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Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball with the Colorado Buffaloes, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. Billups spent the majority of his 17-year basketball career playing for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. He was given the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for making late-game shots with Detroit. A five-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA selection and two-time NBA All-Defensive selection, Billups also played for the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career.

Billups worked as a studio analyst after his retiring from playing in 2014. The Pistons retired his No. 1 jersey in 2016. He started coaching as an assistant for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2020–21 season. Billups was appointed as head coach of the Trail Blazers in 2021. In 2024, it was announced that Billups would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

High school career

Born in Denver, Colorado, Billups graduated from George Washington High School in 1995. At George Washington, he was a four-time All-State first team pick, Colorado Mr. Basketball three times, and Colorado Player of the Year as a sophomore and as a junior. He started on varsity as a freshman. He was selected to the 1995 McDonald's All-American Team but did not play due to a shoulder injury.

College career

For college, Billups chose the University of Colorado Boulder over Kansas, Georgia Tech, University of California-Berkeley, and Oklahoma State. He averaged 18.5 points, 5.1 assists, and 5.6 rebounds per game over his two seasons with the Buffaloes. In the 1996–97 season, he was named to the All-Big 12 Conference First Team, the Basketball Times All-American First Team, and Consensus 2nd team All-American. That same season, Colorado finished second in the Big 12 conference with an overall record of 22–10. Billups then led the Buffaloes to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 28 years. As a 9-seed, Billups and the Buffalos upset the 8-seed Indiana Hoosiers 80–62 but then lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels 56–73. Billups averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game.

College awards and honors

Consensus second-team All-American (1997)
All-Big 12 First Team (1997)
AllBuffs.com All-Time Colorado Buffaloes Men's Basketball Team
No. 4 retired by University of Colorado

Professional career

Boston Celtics (1997–1998)

Billups was drafted third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. He did not mesh with new Celtics head coach Rick Pitino. In his first career game, Billups recorded 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in 16 minutes of playing time as a reserve in a win against the Michael Jordan-led Bulls. In his eighth career game, Billups posted a then career-high 22 points, on 5-for-14 shooting from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line, to go along with 3 assists and 4 steals, in a 103–99 win over the visiting Raptors. Years later, Billups reflected on his stint in Boston, commenting, "That didn't help. That didn't give me a chance to really slow down and listen to myself, listen to the game and what's going on. I never really had that chance. It was a recipe for disaster there." In addition, the Celtics coaching staff did not know whether to play him as a point guard or shooting guard. Fifty-one games later, Billups was traded to the Toronto Raptors on the trade deadline.

Toronto Raptors (1998-1999)

On February 18, 1998, Billups was traded to the Toronto Raptors, along with Roy Rogers, Dee Brown, and John Thomas in exchange for All-Star point guard Kenny Anderson, Žan Tabak, and Popeye Jones. On February 22, in just his second career game with the Raptors, Billups recorded a then-career high of 27 points on 5-for-13 shooting from the field and 13-for-16 from the free throw line, to go along with 2 rebounds and 5 assists in a 113–105 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies. On March 3, Billups recorded 26 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 6 assists in a 93–108 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz. On April 14, Billups recorded 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in a 96–92 road win over the New Jersey Nets.

Denver Nuggets (1999–2000)

On January 21, 1999, Billups was dealt to his hometown Denver Nuggets in a three-way deal involving one of Billups's future teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minnesota received Dean Garrett and Bobby Jackson from Denver, Toronto received future teammate Željko Rebrača and Micheal Williams from Minnesota and the 5th pick in the 1999 NBA draft from Denver, and Billups, along with Tyson Wheeler, were sent to Denver from Toronto. Three months into his first tenure with the Nuggets, Billups visited a local Denver hospital in order to comfort and inspire Patrick Ireland, a victim of the 1999 Columbine High School Shooting Massacre. A year later, on February 1, 2000, Billups was traded to the Orlando Magic along with Ron Mercer and Johnny Taylor in exchange for Chris Gatling, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, a future first-round pick, and cash.

Billups was on the injured list until season's end due to an injured shoulder and never played a game for the Magic. Despite this, he was included in the season-ending team photo. Among NBA circles, Billups was considered a draft bust.

Minnesota Timberwolves (2000–2002)

Billups was signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves (who had been involved in the trade that sent Billups to Denver) as a back-up to then point guard Terrell Brandon, who would mentor the troubled player alongside Sam Mitchell, Wally Szczerbiak, and Kevin Garnett. Billups would work with his more experienced teammates on shooting, scouting, decision-making and the other attributes that came with playing point guard in the NBA, such as learning to work more effectively with teammates and deciding which plays would be most beneficial for the team in a specific situation.

