Billups’ second year
Chauncey Billups is a coach who values holding his players accountable and instilling discipline. He was a Finals MVP for a reason and has mentored a lot of point guards in today’s game. Billups has begun to establish his culture in Portland, and with the spending spree that the front office just financed, things are expected to have a different outcome moving forward.
Billups has a gift of being able to communicate to his team with genuineness as he mentors them in a positive way. The players have access to one of the best basketball minds in the game and they would be wise to take advantage. Billups can relate to these players because he himself has experienced the grind and rigors of the NBA, knows how to win and has a golden opportunity to teach and mold one of the game’s brightest stars in Lillard.
Players respect coaches who have done it at the highest level and Billups will attempt to get the Blazers there by shaping the defense and improving team continuity. There also have been rumors that Billups could be changing the entire offense altogether. He has the ability to pull it off with a lineup full of versatile and athletic players as they could also transition and explore using the big man in the post more often.