Chauncey Billups
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"Chauncey Ray Billups" is a retired American professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A star at the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball/University of Colorado, he was chosen third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. A five-time List of NBA All-Stars/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, Los Angeles Clippers and Team USA. He won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals/Finals, and was given the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for making late-game shots with Detroit.

In 2004, Billups was honored by the University of Colorado by being the fifth player to have his jersey (number 4) retired. The Coors Events Center also has a large mural of Billups in the northeast corner of the arena as part of his "Chauncey's Kid Roundup" program.

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Larry beat him up too much.

Larry beat him up too much. He tore the kid's confidence apart too much, and it was tough for him to recover.

I am definitely going to miss him.

We're just tough, man.

Our defense is going to stay the same. Teams might score a few more points because we might play a little bit at a faster pace, but our defense will remain one or two in the league.

Milicic created a brief fi restorm midway through last season when he griped publicly about his endof-the-bench status. A meeting among Milicic, Brown and president of basketball operations Joe Dumars eased those tensions, but Billups revealed that Milicic remained sullen and frustrated by Brown's constant rebukes.

[But if that were to happen,] my teammates would not enjoy playing with me, ... They would think I am a selfish player, and I would rather not have them think of me that way.

We go back to the hotel instead of to the airplane.

He's 18, but he looks, the way he's built, like he's 27 or 28. And he doesn't act like a kid. He's very mature for his age.