In his first career game with the Timberwolves, Billups recorded 15 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists in a 106–98 road win over the Houston Rockets. On November 11, 2000, Billups recorded his season-high in terms of points scored with 31 points to go along with 5 rebounds and 9 assists in a 103–92 road win over the Bucks.

During the 2001–02 season, Brandon suffered a serious knee injury. Billups replaced him and had a breakthrough 2001–02 season. The Timberwolves won 50 games before they were swept by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs, with Billups averaging 22 points per game in the series.

Detroit Pistons (2002–2008)

First year in Detroit (2002–2003)

Billups with the Detroit Pistons in 2005

After his breakthrough season, Billups became a free agent. Billups wanted to return to the Timberwolves, but the team wanted to see how Brandon would respond to his knee injury.

In June 2002, Billups signed a 5-year, $35 million contract with the Detroit Pistons to be the team's new starting point guard. When he signed with the Pistons, he was forced to take the number 1 because number 4 was retired in honor of Joe Dumars. Billups quickly earned respect from Pistons fans and colleagues for his tenacious defense and clutch shooting.

In 2002–03, Billups helped Detroit finish first overall in the Eastern Conference with a 50–32 regular season record. Billups earned the nickname "Mr. Big-Shot" during the regular season for two events. He first made a game winning three on March 9 as time expired to beat the Golden State Warriors 107–105 and Billups scored 31 points. The second event was just over two weeks later on March 26. The Pistons were tied in overtime with the Atlanta Hawks 99–99 until Billups made a top-of-the-key triple with 0.5 seconds left to win the game. Billups finished with 22 points against the Hawks. In the 2003 Playoffs, the top-seed Pistons surprisingly fell behind the upstart 8-seed Orlando Magic in the first round series 3 games to 1. In game 5, Billups played a contributing role in his team's dominating 98–67 victory by scoring 15 points, tied for second on the Pistons. Having helped the Pistons stave off elimination in Game 5, Billups scored 40 points in game 6 to help the Pistons force a seventh game. In the decisive Game 7, Billups scored 37 points to help clinch the series 4–3.

Detroit then beat the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, 4–2, to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. However, Detroit would be swept by the New Jersey Nets, 4–0. Rick Carlisle was fired as the head coach in the offseason and Larry Brown was hired.

Championship season and Finals MVP (2003–2004)

In the 2004 season, Billups averaged 16.9 points, 5.7 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per game. The Pistons improved their record to 54–28, but it was only good for the third seed overall in the Eastern Conference playoff standings.

In the pivotal Game 3 during the first round series against the Milwaukee Bucks, which was tied 1–1, Billups led all scorers with 21 points and finished the scoring for his team by sinking 4 of 4 free throws in the final 31.2 seconds. These free throws were a key part of the Pistons effort to stave off the Bucks' relentless defense which kept Detroit from scoring a normal field goal during the last 5:34. In the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the defending Eastern Conference Champions the New Jersey Nets, Billups banked in a half-court three as time expired in game 5 to send the game into overtime. The Pistons would lose in triple overtime. Finally, he helped Detroit overcome a 3–2 series deficit to win the series, 4–3.

In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers, the Pistons won the gritty, defensive series, 4–2, by an average score of 75.2 PPG to the Pacers' 72.7 PPG.

Billups helped Detroit win the 2004 NBA Finals over the heavily favored Los Angeles Lakers, 4–1. He averaged per game 21 points, 5.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, as well as shooting 50.1 percent field goals, 47.1 percent three-pointers, and 92.9 percent free throws to earn the NBA Finals MVP Award. Billups said of his MVP award, "Everybody deserves this. Not just me. I wish I could turn it into thirteen pieces and give a little bit to everybody."

Back-to-back All-Defensive honors (2004–2006)

The following season, Billups was named to 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. The Pistons reached the 2005 NBA Finals but lost in their bid to repeat as champions to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games.

In 2006, Billups was co-captain of the team. Billups was selected to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve for the Eastern Conference, along with teammates Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace. Pistons head coach Flip Saunders coached the Eastern Conference squad and put all four Pistons in the game when the east was falling behind; they were able to get the Eastern All-Star team back in the game. During the 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend, Billups participated in the Three-point Shootout contest. He was eliminated in the first round of the contest after scoring 12 points. Billups called this moment when all four Pistons entered the game at the same time, one of the highlight moments of his career. Although he captained the Pistons to a franchise best 64–18 record, they failed to make it to the NBA Finals for the first time in three years.

