Chauncey Billups

What an offseason the Cleveland Cavaliers are having. Let’s quickly run through their greatest hits to this point: They showed general manager David Griffin the door, even though LeBron James respects him, even though that same James is a free agent in 2018, even though Griffin turned minimal assets into a viable supporting cast. Owner [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers had one job. They still have it, technically, but for how much longer, nobody knows. Their objective: Don’t do anything to ruffle LeBron James’ feathers. Simple, right? Apparently not. Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert showed general manager David Griffin, someone James held in high regard, the door shortly after the NBA Finals ended. [...]

The Cleveland Cavaliers still don’t have a replacement for David Griffin. Though they’ve offered the president of basketball operations position to Chauncey Billups, owner Dan Giblert’s first choice for the role, they have yet to hear his answer. And apparently, according to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, he has yet to intimate which way he’s leaning: [tweet [...]

The Atlanta Hawks’ search for a new general manager appears to be leading them to some expected faces. Like Chauncey Billups, among others, for instance. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: The Magic are competing with the Atlanta Hawks, who have a general manager opening. Atlanta is considering a number of candidates, including Griffin, Joe Dumars, Houston vice [...]

The Pistons are doing their best to pay homage to players for their championship caliber run from 2003 to 2008. They retired undersized, defensive and rebounding extraordinaire and fan favorite Ben Wallace in January and now they will be retiring “Mr. Big Shot” Chauncey Billups’ no. 3 jersey tonight. The Pistons played their best game [...]

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Chauncey Billups knows what we all know, but what the New York Knicks inconveniently do not know: Carmelo Anthony isn’t a vocal leader. Here’s what Melo’s former teammate had to say, per ESPN New York’s Ian Begley: Chauncey Billups, an ESPN analyst who played with Anthony for three seasons in Denver and New York, said [...]

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After a first round playoff sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs and Dwight Howard taking his talents to Houston, the Los Angeles Lakers are a team in transition and turmoil. The franchise centerpiece future Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant faces the toughest challenge of his epic career, returning from a [...]

Brandon Jennings and Rajon Rondo will not be joining the Detroit Pistons. Apparently. Team president Joe Dumars denied that the Pistons were engaged in trade talks with the Milwaukee Bucks for Jennings, a restricted free agent, and the Boston Celtics for Rondo, who is still recovering from an ACL injury. “Bogus, bogus. No conversations.” Dumars [...]