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Welcome back to The Sportest, today on the channel we are going to talk about Chauncey Billups new head coach of the Trail Blazers, how will they go without Lillard? A new era in Portland is about to begin. After it was officially announced on June 4th that the Trail Blazers and Terry Stotts mutually agreed to part ways, the search began for the Blazers next head coach. While many names were thrown out as potential candidates, it was one of the very first candidates that was ever linked to the Blazers who is reportedly set to become Portland’s 15th head coach in franchise history.
The Trail Blazers have hired Chauncey Billups to fill their open head coaching vacancy, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. League source tells NBCSNW Blazers Insider Dwight Jaynes that Billups has verbally accepted the job. Friday evening, Adrian Wojnarowski reported Billups had “emerged as the front runner to be offered” the head coaching job. Billups was among the candidates that the Blazers gave second interviews to which also included Mike D’Antoni and Becky Hammon. But he was also one of the very first mentioned as a replacement for Stotts. Not to mention, the face of the franchise Damian Lillard had said he wanted Billups in Portland. “I like J. Kidd and Chauncey.” And with Lillard’s game often compared to that of Billups, now the two will get set to work together. Lillard won’t be an unrestricted free agent until 2025, so if wants to move, he’ll have to force Portland’s hand. Watch till the end to know more.
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