5-time all-critical person guard Chauncey Billups is excited by turning into an NBA head coach, in step with Yahoo Sports actions’ Chris Haynes.
The 43-yr-vulnerable Billups retired from the NBA in 2014. In 2017, he had been in talks about turning into the Cavaliers’ GM however sooner or later withdrew from the hunt. Earlier than interviewing with the Cavs, he had also interviewed for Atlanta’s GM opening in Could perchance well also merely 2017.
In line with Yahoo Sports actions, teams around the league hang began the strategy of researching Billups’ candidacy as a coach.
Following the Nets’ resolution to hire Steve Nash on Thursday morning, there are at mark head teaching openings in Philadelphia, Novel Orleans, Indiana and Chicago.
Strive the most contemporary news and notes from around the NBA:
- Nets assistant coach Jacque Vaughn modified into once the fully other known candidate to interview for Brooklyn’s head coach job earlier than Nash modified into once employed. (Marc Stein, The Novel York Times)
- Nash sought out Dirk Nowitzki to gauge his ardour to coming to Brooklyn as an assistant coach, however Nowitzki is now now not at mark attempting to come serve to the game full-time. (Marc Stein, The Novel York Times)
- There might possibly be mutual ardour between the 76ers and present Clippers assistant coach Ty Lue. (Chris Mannix, Sports actions Illustrated)
- Most modern Nets and extinct Celtics guard Kyrie Irving told Jayson Tatum to embrace his critical person characteristic earlier than heading to the Nets. (Shams Charania, The Athletic)
- Former Suns, and present Fenerbahce coach Igor Kokoskov acknowledged he’d still be teaching in Phoenix if the club had draft Luka Doncic in 2018. (Socrates Journal)