Final seasons in Detroit (2006–2008)

In the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, Billups was chosen as a reserve, along with teammate Richard Hamilton, for the Eastern Conference, despite an injury that kept Billups out of five games early on in the season. Billups also took part in the Shooting Stars Competition alongside former Piston and Detroit Shock head coach Bill Laimbeer and Shock star Swin Cash. Team Detroit won the competition with Billups hitting the final half-court shot.

On July 11, 2007, Billups signed a $46 million, four-year contract with the Pistons (which includes a team option for a fifth year at $14 million). He had been an unrestricted free agent for several days after he opted out of the previous contract, which he had signed in 2002. Billups was selected to play as a reserve in the 2008 NBA All-Star Game, along with teammates Richard Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace, an injury replacement.

In the first round of the 2008 NBA playoffs, during Game 3 against the Orlando Magic, Billups injured his right hamstring when Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson tangled with Billup's left leg on a drive to the bucket. Billups would sit for the 3 remaining games of the series. Billups and the Pistons again made it to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics, but lost the series, 4–2, to the eventual champions.

Return to Denver (2008–2011)

On November 3, 2008, Billups was traded back to his hometown team the Denver Nuggets along with Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb for Allen Iverson. Pistons GM Joe Dumars said that it was "the hardest and toughest" move he had made as a general manager, describing Billups as "... a guy that I have looked at as a little brother."

Billups chose the #7 jersey to honor Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, since two of his other favorite numbers, 1 and 4, were already worn by J. R. Smith and Kenyon Martin, respectively. He played his first game of the Nuggets' 2008–09 season on November 7, 2008. He recorded 15 points, four rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes of play in a 108–105 Nuggets' home win. Billups was the only Nugget to be selected to the 2009 NBA All-Star Game. He finished the season averaging 17.7 points and 6.4 assists per game.

With Billups and Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets accomplished a number of franchise milestones. Their 54–28 record matched a franchise record, and their 27–14 start was also a franchise record for wins in the first half of a season. This also marked the first time in the franchise's history the team had gotten 50 wins in back-to-back seasons. They led the Northwest division for much of the season, eventually winning the division and gaining the number two seed in the Western Conference, matching the highest the team had ever been seeded for the playoffs. In the first round, they defeated the New Orleans Hornets in 5 games, which included a record-equaling 58-point margin-of-victory. Billups also set a Nuggets franchise record with the most three-pointers in a playoff game with 8, and his 19 three-pointers in total is a Nuggets record for threes made in a playoff series. In his first year with the Nuggets, Billups led them back to the NBA Conference Finals for the first time since 1985. They would play the Lakers for the second straight year (the Lakers had swept them in the first round the year before). The Nuggets would ultimately lose the series 4–2. This was Billups' 7th straight conference finals. He joined Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Kurt Rambis as the only players to accomplish this feat since the Boston Celtics of the 1950s and 1960s led by Bill Russell. Billups finished the season sixth in voting for the 2009 NBA Most Valuable Player Award. He was also selected to his second All-NBA Third Team.

For the 2009–10 season, Billups reverted to wearing #1, the same number he wore with the Pistons. Teammate J. R. Smith, who had previously worn #1 since being acquired by the Nuggets in 2006, changed to the #5 jersey. On November 27, 2009, in the Nuggets' 128–125 win over the New York Knicks, Billups scored 32 points while teammate Carmelo Anthony scored 50. This made them only the third duo in NBA history to score at least 30 and 50 points respectively. On February 5, 2010, Billups set a career high in points with a 39-point performance in a road win over the Los Angeles Lakers with 27 of them coming from 9 three-pointers. Billups was chosen as the replacement by David Stern for injured New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul at the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. During the 2010–11 season, he averaged 16.5 points, 5.3 assists, and 2.5 rebounds in 32.3 minutes per game. His .441 three-point field goal percentage was a career high.

New York Knicks (2011)

Despite publicly professing his desire to finish his career in hometown Denver and retire as a member of the Nuggets, Billups was traded to the New York Knicks on February 22, 2011 as part of the Carmelo Anthony deal. Billups was "collateral damage"—as more than one sportswriter put it—of Carmelo Anthony's desire to play in New York and the Nuggets' desire to trade Anthony before he became a free agent. "Oh it was hard, hardest thing I've ever had to do", Billups said. "I had to tell my girls that daddy was traded, that he was leaving to play across the country. I told them it wasn't my choice, that nothing could be done about it. I had to go. It wasn't a happy scene."

