Chauncey Billups Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers | January 4, 2024

Chauncey Billups Media Availability | Portland Trail Blazers | January 4, 2024

How did you decide to have a full practice today well whatever practice you had yeah it wasn’t a full practice um cuz we got too many games but I just felt like um you know after I went home watched the game again and you know this

It was just not enough resistance for me you know and sometimes you got to get out here and practice and you got to compete and you got to challenge each other and you got to just is what it is that’s the only way out of it sometimes

You know I looked at my guys I said we got down 38 in the game and I didn’t see nobody mad that’s I don’t I I’m not that ain’t me and so I wanted to you know even if it’s that they got to be mad at me to

Compete we going to compete so we had a good day it was fun so they responded well to that I they did they did I thought they did they came out and I think for them you know they probably feel good just coming into the gym and

Getting a sweat and bumping and grinding a little bit uh um against each other and just some sheer good competition any update on Jabari nah he’s just kind of day to day was sore um just really sore but obviously he didn’t he wasn’t able to practice today where do you think the

Fight went is it just situation where it’s hard to maintain that for any2 games you’re just going to have some LS you have you have some lows in this league and um you know I think what I’ve seen when we it’s funny when we get close to our our normal roster

Um roles are start start changing and you know now guys are thinking a little bit too much about minutes and shots and rotation and and we thinking about the wrong thing just go compete and just it figures itself out you know so that and then you know it was tough to get any

Kind of Rhythm last night you know when they shoot 17 free throws in the first quarter you can never really get any kind of Rhythm everybody’s in foul trouble so it was just it was kind of an anomaly like that but In fairness that’s kind of what Dallas and Luca do to you

You know he’s he’s just that gifted and then Kyrie too so it was just a weird night um for us but I wanted to just kind of just shake just we just thinking about we just thinking too much just there nothing to think about go compete and’ll figure yourself out well the

Minutes restrictions ease up on Shaden and and an yeah I’m not sure but I think so I think so uh that all went well from yesterday and truth of the matter is we played so poorly that they didn’t even get to their number you know what I mean

So I think they’ll be far as a point guard back when you played you obviously kind of are a leader of your team do you kind of channel that motivation now as a coach yeah I try to I mean that’s that’s kind of been my thing um it’s really not

Much of a difference other than you you know it’s just a different title you just still leading I’m still Leading Men I’m Still like that teammate type person person um so it’s almost it’s it helped me to be the player and leader that I was when I stepped into

Coaching since the league went to these baseball series of two games I’ve always felt like it helps the road team to settle into a city you’re you know the second game should help you what do you think coaching in these two game series I think it’s pretty cool to be honest

With you um you do get to kind of settle in a little bit um and you get to kind of game plan versus what happened in the first game you get to see them right away again and think about what you maybe can possibly do the next game uh

Differently on both ends of the floor so I think it’s pretty cool I like that you know it’s a day in between you know um it’s not that back to back so I like it would you like to see more I wouldn’t mind I wouldn’t mind it’s pretty cool U

To me and it cuts down to travel you know especially anything to cut down travel coming from Portland bro I’m all for it no it’s true from Dallas it’s our it’s our longest FL here wow that’s crazy that’s crazy longest flight for sure and it

It’s 4 hours feels like six wow wow so you feel me yeah 100% very

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