Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976 in Denver, Colorado) is a player for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. He played college basketball at the University of Colorado. He was recently honored by the University, the fifth of only five players to have his jersey lifted to the rafters. Drafted third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, Chauncey was traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Kenny Anderson midway through his first season. In addition to the Raptors, he has also played for the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves before finding a home in Detroit as the team's starting point guard. He was a member of the Orlando Magic due to a mid-season trade with the Nuggets but never actually played a game for them as he was on the injured list until season's end.

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Billups is co-captain of the team and helped lead the Pistons to the 2004 NBA championship, averaging 21 points per game and 5.2 assists in the NBA Finals to earn the Finals MVP Award deservedly in a team dominated by outstanding teamwork. In 2005, the Pistons lost a heartbreaking finals in seven games to the San Antonio Spurs, in which Billups would have likely been Finals MVP again had they prevailed. He also earned a spot on the 2005 NBA Second All-Defensive Team, along with teammate Tayshaun Prince, while teammate and co-captain of the Pistons Ben Wallace took home the Defensive Player of the Year Award.

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Billups is an outstanding free-throw and 3-point shooter, which has earned him the nickname "Mr. Big Shot." His favorite nickname is, "Smooth," which he said, "just sounds like Chauncey." He is a good defender and a solid playmaker, and is a feared "clutch player", who often takes and makes the last shot for his team. He is versatile enough to play shooting guard if the need arises. He is also vastly underrated and being overlooked by voters of the nba all-star game.

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Billups enjoys listening to his favorite rapper, 2pac, and also enjoys Jay-Z. He lists his favorite athlete as Magic Johnson. He is married to the former Piper Riley, and has two daughters, Cydney and Ciana.

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September 25: September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). There are 97 days remaining....

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