Notice Chauncey Billups new Portland Trail Blazers head coach

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are you happy that chauncey billups got the job

  • yes

    Votes: 80 59.7%

  • no

    Votes: 10 7.5%

  • yes, but he was not my first choice

    Votes: 19 14.2%

  • meh, im indifferent

    Votes: 25 18.7%
  • Total voters
    134
Ripcity4life77 said:
I find it funny to the person who said he changed his mind the most of the reason it seems is how Dame now feels and let's be honest he has been radio silent pretty much and most of what we THINK we know comes from the media / twitter. We have YET to hear him come out and say much of anything since the hire was official so just chill out and let's wait and see what he really says NOT what twitter or some so called experts who want to TRY and get into Dame's head.
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I found a new interview with him and posted it in the Dame trade thread...he's not going anywhere...it's a long interview but he's said he's in Portland unless he gets traded...doesn' t want to join as super team and feels he's already won at the highest level...life..
 
riverman said:
I found a new interview with him and posted it in the Dame trade thread...he's not going anywhere...it's a long interview but he's said he's in Portland unless he gets traded...doesn' t want to join as super team and feels he's already won at the highest level...life..
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Not to nitpick but he said he won't leave here unless the team wants to trade him, which I took to mean that he's not asking for a trade. Basically the same thing we here from him every time he's asked the question. Thanks for posting that by the way, it was over an hour but it was a really great interview.
 
crandc said:
If they all hear from same source?

And why don't we hear all the negative shit about the men who were not hired?
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Negative shit like what we have heard about Billups? Or negative stuff about Mark Jackson? Or Kidd? Or Pat Ewing? Or maybe Hammon is getting more attention because the golden child reputation has been removed? Interviewing for a high profile job unearths a lot of information, and Hammon hasn’t had to deal with or worry about it yet. Her reputation isn’t the same within the organization as it was - was - outside. And for good reason. And no, everyone is NOT hearing it from the same source.
 
crandc said:
If they all hear from same source?

And why don't we hear all the negative shit about the men who were not hired?
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Probably because the negative shit about MDA is already known.
 
Anyone loan me three fitty? I'm all in

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calvin natt said:
Negative shit like what we have heard about Billups? Or negative stuff about Mark Jackson? Or Kidd? Or Pat Ewing? Or maybe Hammon is getting more attention because the golden child reputation has been removed? Interviewing for a high profile job unearths a lot of information, and Hammon hasn’t had to deal with or worry about it yet. Her reputation isn’t the same within the organization as it was - was - outside. And for good reason. And no, everyone is NOT hearing it from the same source.
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Interesting how mutiple places in the national media are now starting to unearth some of the very things you gave us some heads up on.....and took a lot of grief for. Props for sharing.
 
blazerkor said:
As much as I dislike Neil and question Jody and the Vulcans for keeping Olshey around, I don't think any of these things factored into their decision. If they would have thought that Becky Hammon was the best coach for the job, they would have taken the possible shitstorm of firing her in the case that she couldn't do the job, just like they're taking the shitstorm of hiring a guy with a rape accusation in his past. I think the team was dead set on hiring the best person for the job without concern for the blow back.
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Hammon is a devout Christian who refused to kneel for the national anthem and was very close to Kobe Bryant and his wife and daughters. She would have been a bad fit in a Portland culturally and in an objective world, been criticized for her relationship with an accused rapist who not only was arrested and arraigned for rape in Colorado, but also spent $2.5 million so his accuser would refuse to cooperate with the prosecution after he’d already been charged.

But, we don’t live in an objective world, we live in one rife with agendas and hypocrisy as was seen during the entire Billups hiring episode. Some of the same people criticizing Dame for being a “rape apologist” were Hammon’s biggest supporters. It doesn’t get much more hypocritical than that.
 
BoomChakaLaka said:
I believe Dame got his coach - no worries. I’m afraid that OLSHEY just won’t part with CJ but Nurkic and Collins may be replaced. Note that Chauncey did chat with CJ. He never mentions Powell. And our new uniform sponsor mock-ups use #3.

Maybe Powell doesn’t get re-signed and we try for Grant?
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Signing Powell to the $20+ million a year he’ll get somewhere else and playing him 32 minutes a game at SF didn’t work last season, so why would anything be different next season? Dame is 6’2” tops, CJ and Norm are 6’3”. That’s a major liability on defense no matter how long Norm’s arms are and that can’t be fixed.

Norm is going to want to start at SG on a team so unless CJ is traded, let him walk because the experiment with him starting at SF didn’t work.

I’ll also point out that some people bashing Olshey for not improving the roster even though the season isn’t over want to sign Norm Powell to a contract that will cost at least $60 million in cap tax next year when it was proven last year that him playing major minutes with Dame and CJ doesn’t win against good teams.
 
