Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic throughout an interview with Klix.ba in Bosnia said he would leave Portland if Damian Lillard were traded.On Sunday, a Yahoo Sports report stated that the unfavorable response to the Blazers employing coach Chauncey Billups, implicated of rape in 1997, and the groups failure to build a competitor around Lillard, might cause him to look for to leave the Blazers. The Blazers have until August to select up the team option or pay Nurkic $4 million, enabling him to end up being a complimentary agent.Billups will be introduced as the new coach at midday Tuesday and has apparently signed a five-year contract, with four years guaranteed and a club option for the fifth year.Lillard has gotten some blowback from fans distressed that the Blazers are hiring Billups, named by Lillard as one of 2 candidates he wanted quickly after the team and Terry Stotts agreed to part ways on June. In 2000, Billups and 2 other males settled a civil suit filed by their accuser.After the Blazers season-ending loss to Denver in Game 6 of a first-round playoff series, Nurkic revealed his annoyance with his function on the team and was noncommittal when asked if he anticipated to return next season.