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**Austin Kent** · 12-28-2005, 11:37 AM

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He doesn’t strike an intimidating pose. In fact, he doesn’t even look much like a basketball player. At 6’3” and 202 lbs, if you think sports, you might conjure the image of a defensive back in football, or a baseball outfielder. However, Chauncey Billups has steadily and quietly become one of the best players in the NBA.

He came into the league in 1997 as a 21-year-old, the third pick in the draft out of Colorado. But he didn’t get steady playing time and bounced around six teams in his first four years, including sequential stints in Boston, Toronto, Denver, Orlando and Minnesota. Finally settling down with the Detroit Pistons in 2002, Billups found a home. But he never doubted himself. “I never lost my confidence,” he said of those first four seasons. “I always felt I would be a good player in this league.”

RealGM

**ghoti** · 12-28-2005, 11:50 AM

Is this a commentary on the player creation in this year's video games, or did you become disoriented and post in the wrong forum?

**Austin Kent** · 12-28-2005, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ghoti

Is this a commentary on the player creation in this year's video games, or did you become disoriented and post in the wrong forum?

Definite disorientation here. My bad.

**moss_is_1** · 01-11-2006, 08:47 PM

he already did and the perfect one
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SolidGuy3 · 01-14-2006, 12:36 AM

If I had to choose a favorite player on the Pistons, it would have to be Billups. The thing that stands out most about him this season is that while he has increased his scoring, he has also raised his assists per game from 5.8 to 8.5. I think if the Pistons keep winning, Billups will get serious consideration for the MVP, I just can't see a guy like Kobe Bryant getting it unless he makes the playoffs.

**ChrisWoj** · 01-14-2006, 02:59 AM

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If God created a basketball player...

...he'd look just like me.

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