The Portland Trail Blazers have only won 11 major NBA awards as a franchise, with the last coming by way of Damian Lillard taking home Rookie of the Year in 2013.
It’s high time they brought some more hardware back to Rip City, and there’s a good amount of candidates for the upcoming season.
Chauncey Billups could make history by winning Coach of the Year in his rookie season at the helm. The squad has the pieces to make a major improvement in the win column. If he can lead the Blazers to a top-five seed in a loaded Western Conference, he might be able to get the nods depending on how the team gets there.