The assistant coach will join Jordi Fernandez’s new staff in Brooklyn. Portland Trail Blazers Assistant Coach Steve Hetzel is leaving the franchise to become an assistant for the Brooklyn Nets on Head Coach Jordi Fernandez’s new staff, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
New year, same coach. What’s up? Amid a somewhat muted set of exit interviews following the end of the regular season, Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin indicated to fans and media that the team intends to bring back Head Coach Chauncey Billups next year.
The Portland Trail Blazers just completed one of the most difficult seasons in recent memory, finishing an injury-plagued year with a record of 21-61.
Chauncey Billups just led the Trail Blazers to their worst finish in nearly two decades, but he is not going anywhere just yet.
Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin told reporters that the organization is committed to Chauncey Billups as head coach, despite Portland missing the NBA playoffs in each of Billups’ first three seasons.
There had been some speculation that Billups was on the hot seat in Portland after a third consecutive disappointing season for the Blazers. Since he took over for Terry Stotts in 2021, Billups has led the club to an 81-165 (.329) regular season record, with no more than 33 wins in any season.
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the midst of a rebuild after trading Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks last summer. In this 2023-24 campaign, they have one of the worst records in the NBA at 21-57 and are likely headed to the draft lottery.
The Portland Trail Blazers are at the forefront of a new era. Portland traded away Damian Lillard before the start of the 2023-24 season, but the team retains outstanding young talent.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Final Four Saturday began with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 announcement in Glendale, Ariz. The 13 honorees include
About 24 hours after knocking down a shot destined to be remembered among the biggest in program history, Colorado guard KJ Simpson was asked about Chauncey Billups.
It's a small MLB slate, as is typically the case on Thursdays, so we're turning to the ice and hardwood and a few studs for a fun parlay this evening.
NBA legend Magic Johnson couldn’t be any happier after seeing Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups make it to the Hall of Fame. It has been reported on Wednesday that both Carter and Billups have been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, though the official announcement isn’t set until Saturday.
Former NBA dunking and scoring machine Vince Carter and current Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who led the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 championship, will be among the latest class of inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The two newest inductees of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have been announced. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, NBA legends Chauncey Billups and Vince Carter are next on the list to be immortalized in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups headline the 2024 Hall of Fame class.
A big part of the Orlando Magic’s success this season can be attributed to head coach Jamahl Mosley for his work on developing the young roster into a well-oiled machine.
Jrue Holiday and Chauncey Billups spoke to NBA reporter Jared Weiss of The Athletic about their conversation after the Milwaukee Bucks traded Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers. Billups supported Holiday’s wish to not play for the Blazers and join a winning team. “It meant a lot,” Holiday told The Athletic.
As the Portland Trail Blazers' third consecutive down season enters its home stretch, one big positive as of late has been the emergence of 3rd overall
Throughout the history of the franchise, the Detroit Pistons have had countless high-level players suit up for them. One of the organization's biggest players of the 2000's finds himself close to being immortalized in basketball history. During NBA All-Star Weekend, the finalists for the upcoming Basketball Hall of Fame class were announced.
After several seasons as a bridesmaid, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups has at last a made it to the round of 14 finalists for a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, per an NBA.com press statement.
The Portland Trail Blazers were tasked with facing the defending champion Denver Nuggets twice in three nights this week. Both games, played in Denver, resulted in victories for Nikola Jokic and company, and ahead of the first matchup, Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups had nothing but high praise for his two-time MVP opponent.
The Portland Trail Blazers fell 111-109 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night in a game that featured a wild and controversial ending. Blazers
The Trail Blazers were in good shape on Wednesday night up one point with the ball and only seconds remaining, and then everything fell apart.
The 2023-24 NBA regular season has been a tough one for the Portland Trail Blazers. Entering their matchup with the New York Knicks on Tuesday night they were 10-25, 5-14 on the road.
When NBA fans talk about the point guard position in the 1990s and the 2000s, Jason Kidd is often seen as one of the very best alongside Steve Nash. Kidd was a legendary playmaker who could always find ways to make the right pass and help his teammates get into position score.
Despite drafting him with the third overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft, the Boston Celtics made a trade to send Chauncey Billups to the Toronto Raptors in the middle of his rookie season.
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