Chauncey Billups could have been the Timberwolves’ coach, and declined (Ball Don’t Lie)
Around the time Chauncey Billups led the Detroit Pistons to the 2004 NBA title, because he was a heady point guard and because this is the NBA, he was unofficially anointed as The NBA's Next Great Coach. Billups, who was the lead guard on a Pistons team that would make the next four Eastern Conference finals following that championship, parlayed his knack for getting everything right into a lasting NBA career that ended last season at age 37. Chauncey's lain low since then, but according to a report from the Denver Post , the 2004 Finals MVP could have had a choice seat on the Minnesota Timberwolves bench this season, with the assurance that he'd be able to lead those same Timberwolves as head coach starting in 2015-16. One problem. The Timberwolves were expected to have the NBA's worst record this season by most prior to the campaign, and they'll finish 2014-15 with that designation. Billups didn't want to be the scapegoat for that expecting lashing. From Mark Kiszla at the Denver Post : If his goal was the daunting task of coaching a bad NBA team, Billups told me Tuesday he could already be set as the lead man on the Minnesota bench for next season. Flip Saunders tried to entice...
The above link leads to an external page. Warriors Central has no control over its contents.
Trending News
-
Yahoo! Sports • March 26
-
Yahoo! Sports • March 27
-
For The Win • March 27
-
ESPN • March 27
-
ESPN • 19 hrs
-
San Francisco Chronicle • March 27