freep.com - 11/14/2008
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CLEVELAND -- Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton were crying. There they were, two NBA All-Stars, in Billups' room in the Hilton City Center in Charlotte
crying. And laughing. And crying again. The Pistons had just traded Billups to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. Hamilton and Tayshaun ...
rufusonfire.com - 11/11/2008
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rufusonfire.com —
The Denver Nuggets just traded away Allen Iverson
to get back prodigal son Chauncey Billups. On the
face of it, while both are excellent players, Iverson is probably excellenter. Former MVP. Still one of the few guys in the league nobody can guard alone. Chauncey ain't in that class, but he ...
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I Admit I Love Chauncey
dimemag.com - 11/11/2008
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dimemag.com —
Le Petit Prince You knew the point guard
transition was going to be rocky in Detroit after
the Pistons traded away their NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups. But even with a new No. 1 in town, coach Michael Curry had to make some modifications. It appears one of those adjustments is having Tayshaun ...
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Tayshaun Prince To Play Point
denverpost.com - 11/17/2008
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denverpost.com —
Unquestionably, the Allen Iverson experiment produced some scintillating
moments for the Nuggets and their fans. But the
more coach George Karl watches Chauncey Billups run his offense and watches Iverson lead the Pistons it has become clearer that ...
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Point guard praise: Billups over A.I. - The Denver Post
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Chauncey Billups: Lack of respect for Flip Saunders cost the Detroit Pistons at least one NBA Title
Full-Court Press —
In a very candid interview with Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg, Chauncey Billups doesn't hold back much about how he felt when he was traded, the contract he signed in the summer of 2007, Rip Hamilton's extension and much more. November 13, Detroit Free Press: In the summer of 2007, Chauncey Billups was one of the premier free agents on the market. He was 30 years old. He signed a five-year, $60-million contract to stay with the Pistons. The money was right, but Detroit felt right, too. Billups had been a Piston since the summer of 2002. He saw himself as a ...
Suicide lines: LeBron's iPod, Hunter's D, Billups' tears ...
Ball Don't Lie —
... when it decided last week to pull the plug on its national telecast. [...] ''It's not as hard as a lot of people may think it is,' Hunter said of playing defense. 'There are a few small things I always talk about defensively. It takes five guys. You don't have to have great individual defenders — you just have to have five guys who understand what they have to do. Here, with the athleticism these guys have, they have the potential to be great defensively.'" Michael Rosenberg, Detroit Free Press: "The Pistons had just traded Billups to the ...
Friday: First Cup
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press: "Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton were crying. There they were, two NBA All-Stars, in Billups' room in the Hilton City Center in Charlotte ⦠crying. And laughing. And crying again. The Pistons had just traded Billups to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson. Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince had gotten word that morning, when Billups did not attend the team's shootaround. They got back to the hotel and pounded on Billups' door. Billups was on the phone with his wife, Piper. He told her he'd call her back later. ...
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blog.mlive.com 12/5/2008 — During one segment on PTI(Pardon The Interruption) on ESPN, Denver Nugget head coach George Karl talked about the trade that gave him Chauncey Billups at point guard. December 5, Rocky Mountain News: The Nuggets coach said Wednesday on ESPN's "Pardon...
