Portland Path Blazers coach Chauncey Billups will miss the following two video games to be with household following the loss of life of his grandmother, the franchise introduced Thursday.
Mattie Billups was 90 years outdated.
Billups thanked his grandmother throughout his Corridor of Fame induction speech in October. He credited her phrases with inspiring him to succeed. Her grandmother, Billups mentioned, wished to see the household identify turn into identified for its greatness.
“She at all times informed me she wished somebody to return into our household and alter the best way our identify was perceived and revered,” Billups recalled. “And thru basketball, I used to be in a position to get my identify on the market everywhere in the world. And I am very grateful and grateful for that.
Assistant coach Nate Bjorkgen will function head coach till Billups returns.
The Blazers host the Utah Jazz on Thursday evening, adopted by the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.
Billups might return for Monday evening’s recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers.
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