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
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.
It's just always fun to play against this team and the other top teams in the league. That's really the only motivation you've got.
It seems like whenever the odds are against us like that, we always come out and respond.
It's as simple as our new system allowing us to play up and down a lot more. If you're open, you're supposed to shoot the ball in this offense.
It's a big difference. You get used to playing a certain way. We'll be fine, but it takes away some of the great things we do.
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.
It was really an ugly game. We missed so many lay-ups. But when you're a good team, you win ugly games.
It took us a while, but we got it going. It's tough when you haven't played in a week.
It takes a while -- a long time, because we have so many different sets, options. It's not just the regular old sets that every NBA team runs. We run a lot of stuff. It's kind of complicated.
It went kind of down hill. They got some confidence going and got back into the game. They came out victorious.
They called the same thing that got Rip thrown out of the game. They called the same exact thing, same ref. I don't understand.
That fueled our fire more than anything. That made us come back in training camp in great shape with one goal, and that was to get home-court advantage.
That guy, he's playing great. He's back to his old self again. I'm sure you all could see that. I'm happy for him, I'm happy that he's on my team, too. I just hope he stays playing with that same confidence coming down the stretch into the playoffs.
That is something that you play for, to be recognized as one of the best. I've felt like I've played like that for a couple of years now and it's nice to finally get that validation.