"Former NBA champion and five-time All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups is interested in pursuing an NBA head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

"Billups, 43, has toyed with the idea of leading a team from the sidelines since retiring in 2014, but now it appears he’s fully invested in making the jump a reality, sources said.

"Teams have now begun the process of researching Billups’ candidacy, sources said."

via Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports

ANALYSIS: In the past, Billups expressed interest in taking a front-office job; however, it appears he's now more interested in becoming a coach. A few weeks ago, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Ty Lue had been talking with Billups about hiring him as an associate head coach.

Perhaps watching Steve Nash get hired as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets without any head-coaching experience has Billups realizing that landing a head-coaching gig of his own isn't unrealistic.