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
The regular season got us the home court throughout the playoffs, and that was our goal. Now it's time to get down to business.
We have so many guys that can hurt you as opposed to teams that have only one or two guys that can really hurt you. You can adjust your defense to stop one or two guys. YOu can't do that when you play us. We have too many options.
We're still a long way away from 72. If we're close in March, come talk to me then.
Their trigger might be a little quicker with us than everybody else because of our reputation. We're not just going to let you do whatever you want and not say anything. We're vocal.
For whatever reason, we feel like we can just kind of coast to the finish line and not do what we've done all season, to be looked at as the best team. We're getting away a little bit from what we do. Guys are, unfortunately, looking too far ahead to the playoffs.
I think that for whatever reason we think that we can coast to the finish line, and not do what we have done all season. We are getting away from what we do, and guys are looking too far ahead to the playoffs. We have to do the things that we have always done. Teams aren't just going to lay down for us.
It was crazy, crazy. I can't really say too much, honestly. After the game, I've got to talk about what happened. I wish we had something where the refs had to do that, where they had to explain what happened.
They turned it on a little bit, but we settled down a little bit.
They fought. I give them a lot of credit. We had to grind it out.
That's crazy, man. I can't even fathom that. That's crazy.
That's just crazy. I can't even fathom that. Wow.
No disrespect to anybody, but it's always fun to play the other elite teams in the league. It makes a difference.
I think we'll be a lot better offensively. Defensively, we could be as good. But when you play a faster-paced game, naturally, that other team is going to score a couple more points.
He's played a lot of years and not gotten to the Finals yet, where he wants to be.