Basketball legend Bill Walton, who led the UCLA Bruins to two national titles before winning two championships during his NBA career, has died at the age of 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Walton died Monday while surrounded by his loved ones, his family said in a statement released by the NBA.

"Bill Walton was truly one of a kind," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

The NBA held its 2024 draft lottery in Chicago on Sunday with the Atlanta Hawks winning the top overall pick. The Hawks entered the lottery with just a three percent chance of securing the top pick.

Opposing NBA teams are monitoring head coach Chauncey Billups' situation with the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated.

Billups is entering the final year of his guaranteed four-year deal.

The team announced that they would not renew assistants Scott Brooks and Rodney Billups' contracts. 

The Portland Trail Blazers will not renew the contracts of assistant coaches Scott Brooks or Rodney Billups, sources told Aaron Fentress of The Oregonian.

Brooks was Chauncey Billups' top assistant, with Rodney Billups responsible for development and defense.

Steve Hetzel also left the Blazers bench for the Nets in late April.

The team plans to fill all three positions.

The Brooklyn Nets will hire Steve Hetzel as an assistant coach on the staff of Jordi Hernandez.

Hetzel has spent the past three seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers under Chauncey Billups. Hetzel previously worked under Steve Clifford. 

The Portland Trail Blazers signed wing Taze Moore. Moore will play in the Trail Blazers regular season finale on Sunday.

Moore was previously with Portland on a 10-day contract in late January. He appeared in three NBA games.

The 6-foot-5 wing spent most of the season with the Rip City Remix of the G League, after starting the season with the Texas Legends. In 41 total G League games, Moore averaged 12.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.4 steals.

Portland Trail Blazers rookie Toumani Camara will miss the remainder of the season due to a broken rib and kidney laceration. Camara was injured in the Blazers loss at the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

Camara remained in Atlanta but has since been released. He'll travel back to Portland soon, but will miss the remainder of the season.

Camara started 49 of his 70 games for the Trail Blazers as a rookie. The rookie forward averaged 7.5 points and 4.9 rebounds. Portland acquired Camara ahead of the season from the Phoenix Suns in the three-team trade that sent Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Portland Trail Blazers have had some miserable injury luck this season, especially at the guard/wing position. That may be turning around, as the season heads down the stretch.

Shaedon Sharpe, who has been out since mid-January after a core muscle injury, is nearing a return. Sharpe will join the Rip City Remix of the G League for some practices, as he ramps up his conditioning toward a return.

Sharpe has already missed 39 games this season, after missing only two in his rookie year. In his sophomore season, Sharpe has averaged 15.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 33.1 minutes per game. The 6-foot-6 wing has also started in 25 of the 32 games he's played.

Deandre Ayton left the Portland Trail Blazers' loss to the Miami Heat on Tuesday with a sprained hand.

X-rays returned negative.

"I think there will be some further testing because he was in quite a bit of pain. I thought (Ayton) dominated that first half. Offensively, defensively, he dominated the game," said Chauncey Billups after the game.

Ayton, who suffered the injury in the first quarter but didn't leave the game until halftime, finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The Portland Trail Blazers have agreed to sign Ashton Hagans to a Two-Way contract.

In 15 games this season in the G League, Hagans is averaging 15.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 9.1 assists.

Hagans is represented by Daniel Hazan.