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Sources: Cavaliers Offer Chauncey Billups Deal To Lead Basketball Ops

Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert has offered ESPN NBA analyst Chauncey Billups a five-year contract to serve as the team's President of Basketball Operations, but Billups has "yet to accept," according to sources. This comes after the "second consecutive day of meetings between Gilbert and Billups" (THEATHLETIC.com, 6/21). Sources close to the Cavs "expect Billups to eventually take the job" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 6/22). But other sources indicated that Billups is "conflicted about accepting" (ESPN.com, 6/22). Billups reportedly was "meeting with powerbrokers in and around the organization during the Finals" (CLEVELAND.com, 6/22).

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