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KristinthBonkers said:
I’ll also point out that some people bashing Olshey for not improving the roster even though the season isn’t over want to sign Norm Powell to a contract that will cost at least $60 million in cap tax next year when it was proven last year that him playing major minutes with Dame and CJ doesn’t win against good teams.
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you'll have to perform the math for me to show how signing Norm to a 20M/year contract will cost 60M in cap. Unless you're doing cumulative cap but that wouldn't make sense

I think people wanting Powell re-signed are almost exclusively thinking of him as the starting SG with CJ traded. Those that aren't are simply not wanting the Blazers to lose an asset

everywhere you turn and see a roadblock for Portland, either on the floor or in the ledger, the roadblock always seems to be CJ
 
Can you name the responsibilities of assistant coaches of various NBA teams? I sure can't.
 
crandc said:
Can you name the responsibilities of assistant coaches of various NBA teams? I sure can't.
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I can for quite a few. Not arguing against anything you are saying, but there are plenty of specialist NBA assistants, Becky’s not one of those, neither is Chauncey, for that matter. He helped develop players and recognize defensive sets the opposing team was in. Becky is probably in that same mold
 
crandc said:
Can you name the responsibilities of assistant coaches of various NBA teams? I sure can't.
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two examples...Terry Stotts was offensive coordinator for the Mavs that won a championship as an assistant and Tom Thibideau was defensive coordinator for the Celtics when they won a championship under Doc Rivers.....Nate McMillan and Tom Thibideau are defensive coordinators for team USA as assistants.....Terry Stotts said he didn't want his assistants to have exclusive roles but take turns working on game matchups on both sides of the ball....Mike D'Antoni assisted Steve Nash with the Nets with clock mangagements and time outs, etc
 
I can name the responsibilities or general area of study for most that are serious head coaching candidates because it’s usually a talking point.
 
Isn’t it curious that in the seven years or whatever hammon has been an assistant, we haven’t heard anything specific about what she was responsible for/who she helped developed? I do, at least when talking about a potential head coach.
 
I would think Chauncey will hire the best available defensive & offensive assistants. Remember, he was a very good defender and knows the what it takes.
If players don't buy into his emphasis on D it will be an issue.
 
Hoopguru said:
I would think Chauncey will hire the best available defensive & offensive assistants. Remember, he was a very good defender and knows the what it takes.
If players don't buy into his emphasis on D it will be an issue.
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if the players don’t buy into what Billups is selling, that says more about the players than it does about Billups and I’ll start to wonder how coachable they are. It will be hard to find a coach with as much relatability and credibility as Chauncey.
 
kjironman1 said:
So i decided to enter the world that is S2 - Oregonian - Blazers Edge

Some of you have lost your collective minds. That idiot John Clownzappa has completely lost it! Dave Deckard has pretty much Convicted Billups all on his fucking own?

I posted this on Blazers Edge. I doubt it will be there more than a few minutes because i called out the Emperor/Fascist Leader/King whatever they call him there.

I personally feel Dave Deckard should not have posted this until Chauncy Billups has a chance to address it.
This situation and conversation has gotten way out of line and the man has the right to address it. Problem is he can’t until it is officially announced and the opportunity has been given to him to answer any questions about the situation. He is still an assistant for the Clippers and they have a series to play.
Posting this story just like John Canzano has done, was not just a poor choice but is was reckless at best. The court of public opinion is something journalist and people in the journalistic community have an obligation to respect.
Dave Deckard failed to respect the powers that he has here.
Seems a number of comments on this site get Deleted. It’s why i post here very seldom. I hope that this comment gets the respect it deserves because it is also part of the issue. You cannot publish a story without the author being held accountable just as much as the accused. It’s the same as you cannot endorse someone without being held responsible for that endorsement.

Fact of the matter is Rape is an ugly and violent crime and perpetrators of that crime should be convicted to the fullest extent that the law allows. The problem here is that absolutely NONE of these women were raped or sexually abused by Chauncy Billups but somehow Mr Deckard has sullied Mr Billups by connecting him to not only these 5 women but even worse All rape victims.

I would hope in the future Mr Deckard and along with him Mr Canzano of the Oregonian would choose to use a greater amount of restraint in their quest for "Clicks" on the internet. People who are accused have the right to defend themselves. In this case Mr Billups has not been allowed that opportunity and by the time he does public opinion will have already made it’s decision.

Kjironman!

Please tell me @SlyPokerDog has not gone all "Kill the Rapist" on this site?

Also. Maybe you guys should just chill a bit? Nothing can get addressed until Billups gets a chance to address it publicly. He should address it i agree but he deserves the chance in my opinion.
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Well as things would have it i have now been banned from Blazers Edge Sob Sob Sniffle Sniffle.
Dave Deckard has also now blocked me on Twitter after i asked him if he was going to shut the site down now that Billups is the new coach.

Not even Jason Quick has blocked me yet.

I think the only two people in the world that have me blocked are Dave Deckard and Torey Jones AKA @BonesJones

For obvious reason i guess?
 
kjironman1 said:
Well as things would have it i have now been banned from Blazers Edge Sob Sob Sniffle Sniffle.
Dave Deckard has also now blocked me on Twitter after i asked him if he was going to shut the site down now that Billups is the new coach.

Not even Jason Quick has blocked me yet.

I think the only two people in the world that have me blocked are Dave Deckard and Torey Jones AKA @BonesJones

For obvious reason i guess?
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deckard is an actual lunatic, guy legitimately thought pat bev should get suspended for a whole season for pushing Paul lmao. I never followed him but I still ended up blocking him after seeing that along with how he’s chosen to handle Billups. Hope the blazers take his press pass aw...oh wait hahahahaha.
 
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Scalma said:
deckard is an actual lunatic, guy legitimately thought pat bev should get suspended for a whole season for pushing Paul lmao. I never followed him but I still ended up blocking him after seeing that along with how he’s chosen to handle Billups. Hope the blazers take his press pass aw...oh wait hahahahaha.
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Dave Deckard is a tool. I still cannot understand how he gained any sort of relevance.
 
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