The Knicks finished 42–40 and clinched the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference and made the playoffs for the first time since 2004. Billups suffered a knee injury while playing against the Celtics in Game 1 of the 2011 NBA Playoffs. The injury would keep Billups sidelined for the remainder of the playoffs.

Shortly after the Knicks were eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics, Billups mentioned he would love to return to the Knicks next season. "I would love the opportunity to really try it up with these guys", Billups said. "Not like play 30 games after a trade, like really have a season. Have an opportunity to really get a fair shake with these guys. I would love to." In December 2011, the Knicks used their amnesty clause on Billups and put him on waivers, ending his tenure with the Knicks.

Los Angeles Clippers (2011–2013)

After his tenure with the Knicks came to an end, Billups became an unrestricted free agent. Many believed that a contender like the Miami Heat or the Los Angeles Lakers would end up acquiring Billups. However, on December 12, 2011, the Los Angeles Clippers claimed Billups off waivers. Billups indicated that he didn't want to be picked up by a team that was not contending for a championship and said he would retire if he was, pushing the NBA to warn him and his agent that he would be "in breach of his contract" if he did not show up. However, the Clippers ended up trading for the Hornets' superstar point guard Chris Paul two days later. After the Chris Paul trade, Billups said that he was happy to be with the Clippers, saying that "I think these guys are ready to take the next leap and hopefully I can help with that."

Billups, a point guard, was moved into the shooting guard position, which he was still getting used to when he was injured. On February 7, 2012, an MRI revealed a tear in Billups's Achilles tendon, ending his season after only 20 game appearances. Billups helped the Clippers beat Miami, Oklahoma City, Orlando, and the Los Angeles Lakers en route to a 19–9 start.

On July 13, 2012, Billups re-signed with the Clippers on a one-year deal. He made his season debut on November 28, 2012, against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was limited to only 22 games during the season because of various injuries, including a sore back and tendinitis in his left foot.

On June 10, 2013, Billups received the inaugural Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award. He was humbled by the award and said, "For my name to be mentioned with , I really don't feel worthy, to be honest with you. It's kind of embarrassing." During the 2012–13 season, Billups averaged a new career high free-throw percentage. He became a free agent after the season.

Return to Detroit (2013–2014)

On July 16, 2013, Billups signed a two-year, $5 million contract to return to the Detroit Pistons. More knee problems caused him to miss most of the 2013–14 season, as he appeared in his fewest games since the 1999–2000 season and averaged career lows in points, minutes, steals, field goal percentage, and three-point percentage during the year. The Pistons finished the season at 29–53 and missed the postseason.

On June 30, 2014, the Pistons announced they would not pick up their team option on Billups' contract for the 2014–15 season.

On September 9, 2014, Billups announced his retirement from the NBA after 17 years. Billups cited his health as the main reason for his retirement, as he never appeared in more than 22 games in his last three seasons in the league.

On February 10, 2016, the Pistons retired Billups' No. 1 jersey.

BIG3

In 2017, the creation of the 3-on-3 professional basketball league BIG3 was announced, with Billups set to be a player for the Killer 3's.

Coaching career

Los Angeles Clippers (2020–2021)

On November 16, 2020, Billups was hired as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers under head coach Tyronn Lue.

Portland Trail Blazers (2021–present)

On June 27, 2021, Billups was hired as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high
†	Won an NBA championship

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1997–98	Boston	51	44	25.4	.390	.339	.817	2.2	4.3	1.5	.0	11.1
1997–98	Toronto	29	26	31.7	.349	.316	.919	2.7	3.3	1.0	.1	11.3
1998–99	Denver	45	41	33.1	.386	.362	.913	2.1	3.8	1.3	.3	13.9
1999–00	Denver	13	5	23.5	.337	.171	.841	2.6	3.0	.8	.2	8.6
2000–01	Minnesota	77	33	23.2	.422	.376	.842	2.1	3.4	.7	.1	9.3
2001–02	Minnesota	82	54	28.7	.423	.394	.885	2.8	5.5	.8	.2	12.5
2002–03	Detroit	74	74	31.4	.421	.392	.878	3.7	3.9	.9	.2	16.2
2003–04†	Detroit	78	78	35.4	.394	.388	.878	3.5	5.7	1.1	.1	16.9
2004–05	Detroit	80	80	35.8	.442	.426	.898	3.4	5.8	1.0	.1	16.5
2005–06	Detroit	81	81	36.1	.418	.433	.894	3.1	8.6	.9	.1	18.5
2006–07	Detroit	70	70	36.2	.427	.345	.883	3.4	7.2	1.2	.2	17.0
2007–08	Detroit	78	78	32.3	.448	.401	.918	2.7	6.8	1.3	.2	17.0
2008–09	Detroit	2	2	35.0	.333	.286	.918	5.0	7.5	1.5	.5	12.5
2008–09	Denver	77	77	35.3	.420	.410	.900	3.0	6.4	1.2	.2	17.9
2009–10	Denver	73	73	34.1	.418	.386	.910	3.1	5.6	1.1	.1	19.5
2010–11	Denver	51	51	32.3	.438	.441	.923	2.5	5.3	1.0	.2	16.5
2010–11	New York	21	21	31.6	.403	.328	.902	3.1	5.5	.9	.1	17.5
2011–12	L.A. Clippers	20	20	30.4	.364	.384	.895	2.5	4.0	.5	.2	15.0
2012–13	L.A. Clippers	22	22	19.0	.402	.367	.938	1.5	2.2	.5	.0	8.4
2013–14	Detroit	19	7	16.3	.304	.292	.833	1.5	2.2	.4	.1	3.8
Career		1043	937	31.6	.415	.387	.894	2.9	5.4	1.0	.2	15.2
All-Star		5	0	19.0	.455	.320	.750	2.2	5.0	.4	.0	10.2

