The Blazers could also decide to let Billups walk and hire a new coach. But that would disrupt the continuity built to this point. If the Blazers were going to make such a decision, it would have been more logical to do so last offseason, rather than entrust Billups to develop the team for another coach to take over.

Trail Blazers rookie Donovan Clingan reached a new career high on Monday, and earned a bit of praise from coach Chauncey Billups afterward.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups‘s future is uncertain. In the final guaranteed season of his contract, Billups is enduring a fourth consecutive losing season while again juggling a roster short on winning pieces.