Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Ray Billupsis an American retired professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association. A star at the University of Colorado, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. A five-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA selection, Billups played for the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career. He won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 September 1976
CityDenver, CO
I want to win the game, don't get me wrong. But mostly, I am just trying to stay healthy. That's the most important thing right now; that and trying to lock up that home-court advantage.
Guys are definitely feeling good right now. We made it here healthy; that was our main goal. ... We're feeling great right now. I think there's a little extra pep in everybody's step today.
It's y'all who are constantly bringing it up. We have not had one conversation about that. We're not thinking about it. If we're still at this pace in March or April, then we'll start talking about it. But we're not even in January, so why are we even bringing it up?
It was a good win for us, especially coming off a tough loss to Miami. You've got to be proud of what we have done so far, but our work is far, far from over.
He wouldn't have that. That's not going to happen, unless he can't walk. And I've seen him walk.
I just put them on my back and took them to the fourth quarter, ... Then the other guys took over for me.
For me, after chasing him around the court, I wanted to make him play defense, too.
This is about life. It's about academics, it's about the things that really matter. And that's the thing I'm the most proud of.
Any time something like that happens, it just fuels our fire. Good luck other team.
It's not like a switch that I turn on (in the NBA Finals). I just want to be aggressive. The shots were going down for me.
He took himself out, but I wanted him to stay in. I wanted him to keep trying to make them. We'd get the stops on the other end. We've got each other's backs.
It's just another game, really. I mean, it's Christmas and that's a little more fun, playing a big game on TV. Other than that, it's early. I just want to be playing that team in June.
I'm so excited that our team is finally getting the credit we deserve. We've been dominating the league for a few years and not gotten the proper notoriety and attention. We've kind of come full circle with that.
That's the first time he's seen us in a tough, tough grind and seeing how we really win games, ... He'll learn more as we get in these tough grinds, he'll learn more about what we've been telling him.