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001	Minnesota	3	0	8.7	.167	.000	1.000	1.7	.7	.0	.0	1.0
2002	Minnesota	3	3	44.7	.451	.400	.700	5.0	5.7	1.0	.3	22.0
2003	Detroit	14	14	34.6	.374	.310	.933	3.4	4.7	.6	.1	18.0
2004†	Detroit	23	23	38.3	.385	.346	.890	3.0	5.9	1.3	.1	16.4
2005	Detroit	25	25	39.4	.428	.349	.893	4.3	6.5	1.0	.2	18.7
2006	Detroit	18	18	39.2	.406	.340	.905	3.4	6.5	1.2	.1	17.9
2007	Detroit	16	16	40.6	.435	.389	.832	3.3	5.7	1.2	.1	18.6
2008	Detroit	15	15	32.0	.401	.375	.832	2.9	5.5	.8	.1	16.1
2009	Denver	16	16	38.7	.457	.468	.906	3.8	6.8	1.3	.3	20.6
2010	Denver	6	6	34.5	.446	.355	.881	2.3	6.3	1.0	.5	20.3
2011	New York	1	1	35.0	.273	.333	1.000	2.0	4.0	.0	.0	10.0
2013	L.A. Clippers	6	6	19.2	.306	.353	.818	2.0	1.0	.2	.2	6.2
Career		146	143	36.4	.411	.366	.880	3.4	5.7	1.0	.2	17.3

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season	G	Games coached	W	Games won	L	Games lost	W–L %	Win–loss %
Playoffs	PG	Playoff games	PW	Playoff wins	PL	Playoff losses	PW–L %	Playoff win–loss %


Team	Year	G	W	L	W–L%	Finish	PG	PW	PL	PW–L%	Result
Portland	2021–22	82	27	55	.329	4th in Northwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Portland	2022–23	82	33	49	.402	5th in Northwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Portland	2023–24	82	21	61	.256	5th in Northwest	—	—	—	—	Missed playoffs
Career		246	81	165	.329		0	0	0	–

National team career

On March 5, 2006, Billups was selected to be a part of the 2006–2008 USA Men's Senior National Team program developed to restore Team USA back to the top of the basketball world after disappointments in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. After missing out in the 2006 FIBA World Championship for personal reasons, on August 20, 2007, Billups was selected to be a part of Team USA that competed at the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, a qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics. Coming off the bench, he along with the other new members of the team including All Star Kobe Bryant helped USA go unbeaten at the tournament held in Las Vegas and earn a spot at next Summer Olympics. On June 17, 2008, Billups announced he would not compete for a spot to be on the Olympic squad stating family reasons though he did say "they'll be fine. And when they win the gold, I'll feel like I had a big hand in regaining our dominance because of what we did last summer." During the tournament, Team USA went unbeaten on their way to their first gold medal since the 2000 Olympics, defeating Spain in the final.

Television career

Billups joined ESPN in the 2014–15 NBA season as a studio analyst on SportsCenter and other programming. The following season, Billups joined NBA Countdown as a studio analyst on Wednesdays. In the ensuing three seasons, he began splitting time between the studio and working as a game analyst on selected telecasts. Finally, on August 16, 2019, Billups announced that he was exiting his role on NBA Countdown to become the game analyst on Los Angeles Clippers telecasts as part of that team's restructuring of the broadcast crew due to the retirement of longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler. Billups indicated that he would also continue to call selected NBA game telecasts on ESPN in addition to his duties with the Clippers.

