Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups had a 45-minute conversation with TV commentator Lamar Hurd ahead of the upcoming 2025-26 season.

In the video, Billups discussed what excites him about the upcoming season, his growth as a coach, how coaching is bigger than basketball for him, and more:

Chauncey Billups: This year is a little different. I really do feel like this year is the beginning, if that makes sense. We went through some tough few years, some pretty lean years, but for good reason. It worked out. You know what byproducts of those tough years are? Shaedon Sharpe. And Scoot and Donovan. You get Toumani in the process of that. You get Deni in the process of that. So, those painful years worked out. You know, we got some incredible young players. And I really do just

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