Notice Chauncey Billups new Portland Trail Blazers head coach

[Scalma]

...Portland lures its first legit "free agent" and the city nearly implodes, nice!!

hope some of those fans that promised to stop watching follow thru, makes it easier for me to find seats when I fly up there to watch a game.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Fuck all these soft ass “fans” trying to stir the pot..that’s the problem with Portland. Glad to see cooler heads prevailed.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland plans to be aggressive in surrounding Billups, who served one season as a Clippers assistant, with an experienced coaching staff.
——

What does this mean? They’re gonna poach guys?

My take was $$$$$


I’m all for poaching, especially if one of them is Darvin Ham

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Experienced? How about an 80 year old?

Bring on Larry Brown

 

[Tweak]

Wow. So will he step down at the press conference on Tuesday?

He'll be dropping out any day now.

 

[Mediocre Man]

...Portland lures its first legit "free agent" and the city nearly implodes, nice!!

This made me legit LOL

Great content

 

[Mediocre Man]

Experienced? How about an 80 year old?

Bring on Larry Brown

Adelman back on the bench and out of retirement

 

[Mr. Robot]

Wow. So will he step down at the press conference on Tuesday?

hes gonna trade dame first, then step down

that will be his "fuck you" to portland and its fans

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Billups, 44, will be introduced at a Tuesday news conference in Portland.

“Because he's the coach Portland deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him on twitter. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian of defense, a watchful protector of the rim. A good coach.”

- Neil Olshey

 

[PCmor7]

hes gonna trade dame first, then step down

that will be his "fuck you" to portland and its fans

Actually, he gets elevated over Olshey, trades Dame, fires Olshey, and THEN steps down.

 

[B-Roy]

5 years LMAO. Neil just said fuck you to all the idiot fans.

He had no reason to otherwise. Regardless of who Neil hires, he's fired next year if the Blazers don't make a huge run, so he's incentivized to pick the coach he thinks will actually contribute most to winning. Good for him.

I'm sure he's betting that winning cures all. I would tend to agree with that, but we'll see with this city....

 

[Mediocre Man]

“Because he's the coach Portland deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him on twitter. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian of defense, a watchful protector of the rim. A good coach.”

- Neil Olshey

What?

 

[PCmor7]

“Because he's the coach Portland deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him on twitter. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian of defense, a watchful protector of the rim. A good coach.”

- Neil Olshey

The unfortunate part of this post is that Dame was cast in the role of Two-Face ....

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

5 years LMAO. Neil just said fuck you to all the idiot fans.

He had no reason to otherwise. Regardless of who Neil hires, he's fired next year if the Blazers don't make a huge run, so he's incentivized to pick the coach he thinks will actually contribute most to winning. Good for him.

I'm sure he's betting that winning cures all. I would tend to agree with that, but we'll see with this city....

5 years makes me think that they wanted to assure Dame some sort of stability with his preferred coach (him or Kidd).

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

Melo under control somewhere else

The Super Melo under control thread? Hmmm

 

[PCmor7]

5 years makes me think that they wanted to assure Dame some sort of stability with his preferred coach (him or Kidd).

Very plausible.

 

[Mr. Robot]

Actually, he gets elevated over Olshey, trades Dame, fires Olshey, and THEN steps down.

are you talking about billups or olshey

cause it looks like were talking about two different persons

 

[PCmor7]

are you talking about billups or olshey

cause it looks like were talking about two different persons

I was talking Billups.

 

[Mr. Robot]

I was talking Billups.

i was talking about olshey lol

 

[JoshuaHall]

Thank God the Twitter fingers didnt win out.

 

[Mediocre Man]

The Super Melo under control thread? Hmmm

Don’t you fucking do it

 

[Titan]

5 years, plenty of time to steal Neil’s job.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The Portland Trail Blazers reached an agreement on a five-year deal to hire LA Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups as the franchise's new coach on Sunday, sources told ESPN.

Billups, 44, will be introduced at a Tuesday news conference in Portland.

WELL THAT SHOULD BE FUN

 

[Scalma]

5 years LMAO. Neil just said fuck you to all the idiot fans.

He had no reason to otherwise. Regardless of who Neil hires, he's fired next year if the Blazers don't make a huge run, so he's incentivized to pick the coach he thinks will actually contribute most to winning. Good for him.

I'm sure he's betting that winning cures all. I would tend to agree with that, but we'll see with this city....

Good for Olshey. Stand up for what you believe in and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. He obviously thinks very highly of Billups. Let’s hope he’s as good as Neil thinks he is.

 

[JoshuaHall]

The press conference on Tuesday is going to be comedic. People thought Olshey was combative before… this is going to be legendary

 

[PCmor7]

i was talking about olshey lol

It's comedy. Just go with it.

 

[Scalma]

The press conference on Tuesday is going to be comedic. People thought Olshey was combative before… this is going to be legendary

I don’t think he will. He isn’t stupid, no reason to provoke it further. Make the statement, be clear they found nothing in their investigations, answer the dumb questions if they come, and move on.

 

[Mr. Robot]

dame liked this tweet

 

[Scalma]

Dames latest like.

 

[BlazerBeav]

4 years and a team option hardly seems out of the ordinary for any coaching hire - pro or college.