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Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:12 pm
by The Rebel
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/ ... 11/billupsTells his amazing story, and also tells you how he has changed things.
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:34 pm
by corona
the more i read, the more my smile grew.
we're very lucky to have him.
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:41 pm
by pickaxe
Great story. For those who may have still not seen he was the missing link on this team, and for those who just want to rekindle some appreciation.
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:11 pm
by pistonsnuggets
Damn that is a really good article. I spent quite some time reading it, but it was definatly worth it!
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 2:21 am
by amb1ent
the otl articles are all pretty good, here's another great basketball related one (college)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=nolan
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:54 pm
by JRMelo15
pistonsnuggets wrote:Damn that is a really good article. I spent quite some time reading it, but it was definatly worth it!
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 12:53 am
by MHZ
Really great article. I read it multiple times. As a guy who's been watching him since HS, although I was pretty young then, it's been amazing to watch his growth. Great that he gets to come back here to show the culmination of his growth.
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:03 pm
by MalReyn
That's a great article, but this bit made me laugh...
With 2:54 left in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets are clinging to a 99-98 lead, when the ball goes out of bounds to the Nuggets underneath their own basket. Chauncey's fear is realized. The team has no out-of-bounds play. Karl just wants them to improvise, to use their basketball instincts, but Chauncey can't live that way. So he calls time.
In the huddle, they're all stumped. Smith tells Anthony: "He just got here, and he's calling timeouts?" But Chauncey waves them close and starts in: "Look, George, I need you to draw me up an out-of-bounds play, man, to get the ball in. Because if we don't and we turn the ball over and lose this game because we didn't have something, that just won't sit well with me."
Karl and the team's response is: wow.
That says SO MUCH about George Karl.
Re: Great Article on Billups.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:12 pm
by The Rebel
MHZ wrote:Really great article. I read it multiple times. As a guy who's been watching him since HS, although I was pretty young then, it's been amazing to watch his growth. Great that he gets to come back here to show the culmination of his growth.
I am actually the same age as Chauncey and once made the mistake of going down to his rec center, in high school. Even as good of an athlete as I was at the time, him and his boys still made me and my boys look a little silly. I have followed him ever since