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The enormous backlash from the Portland Trail Blazers‘ process to hire a new coach and his concerns on whether a championship contender can be built have become factors that may push the franchise player — Damian Lillard — out the door, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Lillard has remained loyal to Portland in large part due to the tremendous fan base. But over the last few days, he’s seen some of those same fans attacking him on social media for a pending coaching hire he played no… Source link

Chauncey Billups will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images) The Portland Trail Blazers are in on Chauncey Billups. The Blazers will hire Billups their next head coach, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Billups, an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers, will take over for Terry Stotts in Portland after his departure earlier this month. The Blazers officially offered Billups the job on Friday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, with a negotiations for… Source link

Damian Lillard’s top preference to become the next head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers is Los Angeles Lakers assistant Jason Kidd. “Jason Kidd is the guy I want,” Lillard told Yahoo Sports on Friday night. Lillard intends to have significant input on the next hire, sources said. The Trail Blazers and Terry Stotts parted ways on Friday, opening up a coaching vacancy that has been occupied for nine seasons. The move was proceeded by a first-round exit issued by a depleted Denver… Source link

The Portland Trail Blazers will look for a new coach after their first-round exit. The Blazers agreed to part ways with head coach Terry Stotts on Friday, sources told Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes. Stotts’ exit ends a nine-season tenure in Portland, in which the Blazers reached the playoffs eight times. Five of those playoff berths ended in the first round, though, including the last two trips. The Blazers’ most recent exit came on Thursday, with the team falling to the Denver… Source link

The 76ers completed the third blowout win of the day on Saturday with their victory against the Wizards. (Rob Carr/Getty Images) Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Saturday’s games. The Philadelphia 76ers are now just one game away from advancing to the next round. The 76ers cruised to a dominant 132-103 win over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on Saturday night to… Source link

Damian Lillard certainly came to play early on Monday night at Ball Arena. His hot start, however, didn’t carry over into the second half — and the Portland Trail Blazers paid the price. The Denver Nuggets, behind a 38 point night from Nikola Jokic, powered past the Trail Blazers to grab a 128-109 win in Game 2 and even up their opening-round playoff series 1-1. “That right there was a playoff game, for both teams,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said, . “The intensity, you had two… Source link

On this week’s episode of the “Posted Up with Chris Haynes” podcast, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love revealed that it would be “special” if he had the chance to play for his hometown NBA team: the Portland Trail Blazers. “Who wouldn’t want to play with Dame Lillard, first of all,” Love said on “Posted Up.” “Dame, he’s special. He’s amazing. I claim Portland when they ask me where I’m from. It’s where I spent all of my formative years. I grew up in… Source link

Carmelo Anthony did not travel with the Portland Trail Blazers to Los Angeles on Sunday due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, the team announced. Portland is set to take on both the Lakers and the Clippers on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, this week — both games that Anthony will now likely miss. The “health and safety protocols” designation is used throughout the league for players who either have contracted COVID-19 or have come into contact with someone who has tested… Source link

Even when pushing for a trade, James Harden can drop numbers like no one else. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) It’s hard to say what the on-court expectations are for a player making his debut after several weeks of trying to force his way out of an organization while openly partying at clubs during a pandemic, but it seems safe to declare that James Harden exceeded them in the Houston Rockets’ season opener. The Rockets star dropped 44 points and 17 assists in his first game with… Source link

Report: Celtics trade Enes Kanter to Blazers originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Enes Kanter’s time with the Boston Celtics has come to an end. A day after Kanter exercised his $5 million player option, Boston traded the big man to the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team deal also involving the Memphis Grizzlies, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Grizzlies will receive Mario Hezonjia and 30th overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, Desmond Bane. The C’s will get a future Memphis draft… Source link