Chauncey Billups, the coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, is incredibly motivated to field a competitive defense.
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Donovan Clingan, the No. 7 pick of the 2024 NBA draft, poses for a photo with Portland Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin (left) and head coach Chauncey Billups (right) at the team’s practice facility in Tualatin, Oregon on Saturday, June 29, 2024.Sean Meagher/The Oregonian
By Aaron Fentress | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups wants so badly to put a competitive defense on the court.
But he hasn’t had the personnel to do so since arriving in Portland in 2021. Especially in the middle, most glaringly at backup center.
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