News about Chauncey Billups

Ayton, 25, addressed the obstacles he encountered when he first arrived in Portland earlier this season and how they have molded him to average 29 points and 16.8 rebounds over his last four games. I got all the money in the world, but at the same time, some of this is just inhumane, where money doesn't matter, just having people and the assistance you need,' Ayton told Oregon Live, first week. The Trail Blazers center has scored 20 points and collected ten rebounds in six of his last seven outings. In their seventh game, Ayton had 12 points and six rebounds before being forced to leave the court in the second half due to a wrist injury.

Vince Carter, Chauncey Billups, and Seimone Augustus, a WNBA legend, were selected among the 14 finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this year. Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Michael Cooper, former Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan, and three others were also nominated, including former Los Angeles Lakers guard Walter Davis, former Milwaukee coach Bo Ryan, and three others as contributors - former Los Angeles City and coach Doug Collins, Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon, and NBA legend Jerry West, who was enshrined as a player in 1980. Charles Smith, the winning high school head coach in Louisiana; former Kansas coach Marian Washington; Australian guard Michele Timms; three-time NAIA champion at Tennessee A&I Dick Barnett; and six-time AAU champion coach Harley Redin were among the finalists.

According to reports, the Portland Trail Blazers are set to file a protest to the NBA challenging the result of their tumultuous loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On Tuesday night, Portland lost by 111-109 to Oklahoma, with small forward Jalen Williams taking the game for the hosts in the final two seconds at Paycom Center. Yet the Trail Blazers have held a rare rally in the league after being left furious with a double-dribble call on guard Malcolm Brogdon with 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, according to ESPN.

Victor Wembanyama, France's top export, is poised to replace wine as France's top export, a 7-foot-4 basketball sensation. He's athletic, skilled, vast, and yet only 19, so the winning team will undoubtedly be considered very lucky as the league selects its first pick on Tuesday night in New York. It's either way or not Wembanyama will feel the same way. The 14 teams in Tuesday's lottery aren't all positive, and that's by design. The lottery is supposed to enhance the league's bottom feeders by (slightly) deterring them from tanking their seasons in an attempt to land a top talent in the draft, such as Wembanyama. Mail Online's preview of Wembanyama's 14 future teams, how he'd fit, and what these clubs need to do to attract the NBA's most coveted prospect in a generation.

It's called The World's Most Popular Arena, but Madison Square Garden has been more renowned than ever in the 21st century, a place where celebrity athletes routinely fail to impress, and teaching careers go to die. The Manhattan arena's tenants haven't even sniffed a title this millennium, despite the New York Rangers' Stanley Cup Finals loss in 2014. Although New York has had some success on the track, the hardwood has been much crueler, as the Knicks have won only three playoff series since being in the NBA Finals in 1999. But now, with the support of some new blood, the Knicks and Rangers are giving irritated fans a reason to be excited about visiting Madison Square Garden for the first time in years.