlap last month. The others: Former Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry and four assistants: Nate Tibbetts (Cleveland), Kelvin Sampson (Houston), Jeff Hornacek (Utah) and Elston Turner (most recently with the Suns). Charlotte Observer

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he list of known candidates for the Charlotte Bobcats head-coaching job is at five and probably growing. Various news sources have identified four current NBA assistants, plus Shelby native Alvin Gentry, who has been a head coach with four NBA teams. The assistants (in alphabetical order): Jeff Hornacek (Utah Jazz), Kelvin Sampson (Houston Rockets), Nate Tibbetts (Cleveland Cavaliers) and Elston Turner (most recently with the Phoenix Suns). Charlotte Observer

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Mary Schmitt Boyer/Jodie Valade: Charlotte has asked for permission to talk to Cavs assistant coach Nate Tibbetts Twitter @PDcavsinsider

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The Bobcats place a priority on player-development and Tibbetts got high marks in that regard from Cavs All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. The day Irving was named rookie of the year last spring, he singled out Tibbetts for the constant attention and advice Tibbetts delivered. Charlotte Observer

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One name that makes sense is former Cavs guard Eric Snow, who was an assistant under Larry Brown at SMU this past season. He doesn't have vast coaching experience, but he seems like he'd be a Brown-type guy. He's disciplined, hard-working and no-nonsense. Snow, a Canton native, played for the Cavs from 2004-08. The Cavs could keep one of the holdovers from Coach Byron Scott's staff — Jamahl Mosley or Nate Tibbetts — or perhaps Canton Charge coach Alex Jensen. One former player who likely called Brown is ex-Cavs forward Donyell Marshall, who is living in the Cleveland area. He coached in the NBA Development League two years ago. News-Herald

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The statuses of Scott's assistant coaches, Paul Pressey, Jamahl Mosley, Joe Prunty and Nate Tibbetts, are up in the air. News-Herald

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Sloan, Shaw and Snyder were chosen from a field of interviewees that included Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing, former Portland coach Nate McMillan, Golden State assistant Michael Malone, Cleveland assistant Nate Tibbetts, Charlotte assistant Stephen Silas, Memphis assistant Dave Joerger and St. John's University assistant Mike Dunlap. ESPN.com

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Charlotte has interviewed assistant coaches Michael Malone from Golden State, Cleveland's Nate Tibbetts, St. John's Mike Dunlap and expressed interest in Indiana's Brian Shaw. Bobcats assistant Stephen Silas, son of former coach Paul Silas, has also interviewed. New York Post

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Chris Broussard: ...Bobcats will interview Mike Dunlap, associate head coach at St. John's U, & Cleveland Cavs assistant Nate Tibbetts next week, sources say Twitter

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Sam Amico: Cavs have hired Nate Tibbetts, a D-League head coach with the Tulsa 66ers, as Byron Scott's new assistant. That means no Craig Ehlo. Twitter

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