Great Article on Billups.

Post #1 » by **The Rebel** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:12 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/ ... 11/billups

Tells his amazing story, and also tells you how he has changed things.

Post #2 » by **corona** » Mon May 11, 2009 7:34 pm

the more i read, the more my smile grew.

we're very lucky to have him.

pickaxe · Post #3 » by **pickaxe** » Mon May 11, 2009 9:41 pm

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.

pistonsnuggets · Post #4 » by **pistonsnuggets** » Mon May 11, 2009 10:11 pm

Damn that is a really good article. I spent quite some time reading it, but it was definatly worth it!

amb1ent · Post #5 » by **amb1ent** » Tue May 12, 2009 2:21 am

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

JRMelo15 · Post #6 » by **JRMelo15** » Tue May 12, 2009 10:54 pm

pistonsnuggets wrote:Damn that is a really good article. I spent quite some time reading it, but it was definatly worth it!

Post #7 » by **MHZ** » Wed May 13, 2009 12:53 am

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.

MalReyn · Post #8 » by **MalReyn** » Wed May 13, 2009 1:03 pm

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.

Post #9 » by **The Rebel** » Wed May 13, 2009 1:12 pm

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