Chauncey Billups, Tyronn Lue, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Big 3 (Photo by Sam Morris/Getty Images for BIG3)
New Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups spoke with Oregon Live’s Aaron Fentress at Las Vegas Summer League recently, giving the reporter a peek into his plans for the upcoming season.
Not only was Billups anointed as a head coach for the first time by General Manager Neil Olshey, he’s taking over a team with championship aspirations. It’s been clear from his interviews and the moves he’s made this offseason that Olshey believes that the team is ready for title contention now—confident that the roster is competitive enough to ward off Damian Lillard‘s threat of a trade request.