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
coach flip
I like Flip because Flip is an offensive-minded coach,
coach deal imagine worry
That's crazy, man, crazy. I never thought that it would get like that. I can't imagine going through that, having to deal with that as a coach and a player. But for us, we don't worry about that. We just worry about us.
anybody career coaching extremely fights guys hard larry life loves martin needs plays rookies stage though time veteran wars
Even though (Brown) loves the rookies he has - because they play extremely hard and he loves anybody who plays hard and plays right - he is at the stage of his coaching career and life where he needs veteran players. Larry loves guys who have been in fights and wars and know what to do every time they're out on the court. That's why I think he'd love to get a guy like Kenyon Martin .
coach excited extra feels filled help kids left lots loud patton program remember
I remember before I left we had the program really rocking. It was loud when there was a lot of kids in the building. When you've got kids in there it makes it extra loud. Even if it's not filled to capacity, it feels like it because they're just so excited to be there. So, I thought what better way to try to help Coach Patton and the program out than to have lots of kids in the building?
career coaching needs push stage step time veterans work
I still think they'll be all right. I don't know how it will work out this year. But they've all got to be patient. I think he will push to get more veterans in. Right now, at this stage of his coaching career and life, he needs veterans who have been in the grind, who have been in the wars, who know how to play and what to do every time they step on the floor.
both came coach couple definitely dominate game grown happy marriage medium perfect playing sacrificed score since struggles understand waiting
You know what I mean, just waiting to collide. There were some struggles in my first couple of months. There were definitely some struggles with Coach Brown. But we both sacrificed a lot. We came to a happy medium and it's been a perfect marriage ever since then. My game has definitely grown playing for Coach Brown. I think I look at the game in a different light. I understand that I can dominate a game now without having to score as much as I usually do on most nights.
anytime best coming league sure team
I'm sure they get up to play us. Anytime you have the best team in the league coming into your building, you know that's the case.
expect good might prone sure
I'm sure he was probably a little frustrated. When you're a good team, you expect to win, and when you don't, you do something you might not be prone to doing.
bad knew players struggle work
I knew it would be tough. I didn't know it would be this tough. I didn't know they would struggle this bad with the players that they have ... I don't know how it's going to work out this year, but they're going to be all right. They've just got to be patient.
bad few friendly great half knew players season struggle talent
I knew it was going to be tough. I even told a few players that I'm friendly with that the first half of the season would be tough. Just getting to know what (Larry) likes, getting used to how he coaches. But I didn't know it was going to be this tough. I didn't know they'd struggle this bad with the players they have. They've got some great talent on that team.
games playing win
I like games like this much better than the ones we win by 10, 15 or 20 points. I don't like playing games like that.
bench doubt great guys played
The bench was big, no doubt about it. All those guys played great tonight. We're going to need that from them in the playoffs.
camp fire fueled great shape training
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.
coming confidence happy hope playing self stays stretch sure
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.