CHAUNCEY BILLUPS

Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball at the University of Colorado, where he was honored in 2004 as the fifth player to have his jersey, number 4, retired. He was the 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

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Will Hill and Billups Receive Hall Passes?

via fanhouse.com ( 58 Days ago )
Filed under: Nuggets, Pistons, SunsDENVER -- Even though he is a small forward, Phoenix's Grant Hill found himself guarding Denver point guard Chauncey Billups late in Saturday's game at the Pepsi Center. The score was close so there was little time for banter. But perhaps some day late in the next decade Hill and Billups will run into each other at Kinko's while touching up their [...]

Nuggets erase 17-point hole, beat Suns 105-99

via washingtonpost.com ( 58 Days ago )
DENVER -- Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points and Chauncey Billups shook off an awful first half to lead the Denver Nuggets past the Phoenix Suns 105-99 Saturday night.

Ty Lawson Shows Glimmer of What Could Be a Bright Star Rising in Denver

via bleacherreport.com ( 107 Days ago )
Friday night, Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony both sat due to George Karl’s decision, likely to get his biggest stars some rest with the regular season’s start looming this Wednesday against the Jazz in Denver. But with the stars sitting, it gave the backups an opportunity to shine—and rookie Ty Lawson grabbed his chance and ran with an amazing 29-point performance against [...]

Top 50: Chauncey Billups, no. 19

via slamonline.com ( 129 Days ago )
by Russ Bengtson Fifty-one games. That’s the chance Chauncey Billups got with the Boston Celtics after being selected with the third overall pick of the 1997 NBA Draft. Larry Bird and Kevin McHale weren’t walking through that door, neither was Tim Duncan, and Rick Pitino was so caught up in what Billups wasn’t that he didn’t bother finding out what he was. By February of [...]

Stuckey Hopes to Be Detroit's Leader

via fanhouse.com ( 186 Days ago )
by Matt WatsonFiled under: PistonsThe Detroit Pistons were a miserable team to watch last season, winning 20 fewer games than the year before while slipping from perennial contender to eighth-seeded afterthought. It's easy to find scapegoats for what went wrong -- Joe Dumars, for trading Chauncey Billups; Allen Iverson, for not being Billups; Rip Hamilton, for not swallowing his [...]

Week of Change For Detroit Pistons

via bleacherreport.com ( 220 Days ago )
After a lackluster season that saw the Detroit Pistons fall in the first round of the playoffs, they needed to make some changes. After the Chauncey Billups/Allen Iverson trade, the Pistons were left with plenty of cap space and because of their early playoff exit, they ended up with the 15th pick in the NBA Draft. With these things in place, General Manager Joe Dumars spent [...]

NBA Talk: Plans Change In Detroit With Villanueva and Gordon Added

via mvn.com ( 221 Days ago )
We all remember the heartbreaking move for Detroit when they sent Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets while Detroit brought in Allen Iverson. It wasn't good for the Pistons as they got destroyed in the playoffs. Then here they are with Iverson gone and Rasheed Wallace aging a bit. And Richard "Rip" Hamilton can't do everything by himself. How can Detroit survive? I'll tell you [...]

Ben Gordon, Villanueva Visit Detroit

via fanhouse.com ( 223 Days ago )
by Tom ZillerFiled under: Bucks, Bulls, Pistons, NBA RumorsThe Pistons have been tied to Bulls gunner Ben Gordon for ages, it seems, with pundits constantly bickering about how little or much sense a pairing made. Detroit, after all, traded All-World champ Chauncey Billups precisely to free up time for buckin' Rodney Stuckey while also inking former All-Star Rip Hamilton to an extension.The [...]

Michael Curry: He Gone!

via slamonline.com ( 224 Days ago )
by Ryne Nelson Was it really this easy for the Pistons to get this confused about its identity — to question whether it should rebuild or reload? They’ve finger-pointed for nearly an entire season. They pointed at Allen Iverson and then Chauncey Billups with his tremendous success in Denver. They pointed a finger at the architect of the ‘04 championship squad, Joe [...]

Scott Howard-Cooper: Competence good enough for PGs on title teams

via cnn.com ( 236 Days ago )
Derrick Rose was Rookie of the Year. Chauncey Billups was a hero in Denver. Jameer Nelson and Mo Williams were difference makers in the East. Aaron Brooks almost changed history. Point guards also are expected to dominate the first 10 or 12 picks in the draft next week.