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Chauncey Billups

 
07.14.2005 - Updated on 06.13.2007



Chauncey Billups Biography

Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Billups biography

Married the former Piper Riley ...The couple have two daughters...Cydney Renee and Ciara Rai

Son of Faye and Ray Billups

People who follow Colorado high school sports will tell you how special a player Chauncey Billups is. In Colorado he took prep school-boy game to perhaps its highest level ever. At the high school ranks to see Chauncey Billups was to see something special on the basketball court. Perhaps no other prep player in Colorado history was more recognizable than Chauncey Billups. When Billups would walk into a gym just to watch a game, he would immediately attract attention. Grade schoolers would clamor to sit as close to him as they can. No other high school player has become a house hold name like "Chauncey".

During basketball season you couldn’t look through the sports page with reading about or seeing a picture of Chauncy. As a freshman he lead his team to the state semifinals, and averaged 16.2 points per game. During his sophomore year he was regarded as the player to watch for 1993. Chauncey didn’t disappoint, he went on to lead his team to win the state championship, averaging 26.3 points per game. Chauncey was the player to watch throught his high school career. His junior year he lead his team to a repeat championship and averaged an astounding 32.5 points per game. Chauncey was elected First Team All-State, in all of his four years in high school. He was also player of the year his sophomore and junior year in the state of Colorado.

Coming out of high school as the proclaimed best high school player in Colorado history, Chauncey’s options where wide open. After trimming his enormous list of college’s to 6 -Michigan, Georgia Tech, California, Kansas, UNLV, and Colorado-, Chauncey finally decided to stay instate and attend the University of Colorado.

He was then drafted third overall in the 1997 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.

In 2004, he helped lead the Pistons to the NBA championship, averaging 21 points per game and 5.2 assists in the NBA Finals to earn the Finals MVP.

 





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