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Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Billups is the current Head Coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, a position he took up in June 2021. Previously, he served as an Assistant Coach for the Los Angeles Clippers from 2020 to 2021. Billups enjoyed a distinguished 17-season playing career in the NBA, most notably with the Detroit Pistons, where he secured the 2004 NBA Championship and was named Finals MVP. A five-time NBA All-Star, he earned the moniker "Mr. Big Shot" for his clutch performances. His coaching responsibilities include developing young talent and overseeing the team’s rebuilding efforts. He was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024.
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NBA tweaks its injury reporting rules, still wants changes to prop betting

Move comes about two months after arrests of Miami guard Terry Rozier and Portland coach Chauncey Billups on separate gambling-related charges.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case

Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen faces great expectations in Portland, back home

The 20-year-old faces inevitable comparisons to NBA legend Yao Ming and will be brought in slowly, but he is ‘right there in the mix’.

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