Chauncey Billups’ inaugural season as a first-time head coach with the Portland Trail Blazers has been one of many ups-and-downs. In 2021-22 alone, Billups has had 26 different players suit up, whilst also having to overcome life without many of the franchise’s cornerstones. Even so, he says he doesn’t view what has happened this year as a “rebuild.” Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports took a deeper look into Billups’ mentality in an article today.
As it stands today, the Blazers are now without all five of their Opening Night starters, with Robert Covington, Norman Powell and CJ McCollum being dealt at the trade deadline and Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic tending to injuries.