The Trail Blazers will reportedly sign Chauncey Billups to a five-year deal to become the franchise's next head coach.
The Trail Blazers have come to an agreement with Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups to become the franchise's new head coach, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The contract is a five-year deal with a team option in the fifth year, Wojnarowski reports. A news conference is scheduled for Tuesday to make the official announcement, per ESPN.
The Athletic's Shams Charania was the first to report the hire on Friday.
Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes reported earlier on Sunday that star point guard Damian Lillard may be on the way out of Portland because of the backlash the team faced for the reported hire.
Lillard was reportedly not involved in the coaching search and has grown frustrated with the team's inability to build a championship-contending team, according to Yahoo Sports. None of the finalists involved in the search were recommendations of Lillard's and he was unaware of Billups's sexual assault allegations from 1997 even though the two have a relationship, per the report.
Billups is in the midst of his first season as an NBA assistant with the Clippers and has never held a head coaching position. His season may be over as soon as Monday with it being an elimination game, however. The Clippers are down 3–1 against the Suns in the Western Conference Finals.
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