Rick Adelman, the Hall of Fame NBA coach who guided the Portland Trail Blazers to two NBA Finals, dies at age 79. The reports say he dies Monday. Adelman spent nearly three decades in the NBA coaching ranks, including 23 seasons as a head coach. During his head-coaching tenure, his teams reach the playoffs multiple times, with one account stating they make the postseason 16 times in 23 seasons. He is noted for steering the Trail Blazers to the league finals on two occasions. Across his career, Adelman amasses 1,042 wins, which one source places as 10th all-time. The articles characterize him as a veteran coach whose playoff success and long career helped define the Portland era in the 1990s and early 2000s.