The closest facsimile to Billups in recent memory is Nash in Brooklyn last year. On his staff, he had MDA/Vaughn who had prior head coaching experience, and Udoka/Ott/Ivey who all had multiple years as assistants. Even with that, there were times when it seemed like Nash was lacking some of the game flow aspects (when to call timeouts, clock management, working the refs, etc etc). This is why I liked the Brooks hire, but we need at least one more assistant with more experience.
When Kerr first got the head job in golden state he had multiple assistants with zero coaching experience in the NBA on his staff.
yes, cuz i was out with pitchforks and a torch ready to bawl my eyes out about the hire. where the hell did you get "cry" from? good lord, man.
heres a thought blazers hired a woman as an assistant coach due to backlash for not hiring another woman (becky hammon), but also to ease the chauncey billups backlash to understand me completely, im not saying shes being hired just cause shes a woman (i have no doubt that shes qualified), but it had to be a woman
She isn’t in charge of the Xs and Os so hard to place responsibility on her and tbh her player development is rather limited due to quality of athlete she receives. Cant turn a turd into a diamond as they say
A link to her bio at University of Maine. A little easier read then Wiki. I would say second to last paragraph the most important. https://goblackbears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/edniesha-curry/611
Glad to see Chauncey getting his team set...Welcome to Portland coach Curry! I'll be cheering and you're going to love the city, roster and fans! Go Blazers! Now we're cookin'!
just to be clear, im not against this move but i guess those fuckheads on twitter and blazers edge will be happy now
no they won’t. They will run with the “this is a PR move” angle. Nothing is more predictable. But also, who gives a fuck what they think or feel?
Why do we have to read so much into everything? Why can't this just be a coach hiring an assistant that he has faith in and wants to hire?