Chauncey Billups: “We always like, ‘Man, we would have won at least three chips.’ And I say it all the time, I be on them. I said, ‘Bron would have had to leave Cleveland a lot earlier than he left.’ They never was going to beat us. They never would have beat us ..read more

Chauncey Billups: “I signed up to coach, and what I thought I was going to be coaching wasn’t that, but I still signed up to coach. We got some good young dudes on the team that I see some greatness in that I love to teach. That’s the reason why I started to coach. I love to teach, and I love to compete. Those two things, it doesn’t matter if you’re young or you’re older; it’s the same ..read more

Chauncey Billups: “When you got a young roster like that, how do you get them to play right, play together, play for each other, and have that competitiveness that you’re talking about? One of the things that helped me out is I feel like, based on my career and what I went through early, late, and in the middle, I really can meet every dude where they’re at. For instance, Scoot, third pick in the draft, struggled last year. I was a third pick in the draft. I struggled. I had to get off the mat. So I know how to meet him there and help him ..read more

Chauncey Billups: “We rebuilding right, we in New Orleans. I ain’t even going to say the kid’s name. We’re down like 18 at the half. He had a nasty dunk. We coming out for the third quarter. This dude done posted his dunk on his joint at halftime. We down 18, and he’s posted it at halftime. I grinded his ass up, man. I said, ‘Hey yo, bro, get back there and take that down off your joint, man. What the fuck is wrong with you?’ My bad, coach, my bad. He runs to the back. I can’t give it too much energy because I got to get this play together so we can get on with the game, but that’s where we at ..read more

Nassir Little: I have never posted a highlight during a game in my life. Thanks for coming to my ted talk Also friends, you may not be as smart as you think, don’t trust all you see on the internet ..read more

Carmelo Anthony: “I remember when I first came back in the league after Houston. I go in the locker room, and I’m like, ‘For the game, I’m locked in, getting ready for the game.’ They’re on phones. All right, cool, halftime comes, they’re on their phones. I look at Dame, and he’s like, ‘Man, it’s different now.’ I want to go at them, but Dame says, ‘Don’t even bother. Leave them alone.’ It was hard to adjust to that. I come from an old-school mentality where we didn’t have any of that ..read more

BKT EuroCup participant based in Germany, ratiopharm Ulm will pause official action early in the 2024-25 season to take on the Portland Trail Blazers. The friendly meeting opposite the NBA team will be held on Wednesday, October 16, at Moda Center, as announced by Ulm and the Blazers ..read more

Sean Highkin: October 13, it should be noted, is the day of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony that includes Chauncey Billups. So the Blazers will more than likely have an acting head coach that day in Sacramento ..read more

“When I took the job you know it was a veteran laden team,” Billups said. “Melo [Anthony] was actually still on the roster. I really took the job thinking that I was going to be coaching him. You know with Dame [Lillard] and CJ [McCollum], Nurk [Nurkic]. So it was perfect for me, I’m thinking okay boom, a few moves here and there, I’m coming to like try to elevate things and then very quickly it changed ..read more

NBA Central: Chauncey Billups says the Pistons would have run LeBron out of Cleveland had Detroit drafted Carmelo Anthony. “We win at least 3 chips.” ? (? @7PMinBrooklyn ) pic.twitter.com/alU08AUOsG Source: Twitter @TheNBACentral More on this storyline ClutchPoints: “Imagine me at 23 years old… being the 4th option on a team when I’m leading [the Nuggets] every single year… I don’t know mentally how I was gonna be ready for that.” Carmelo Anthony on not teaming up with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the Heat. pic.twitter.com/MlyHi6O7gx -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / July 22, 2024 Dwyane Wad ..read more