This is not a ringing endorsement of Chauncey Billups' work.
Even if Chauncey Billups is apparently sticking around, he'll be without one of his top lieutenants on the Portland Trail Blazers ' bench., assistant coach Steve Hetzel is ditching Billups' staff to link up with new Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, after serving under Billups for all three of his lottery-bound seasons in the head gig at Portland.
Steve Hetzel will be joining Jordi Fernandez’s new Brooklyn Nets coaching staff as an assistant, sources tell ESPN. Hetzel spent the past three seasons in Portland with Chauncey Billups after stops under Steve Clifford with Orlando and Charlotte.Prior to working for Billups, Hetzel had worked with Steve Clifford on his staffs with the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets.
The Nets finished well outside the play-in tournament bracket this season under now-former interim head coach Kevin Ollie . Brooklyn went 32-50 and was the Eastern Conference's No. 11 seed. The club, which would be lottery-bound had it not offloaded its 2024 pick to the Houston Rockets as part of its ill-fated James Harden trade, is looking to return to the postseason mix under Fernandez and co. in 2024-25.
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