The Blazers could also decide to let Billups walk and hire a new coach. But that would disrupt the continuity built to this point. If the Blazers were going to make such a decision, it would have been more logical to do so last offseason, rather than entrust Billups to develop the team for another coach to take over.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups‘s future is uncertain. In the final guaranteed season of his contract, Billups is enduring a fourth consecutive losing season while again juggling a roster short on winning pieces.