Personal life

Billups and his wife have three daughters. His younger brother, Rodney, played point guard for the University of Denver from 2002 to 2005, was drafted in the NBA Development League, played professionally in Europe, and went on to a coaching career, becoming head coach of the Denver Pioneers in 2016.

Billups is the first cousin of running back LenDale White. His second cousin Amir Billups of the Buffalo 716ers was killed in a 2015 car accident.

Billups wore the #4 through high school and college and at times during his professional career because he idolized former Pistons guard Joe Dumars, the Pistons' President of Basketball Operations during his time with Detroit. His favorite NFL team is the Denver Broncos.

Billups was featured on the cover of the video game NBA Ballers: Phenom and is the player's mentor.

On June 16, 2008, Billups appeared at Joe Louis Arena for a Barack Obama rally.

The Coors Events Center has a large mural of Billups in the northeast corner of the arena as part of his "Chauncey's Kid Roundup" program.

Sexual assault allegation

In 1997, Billups and fellow former Celtic Ron Mercer were accused of sexually assaulting a woman at the home of teammate Antoine Walker. According to a civil suit, Billups, Mercer and Walker's roommate Michael Irvin assaulted the woman at Walker's condo after leaving a Boston comedy club on November 9, 1997. A medical examination on the following day revealed injuries consistent with the victim's testimony. No criminal charges were filed, but Billups and Mercer settled a civil suit in 2000. Before he was hired as the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers, the club asserted that they had investigated this allegation and concluded it did not disqualify him from taking the role.

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v t e Portland Trail Blazers roster
00 Henderson 1 Simons 2 Ayton 4 Thybulle 5 Banton 8 Avdija 9 Grant 10 Minaya (TW) 11 McGowens (TW) 17 Sharpe 21 Rupert 23 Clingan 24 Murray 26 Reath 33 Camara 34 Walker 35 Williams 76 Moore (TW)
Head coach: Billups Assistant coaches: Bjorkgren Burrell Fleming Herscu Rogers Tyndale

NBA head coaches

Eastern
Conference

Atlantic	Joe Mazzulla (Boston Celtics) Jordi Fernández (Brooklyn Nets) Tom Thibodeau (New York Knicks) Nick Nurse (Philadelphia 76ers) Darko Rajaković (Toronto Raptors)
Central	Billy Donovan (Chicago Bulls) Kenny Atkinson (Cleveland Cavaliers) J. B. Bickerstaff (Detroit Pistons) Rick Carlisle (Indiana Pacers) Doc Rivers (Milwaukee Bucks)
Southeast	Quin Snyder (Atlanta Hawks) Charles Lee (Charlotte Hornets) Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat) Jamahl Mosley (Orlando Magic) Brian Keefe (Washington Wizards)

Western
Conference

Northwest	Michael Malone (Denver Nuggets) Chris Finch (Minnesota Timberwolves) Mark Daigneault (Oklahoma City Thunder) Chauncey Billups (Portland Trail Blazers) Will Hardy (Utah Jazz)
Pacific	Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors) Tyronn Lue (Los Angeles Clippers) JJ Redick (Los Angeles Lakers) Mike Budenholzer (Phoenix Suns) Mike Brown (Sacramento Kings)
Southwest	Jason Kidd (Dallas Mavericks) Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets) Taylor Jenkins (Memphis Grizzlies) Willie Green (New Orleans Pelicans) Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs)

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Portland Trail Blazers head coaches

Rolland Todd (1970–1972)
Stu Inman # (1972)
Jack McCloskey (1972–1974)
Lenny Wilkens (1974–1976)
Jack Ramsay (1976–1986)
Mike Schuler (1986–1988)
Rick Adelman (1988–1994)
P. J. Carlesimo (1994–1997)
Mike Dunleavy (1997–2001)
Maurice Cheeks (2001–2005)
Kevin Pritchard # (2005)
Nate McMillan (2005–2012)
Kaleb Canales # (2012)
Terry Stotts (2012–2021)
Chauncey Billups (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e 1997 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Tim Duncan Danny Fortson Raef LaFrentz Ron Mercer Keith Van Horn
Second Team	Chauncey Billups Bobby Jackson Antawn Jamison Brevin Knight Jacque Vaughn

1997 NBA draft

First round

Second round

v t e Detroit Pistons 2003–04 NBA champions
1 Billups (Finals MVP) 3 B. Wallace 7 James 8 Ham 10 Hunter 13 Okur 22 Prince 24 Fowlkes 30 R. Wallace 31 Miličić 32 Hamilton 34 Williamson 41 Campbell
Head coach L. Brown
Assistant coaches H. Brown Hanners Kokoškov Kuester Woodson
Regular season Playoffs

