The Trail Blazers are shaking up Chauncey Billups’ coaching staff. They are not renewing the contracts of lead assistant Scott Brooks or Chauncey’s younger brother Rodney Billups, Aaron Fentress of the Oregonian reports. They now have three vacancies on the staff, since Steve Hetzel recently departed to join the staff of new Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez.
We have more on the Northwest Division:
- Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards torched Denver’s defense for 43 points in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday. Edwards received good news from the NBA on Sunday, as the technical he was assessed during the third quarter has been rescinded by the league, Dave McMenamin of ESPN tweets. Edwards was given the tech for staring down Reggie Jackson.
- The Thunder–Mavericks series begins on Tuesday and Thunder beat writer Ryan Stiles believes the Oklahoma City’s bench could be a deciding factor. They can call on Cason Wallace, Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, Gordon Hayward and Kenrich Williams to provide an impact,
- In another piece from Stiles, he explores six other storylines to watch in the Thunder–Mavericks series.
fire Chauncey
I’m sure the league was still happy with the karate chop to Edward’s arms that wasn’t a foul. Can’t foul players on a team that basically didn’t exist until they won five straight playoff games.
The refs have been terrible all around this offseason. They still just overprotect certain players, but don’t watch the game in front of them. It’s not just against the wolves. A lot of tipping the scales is being done, but thankfully some teams manage to outplay the refs DraftKings bets.
Gordo is X factor ?