Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Billups

Detroit Pistons Point Guard
2006 NBA All-Star and 2004 NBA Finals MVP

NBA All-Star Chauncey Billups is co-captain of the Detroit Pistons and was just selected to play on the USA Olympic basketball team in Beijing, China, in 2008. He was picked third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics and has found his home as the Detroit Piston’s starting point guard. Chauncey drinks TAHITIAN NONI® Juice to keep him at the top of his game.

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Bio Highlights
Born in 1976 in Denver, Colorado, Billups played college basketball at the University of Colorado, where he was recently honored as one of only five players in school history to have his jersey retired.

Picked third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics, Chauncey was traded to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Kenny Anderson midway through his first season. He went on to play for the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves before finding a home in Detroit as the team's starting point guard.

Billups helped lead the Pistons to the 2004 NBA championship, where he averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series. In 2005, the Pistons just missed earning a second straight NBA championship—their bid was ended in a heartbreaking seven-game series with the San Antonio Spurs. Billups would likely have been named Finals MVP again had Detroit prevailed.

Besides leading his team to the NBA Finals for the second straight year, 2005 also saw Chauncey earn a spot on the 2005 NBA Second All-Defensive Team, along with teammate Tayshaun Prince. Teammate and fellow co-captain Ben Wallace took home the Defensive Player of the Year award.

Billups is an outstanding free-throw and 3-point shooter, earning himself the nickname "Mr. Big Shot." His favorite nickname is "Smooth," which he says "just sounds like Chauncey." He is a good defender, a solid playmaker, and a feared "clutch player" who often takes and makes the last shot for his team. He is also versatile enough to play shooting guard if the need arises.

Career Highlights

• 2006 All-Star victory
• 2005 All-Defensive Second Team
• 2004 NBA Finals MVP
• 2004 NBA World Championship (Detroit Pistons)
• Player of the Week (1/27-2/2) in 2002-03
• Ranked 2nd in the NBA in free-throw percentage (.913) in 1999
• Ranked 9th in the NBA in three-point field goals made (85) in 1999
• Led all NBA rookies in 1997-98 in three-pointers made (107) and attempted (325), ranked 3rd in three-point percentage (.327), 4th in steals (1.34 spg), 5th in assists (3.9 apg) and 8th in scoring (11.2 ppg)
• Posted 15 points and 4 assists for the Celtics in his NBA debut against the Chicago Bulls on 10/31/97
• Named Second Team All-America by the Associated Press and First Team All-Big 12 by the league coaches and AP as a sophomore at Colorado