Why exactly does lame-duck Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups still have a job? Since being hired by Portland ahead of the 2021-22 season, the H
Since being hired by Portland ahead of the 2021-22 season, the Hall of Fame point guard has led the club to an 81-165 overall record. That's not solely his fault, of course, as both of those first two seasons' rosters, ostensibly designed to be win-now, were fairly underwhelming and ill-equipped for Western Conference playoff success. The 2023-24 season was designed for tanking .
During an interview on former Denver Nuggets-era teammate Carmelo Anthony's new podcast "7PM in Brooklyn" with Kid Mero, Billups threw one of his young charges under the bus , shredding a Portland Trail Blazers player for sharing a clip of himself dunking in the first half — while the team was trailing by double digits at the game's midway point.
"We coming out for the third quarter, this motherf---er done posted his dunk on his joint... At halftime. We down 18," Billups revealed on the podcast. "I said, 'Ay yo bro, get the f--- back there and take that s--- down... What the f--- is wrong with you man?'" The Trail Blazers finished last year with a miserable 21-61 record, and have only added ex-Washington Wizards small forward Deni Avdija and former University of Connecticut Huskies center Donovan Clingan this summer. Portland looks to miss its fourth straight postseason under Billups, albeit once again deliberately. The 2025 NBA Draft is slated to be one of the most loaded in a while, headlined by future Duke star Cooper Flagg. It behooves the Blazers to be bad.
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