thats whats been reported. Billups was born in Denver, starred at University of Colorado & played 5 seasons for the Nuggets. No way in hell? Okay, sure... STOMP
Just got done watching Chauncey and Joe's exit interview/presser. A lot of typical Joe and Chauncey talk. The most interesting thing was at the end. Joe said that he, Chauncey and Hankins have to meet with Kolde every goddamn week and that Kolde has constant input and questions about what teams they've talked with or teams that they haven't and why. Joe is being micromanaged by someone who is a glorified fan. Joe had to kiss his ass in that presser talking about all of the experience Kolde has with the team. That means that every fucking thing that is done with this roster has to include Joe kissing Kolde's ass. Wow! It will be impossible with that level of meddling for us to ever truely evaluate Joe.
when? Malone was fired 5 days ago, not 5 weeks ago. Portland has had 3 games in that time, including a road trip to Utah and back. I suppose Denver could have arranged a video interview at midnight, but again, I'm skeptical they were moving that fast. For chrissakes, they don't even have a GM right now. this rumor just isn't credible
Let me remove my online persona for a moment. Billups seems to have the team playing hard. Playing defense. Playing together. As this broadcast mentioned a few times, Billups letting his players know that they wouldn’t see the floor if they didn’t play defense. I LOVE THAT. It’s how it should be. My issue with that is that he didn’t hold everyone accountable. Sharpe sat while Ant played. I also wish he wouldn’t have valued his vets so much because as a group, they weren’t as effective as the younger guys. I also felt because of this, the team took a step back in terms of long term development. Are there worse coaches? ABSOLUTELY. Could we have found a more experienced coach? Yes. Hopefully next year we can bring in an experienced offensive coach to assist our stagnant offense. Now back to being my online miserable self
I feel like they were showcasing vets for the trade deadline but couldn't get the deal done...Joe mentioned after the deadline they had a couple deals lined up to revisit in the off season...the vets didn't gain much value and got beat up...especially Rob Williams.
yep Avdija is in 4 of the top-5; Sharpe is in 3 of the top-5; Simons, Camara, & Clingan each with 2 appearances in top-5 Ayton doesn't show up till the 10th best Ayton, Simons, & Grant each with 3 appearances in bottom 5
Hopefully that was it. My thought on this is that Chauncey wasn’t guaranteed to be back, so he would have played who he thought was going to get him wins
I think the team might be thinking about moving on from Scoot. It just really doesn’t seem like they gave him the same shot that Sharpe has gotten.
I fully believe he was instructed to showcase the vets early in hopes of increasing their value in order to move them. Is it so hard to believe that there is actually some long term thinking going on and they are committed to the youth? There is an argument to be said about giving Grant his last contract being a bad decision, as he hasn't it lived up to it at all. So maybe they knew moving him would be tough snd they were hoping Grant would come out with a bang for a short stint like last year, so they could move him for a 1st or 2? With Grants lack of value, I can see taking a shot at that to start the season, knowing we need to move him in favor of the youth, but not willing to give him up for nothing or paired with another asset of ours. My point is it seems unlikely Billups would have played them over the youth, if he was trying to win. Why? You touched on it already. The youth is already better(including Deni in that). I think its a management decision. Not a Billups one. If that is your main point of contention against Billups, I don't think its worthy of not giving him another year or two with this young core he has playing so hard for him.
Why bother asking for sourcing if, when presented with it by respected nba writers, you still dismiss it? Just jam your fingers in your ears and shake your head instead.
