Chauncey Billups Media Availability | February 22 | Portland Trail Blazers
How did practice go today guys kind of getting back into Rhythm kind of yeah yeah it was good we had a good it was good practice today um got up and down scrimmaged and yeah they got the guys got after it it was fine yeah it was fun did
Everybody who isn’t already like out with an injury make it through okay um yeah yeah everybody pretty much made it through Ashton hains um great news on that front too I know he’s excited how you feel about it yeah I’m I’m you know I I was happy with how he played you
Know during his 10day uh his opportunity I mean he’s he’s just a scrappy guy he’s a he’s a you know actual like real point guard he’s out there trying to make plays for everybody picking the ball Up full CT pushing the ball on the other
End um yeah he did a good job I did a good job and I just feel like you know um I I just I just said this yesterday I love to see people get what they deserve you know um he’s played well for us in
The remix and he he’s been a stap and driving force for them and to get this opportunity I think is great how’s this Comfort level coming along now been with the team for a couple of weeks Aston yeah I think it’s good I think it’s good I mean we
Uh you know the the the benefit of him playing for the remix is that we run the same plays and so he should understand our Concepts and principles and things so I think that actually gives you more confidence you know to step right in so he’s the type of guy that he’s never
Going to back down from anybody anyway so he’s the moment’s not going to be too big for him you know cuz he’s so I think he’s I think he was good co you play the this next couple months of the season the same way as you played the first
Couple months of the Season as in like does anything change after y allar break do you look to the young guys more or anything like that or is it just you keep playing it the way you no I think you just keep playing we we we’re just
Trying to we’re still in that position where we’re just trying to work our habits man you know um you know a couple areas that that I spoke to our team about today is just our pace and our passing you know we haven’t been able to to get a consistent you know um have
Some real consistency with our Pace All Season you know so many people are in or out or boom and um and I think when scoot is out there obviously is our best Pace because that’s just what he does so we got to just get to a point where no
Matter who’s out there you know we’re playing the same way and then defensively um our transition defense has just been poor and there’s a lot of reasons why I mean turnovers poor shots people get out on you and go um and it’s our defensive rebounding
You know it’s been a problem for us I mean we play Denver tomorrow I think when we played in that little two game series in Denver I think they have 40 Second Chance points on us man you know and we played really good in those games but you can’t we we’re not good
Enough to absorb that you know um they’re hard enough to guard on their first chance you giving them offensive rebounds too it’s it’s just it’s a nightmare so those are a few areas that I feel like you know we want to just continue to work on um throughout the
Rest of the season how much you hoping for just some normaly some stability roster wise you going to have every day coming Sean ask you who Point that’s become like a uh a normal thing that I that I hate you know um but that would be awesome you
Know for us to be able to get some stability uh with with our roster and with who’s playing you know um I think there’s been some times this year when we have had guys consistently and man we start playing so much better you know um and then bam this guy’s out that guy’s
Out you just never know so I would love that I would love that that that would be a lot of fun um for us as we you know as we continue to keep trying to build how much has Shay been able to do it see out there a little bit doing some yeah
Nothing nothing he hasn’t been he’s stand still shooting uh but nothing really nothing really is he I know I’m asking to play doctor is he progressing at all differently than other people who’ve had this surgery recently for the blers I think he’s doing good I don’t I don’t know basing him against everybody
Else but he is doing good um and he’s feeling much better he’s he’s feeling he’s starting to get stronger so I think we’ve been happy with where he’s at and he wants to play this year oh he does yeah he wants to play bad so and I want
Him to play bad you know so uh we’ll see how that works out is the Hope still at assuming there are no setbacks with it that before the end of the season he’ll be able to get back out there I hope yeah that is the hope that is the hope I’m definitely hoping
So
Coach Billups speaks to the media before the Trail Blazers begin the second half of the season vs. Denver.
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