Team Note: Ayton has been on the team s flights several times; late in training, Billups is powerless to do anything about this

July 1: A day after the Trail Blazers reached a buyout agreement with center Ayton, the team reporter of TheAthletic, Jason Quick, posted a message to review some details of Ayton on the team, and the following is some of the content. There is a motto in the office of Chauncey Billups: "You can have bad performances, but you can't have bad attitudes." It's hard to say that Ayton has nothing to do with this sentence. However, in the end, the team still couldn't tolerate Ayton's attitude problem.

According to team sources, Ayton is often late, misses team flights and training, and is also absent from rehabilitation appointments. Fans saw him angrily throwing his chair when he was replaced. Sources also said he had lost his temper in the locker room when he was replaced for poor performance.

Quick pointed out that Ayton's talent is unquestionable, and he can provide good output on the field, but in the end, his lack of self-awareness becomes a fatal flaw. After Ayton joined, Billups believed that he could instill "some professional ethics, humility and professionalism" to him. But among a group of young players who are still forming habits, the Trail Blazers concluded that Ayton's "bad attitude" doesn't match the team's future.

Now, with the rebuilding of the Trail Blazers, it is clear that the team believes Billups can't change Ayton. So the Trail Blazers did something that many teams were reluctant to do: admit their mistakes and cut off contact. It is reported that Ayton gave up $10 million in the buyout.