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Originally Posted by octothorp
Don't know how they bungled that up so bad. Could have had a great proven coach (D'Antoni). Could have had a groundbreaking coach for great PR for the organization (Hammon). Could have had a respected, experienced, former-player coach (Cassell). Instead they went for an inexperienced PR disaster. I haven't educated myself about the accusations against Billups, but it seems totally avoidable by the organization.
It's going to get even worse if it comes out that they had decided on Billups from the beginning, which makes involving Hammon look like using her for the positive PR. Don't see how anything beyond a full reset of the coaching search (and maybe changes at the management level) walks them back from this.
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The Blazers investigated the allegation against Billups before hiring him. So did previous organizations he's worked for in the NBA.
He was never charged, or convicted of anything criminal.
Absolutely no one is aware of what the settlement was from the lawsuit and the basis behind it.
Does that mean he's guilty in the court of public opinion? Does it mean he should never work again in the NBA?
Not sure there is an easy answer here, although I confess to being uneasy that he is somehow guilty of something and now untouchable until the day he dies.