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The Detroit Pistons declined a 2014-15 team option on guard Chauncey Billups on Monday, but the veteran isn't expected to be out of work for long once he decides his next course of action.
Billups has long been assumed to be headed to a front office when his playing career finished, but he sounds undecided on whether or not he's done as an active basketball player. Meanwhile, he could have four different career paths put before him, according to a report from ESPN.
From the report:
Billups, 37, hasn't ruled out playing on for one more season, frustrated by the injuries that have plagued him the past two seasons and not exactly eager to go out that way. But he has multiple options to consider, with opportunities looming in coaching, management or television.
The working assumption for some time has been that Billups prefers to move into the front office when he's done playing. Yet as ESPN.com reported early last month, new Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders would love to add Billups to his staff as an assistant and potentially groom him to take over down the road as Wolves head coach.
Let's recap: Remain a player, join a coaching staff, go the front office route or join a TV station. Chauncey Billups, it seems, won't be away from the game long if he decides to retire.
