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George Karl says Joe Dumars wanted Billups in Denver
George Karl says Joe Dumars wanted Billups in Denver
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...
Chauncey Billups has made an instant impact on Denver Nuggets - Chris Mannix  - SI.com
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Game to pay attention to: the Keon Clark Cup
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The Rotation: Metamorphosis of the Nuggets
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George Karl man crush’n on Billups
PistonsNationBlog.com — Nuggets coach George Karl talks about the Chauncey/Iverson trade on PTI. (Link attributive: mLive)

Karl: the Pistons did Billups a favor
Detroit Bad Boys — ... George Karl on PTI: “I don’t know this for a fact, but I have a feeling that Joe Dumars and Chauncey had a kind of an agreement that, if they were going to trade him, he wanted to be traded to Denver,” Karl said on the show. “And Dumars respected Chauncey so much he got that done. And I think the pieces also helped A.I., and the pieces fitted, and everything could be done. I don’t know that for a fact, but I really believed that the Detroit Pistons loved Chauncey so much that they subtly gave him his request. He’s back in his hometown. ...

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