Head Coach Chauncey Billups is without a doubt the most polarizing figure in the Portland Trail Blazers franchise right now. Portland’s 28-39 record would suggest that almost automatically. Any coach 11 games under .500 will receive scrutiny. That’s not the extent of the issue, though. To understand the debate surrounding Billups, you have to understand that Portland’s current record is considered good. His 109-204 overall record is not often seen in NBA circles. Usually coaches winning 35% of their games don’t get to coach 300 of them.
Yet here Billups stands, still on Portland’s sidelines, behind the post-game microphones, serving out the fourth year of his contract with the only organization he’s ever coached for.