NBA Finals Most Valuable Player

1969: West
1970: Reed
1971: Alcindor
1972: Chamberlain
1973: Reed
1974: Havlicek
1975: Barry
1976: White
1977: Walton
1978: Unseld
1979: D. Johnson
1980: M. Johnson
1981: Maxwell
1982: M. Johnson
1983: Malone
1984: Bird
1985: Abdul-Jabbar
1986: Bird
1987: M. Johnson
1988: Worthy
1989: Dumars
1990: Thomas
1991: Jordan
1992: Jordan
1993: Jordan
1994: Olajuwon
1995: Olajuwon
1996: Jordan
1997: Jordan
1998: Jordan
1999: Duncan
2000: O'Neal
2001: O'Neal
2002: O'Neal
2003: Duncan
2004: Billups
2005: Duncan
2006: Wade
2007: Parker
2008: Pierce
2009: Bryant
2010: Bryant
2011: Nowitzki
2012: James
2013: James
2014: Leonard
2015: Iguodala
2016: James
2017: Durant
2018: Durant
2019: Leonard
2020: James
2021: Antetokounmpo
2022: Curry
2023: Jokić
2024: Brown

J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award

1975: Unseld
1976: Watts
1977: Bing
1978: Lanier
1979: Murphy
1980: Carr
1981: Glenn
1982: Benson
1983: Erving
1984: Layden
1985: Issel
1986: Cooper & Sparrow
1987: Thomas
1988: English
1989: Bailey
1990: Rivers
1991: K. Johnson
1992: M. Johnson
1993: Porter
1994: Dumars
1995: O'Toole
1996: Dudley
1997: Brown
1998: Smith
1999: Grant
2000: Divac
2001: Mutombo
2002: Mourning
2003: Robinson
2004: Miller
2005: Snow
2006: Garnett
2007: Nash
2008: Billups
2009: Mutombo
2010: Dalembert
2011: Artest
2012: Gasol
2013: Faried
2014: Deng
2015: Noah
2016: Ellington
2017: James
2018: Barea
2019: Lillard
2020: Brogdon
2023: Curry
2024: McCollum

v t e NBA Sportsmanship Award
1996: Dumars 1997: Brandon 1998: Johnson 1999: Hawkins 2000: Snow 2001: Robinson 2002: Smith 2003: Allen 2004: Brown 2005: Hill 2006: Brand 2007: Deng 2008: Hill 2009: Billups 2010: Hill 2011: Curry 2012: Kidd 2013: Kidd 2014: Conley 2015: Korver 2016: Conley 2017: Walker 2018: Walker 2019: Conley 2020: Carter 2021: Holiday 2022: Mills 2023: Conley 2024: Maxey

v t e NBA Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year
2013: Billups 2014: Battier 2015: Duncan 2016: Carter 2017: Nowitzki 2018: Crawford 2019: Conley 2020: Holiday 2021: Lillard 2022: Holiday 2023: Holiday 2024: Conley

v t e Detroit Pistons
Founded in 1937 Formerly the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (1937–1948) and the Fort Wayne Pistons (1948–1957) Based in Detroit, Michigan
Franchise	All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	North Side High School Gym Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Detroit Olympia Memorial Building Cobo Arena Pontiac Silverdome The Palace of Auburn Hills Little Caesars Arena
Personnel	Owner(s) Tom Gores President Ed Stefanski General manager Vacant Head coach Monty Williams
G League affiliate	Motor City Cruise
Retired numbers	1 2 3 4 10 11 15 16 21 32 40
NBA championships	1989 1990 2004
Rivalries	Boston Celtics Chicago Bulls Los Angeles Lakers
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Hooper Jordan Rules 1990 Detroit riot John Mason Malice at the Palace

v t e United States squad – 2007 FIBA Americas Championship – Gold medal
4 Billups 5 Kidd 6 James 7 Williams 8 Redd 9 Prince 10 Bryant 11 Howard 12 Stoudemire 13 Miller 14 Chandler 15 Anthony Coach: Krzyzewski

v t e United States squad – 2010 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal
4 Billups 5 Durant (MVP) 6 Rose 7 Westbrook 8 Gay 9 Iguodala 10 Granger 11 Curry 12 Gordon 13 Love 14 Odom 15 Chandler Coach: Krzyzewski

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Players	Seimone Augustus Dick Barnett Chauncey Billups Vince Carter Michael Cooper Walter Davis Michele Timms
Coaches	Harley Redin Bo Ryan Charles Smith
Contributors	Doug Collins Herb Simon Jerry West

Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	R. Allen Archibald Barnett Beckman Belov Billups Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Braun Brennan Bryant Carter Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Endacott Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Ginóbili Goodrich Greer Grentz Guerin Hammon Hanson Hardaway Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette Jenkins D. Johnson M. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Moncrief Monroe Moore C. Murphy Nash Page Parker Payton Petrović Phillip Posey Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma J. Russell Schommer Scott Sedran Sharman K. Smith Staley Steinmetz Stockton Swoopes Thomas D. Thompson Timms Vandivier Wade Wanzer Weatherspoon West Westphal Whalen J. White Wilkens Woodard Wooden
Forwards	Arizin Augustus Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bosh Boswell Bradley R. Brown Cash Catchings C. Cooper M. Cooper Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dandridge Dantley Davis DeBusschere Dehnert Duncan English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Garnett Gasol Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Hill Howell Hudson L. Jackson G. Johnson B. Jones King Korać Kukoč Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McGinnis McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Nowitzki Pettit Pierce Pippen Pollard Pullins Radja Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes C. Thompson T. Thompson Twyman Walker Webber N. White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley
Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Beaty Bellamy Chamberlain T. Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Divac Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Griffith Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel Jackson W. Johnson Johnston M. Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley Maciel M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning S. Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon O'Neal Parish Reed Risen Robinson B. Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Sikma Thurmond Unseld Wachter Wallace Walton Washington Yao

NBA on ABC

Related
programs

NBA on ESPN	Radio NBA Wednesday NBA Friday WNBA on ESPN NBA Today
NBA drafts	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Non-NBA programs	College Basketball on ABC Olympics on ABC

Key figures

Play-by-play	Mike Breen Jim Durham Bill Flemming Chet Forte Jim Gordon Curt Gowdy Chuck Howard Keith Jackson Mark Jones Jim McKay Al Michaels Brent Musburger Brad Nessler Dave Pasch Ryan Ruocco John Saunders Chris Schenkel Mike Tirico
Color commentators	Greg Anthony Hubie Brown Doris Burke Vince Carter Bob Cousy Sean Elliott Len Elmore Tim Legler Mark Jackson Richard Jefferson Steve "Snapper" Jones Johnny Kerr Dan Majerle Jack Ramsay JJ Redick Doc Rivers Bill Russell Tom Tolbert Jack Twyman Jeff Van Gundy Bill Walton Jerry West
Sideline reporters	David Aldridge Malika Andrews Doris Burke Howard Cosell Heather Cox Dave Diles Israel Gutierrez Cassidy Hubbarth Mark Jones Sal Masekela Tom Rinaldi Craig Sager Lisa Salters Stuart Scott Jorge Sedano Michele Tafoya Bob Wolff
Studio hosts	Malika Andrews Michelle Beadle Mike Greenberg Rachel Nichols Dan Patrick John Saunders Stuart Scott Sage Steele Hannah Storm Maria Taylor Mike Tirico
Studio analysts	Jon Barry Chauncey Billups Chris Broussard Doug Collins Steve Javie Richard Jefferson Avery Johnson Magic Johnson George Karl Bob Myers Chiney Ogwumike Kendrick Perkins Paul Pierce Scottie Pippen Jalen Rose Byron Scott Bill Simmons Stephen A. Smith Michael Wilbon Jay Williams Adrian Wojnarowski
ABC Radio announcers	Marv Albert Dave Barnett Chick Hearn Rod Hundley Steve "Snapper" Jones Fred Manfra Earl Monroe Johnny Most Oscar Robertson Dick Vitale

NBA Finals

1965 (Games 1, 5)
1966 (Games 1, 5)
1967 (Games 2, 5)
1968 (Games 1, 4)
1969 (Games 3, 5-7)
1970
1971
1972
1973
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

ABC Radio's coverage	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
WNBA Finals	2003 (Game 2) 2005 (Game 3) 2010 (Game 1) 2014 (Game 1) 2015 (Game 1) 2016 (Game 1) 2017 (Game 1) 2018 (Game 2) 2019 (Game 3) 2020 (Game 2) 2021 (Game 1) 2022 (Game 1) 2023 (Games 1, 3) 2024 (Game 2)

All-Star Game

ABC Radio's coverage	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
WNBA	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2024

NBA Cup

2023
2024

Finals	2023 2024

Lore

Rivalries	Bryant–O'Neal Lakers–Pistons Celtics–Lakers Cavaliers–Warriors
ESPN lore	"Malice at the Palace"

McDonald's
Championship

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