07-05-2007, 11:02 AM
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Mavs are out of the Billups RACE!!!
Pistons re-sign Billups in 5-year, $60 million deal
By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer
July 3, 2007
AP - Jul 3, 5:59 pm EDT
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DETROIT (AP) -- Chauncey Billups bounced around like a basketball early in his career before finding an NBA home with the Detroit Pistons.
The All-Star point guard now will extend his career with the team he led to the past five Eastern Conference finals.
Billups and the Pistons agreed on a five-year, $60 million contract Tuesday, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
The person, who requested anonymity because of league rules preventing contract announcements before July 11, said the deal is worth $46 million guaranteed over four years and the fifth year is a team option.
Billups was drafted third overall in 1997 by Boston and was with Toronto, Denver, Orlando and Minnesota within his first four years in the league.
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The former Colorado star signed with the Pistons as a free agent in 2002, and helped them become one of the league's most consistent playoff teams.
Since 1984, only the Los Angeles Lakers have been more reliable in the playoffs, with a run that ended with a sixth straight conference finals appearance in 1989.
Billups was the NBA finals MVP in 2004, when Detroit beat the Lakers with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and he helped the Pistons win three games in the 2005 finals against San Antonio.
The 30-year-old Billups became an unrestricted free agent last month after opting out of the last year of a six-year contract, and both he and the team expected to reach a deal to keep him in Detroit.
The two-time All-Star had three coaches -- Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown and Flip Saunders -- in Detroit who helped him become one of the NBA's top point guards. Billups averaged 17 points, 7.2 assists and two turnovers last season and 14.5 points and 5.3 assists over his nine-year career.
Billups was off his game in each of the past two conference finals, leading to Detroit's elimination. He averaged 15.3 points, 3.5 assists and 3.8 turnovers, and uncharacteristically struggled in clutch situations against Cleveland this year -- failing to live up to his nickname, Mr. Big Shot.
But the Pistons wouldn't have reached the NBA's final four in each of the past five seasons without Billups, whose unique ability to run the team was underscored when he was sidelined by injuries last season.
The Pistons seem to have a chance to remain contenders in the Eastern Conference by bringing back Billups, who forms one of the NBA's top backcourts with Richard Hamilton. Rasheed Wallace, Tayshaun Prince and Antonio McDyess, who already chose to return next season, give Detroit a strong frontcourt.
Chris Webber, who ended the season as Detroit's starting center, is an unrestricted free agent.
The Pistons would like to trade guard Flip Murray and center Nazr Mohammed, both signed last year as free agents, this offseason and should have an opportunity to add a solid veteran with the midlevel exception that can pay a player more than $5 million a season.
Detroit drafted guards Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo last week in the first round, adding depth after dealing Carlos Delfino and expecting Lindsey Hunter to retire or play a limited role on the court.
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07-05-2007, 11:15 AM
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I thought Billups' agent shot this story down?
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07-08-2007, 01:22 PM
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I thought Billups' agent shot this story down?
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He would. To fish if other teams would give them an offer they couldnt resist. Turns out, the Pistons were the ones to do so. So... so long Chauncey.
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07-05-2007, 11:21 AM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 11:28 AM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 11:29 AM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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These days being a fan is a competition to see who can be the most upset when
your team loses. That proves you love winning more. That's how it works.
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07-05-2007, 11:32 AM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 11:50 AM
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The word on the street is that the Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 11:54 AM
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According to an inside scoop from Mike Fisher, the Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 12:18 PM
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Breaking this trend
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07-05-2007, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Lwin
Breaking this trend
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Nice try though.
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07-05-2007, 12:26 PM
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Mavs were never in the race in the first place?
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07-05-2007, 12:28 PM
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I guess the bank is currently intact.
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07-05-2007, 12:33 PM
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I guess the bank is currently intact.
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very funny...and subtle, I like it.
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07-05-2007, 12:46 PM
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Do you guys know how seriously, if at all, we were in the race in the first place?
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07-05-2007, 12:53 PM
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Do you guys know how seriously, if at all, we were in the race in the first place?
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No ONE was in that race.
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07-05-2007, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by dude1394
No ONE was in that race.
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no one was in the race in the first place...but what about the second place?
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07-05-2007, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mkat
no one was in the race in the first place...but what about the second place?
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This was always only detroit and billups.
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07-05-2007, 01:57 PM
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no one was in the race in the first place...but what about the second place?
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second place is the first loser!
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07-05-2007, 01:00 PM
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What race are we doing now? What do I get if I get first place?
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07-05-2007, 01:18 PM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place, they decided not to break the bank.
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07-05-2007, 01:25 PM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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03-03-2008, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MavsX
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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AGREE WITH U ON THIS ONE
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03-03-2008, 08:24 PM
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AGREE WITH U ON THIS ONE
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Thanks.
6 months ago just called and wants your opinion.
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03-03-2008, 11:47 PM
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Thanks.
6 months ago just called and wants your opinion.
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LOL
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03-03-2008, 08:35 PM
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AGREE WITH U ON THIS ONE
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07-05-2007, 01:29 PM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 01:31 PM
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The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
They remain in the Billips race, FWIW.
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07-05-2007, 01:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobatundi
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
They remain in the Billips race, FWIW.
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Its like a gift that keeps on giving...
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07-05-2007, 01:34 PM
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You can´t say it often enough:
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 01:35 PM
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The Mavs (or The Dalls Mavericks in laymans terms) were never in the Billups Race ( I think this means African American, but don't quote me) in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 01:53 PM
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i just had to google FWIW
i had no idea what it meant..but now i know, and knowing is half the battle.!!!!!
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07-05-2007, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MavsX
i just had to google FWIW
i had no idea what it meant..but now i know, and knowing is half the battle.!!!!!
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not l33t?
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07-05-2007, 02:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexamenos
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Underdog
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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Originally Posted by u2sarajevo
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky
Mavs were never in the race in the first place?
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Originally Posted by rmacomic
The Mavs (or The Dalls Mavericks in laymans terms) were never in the Billups Race ( I think this means African American, but don't quote me) in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Dr.Zoidberg
You can´t say it often enough:
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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Originally Posted by Dirkgreatness
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
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Originally Posted by bobatundi
The Mavs were never in the Billups race in the first place.
They remain in the Billips race, FWIW.
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QFT
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07-05-2007, 02:20 PM
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^^^ word
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"They're getting 15, 16 assists some games. I dream about getting 15 assists. It's just not possible with the team I'm on." - Devin Harris about top-notch point guards and him playing with the Mavs
"For me, it’s like a kid in a candy store." - Jason Kidd on playing with the Mavs
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07-05-2007, 02:27 PM
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The Billups were never in the Mavs race in the first place.
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07-05-2007, 02:36 PM
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I heard the mavs had no shot
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07-05-2007, 02:41 PM
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If I were to say, that I think it's too bad that the Mavs dropped out of the Billups race.... what might you say in reply?
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07-05-2007, 02:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flacolaco
If I were to say, that I think it's too bad that the Mavs dropped out of the Billups race.... what might you say in reply?
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I'd say that I think it's too bad that the Mavs dropped out of the Billups race.
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07-05-2007, 02:42 PM
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Mavs were never in the Billups RACE!!!
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