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Chauncey Billups
Career at a glance
Chauncey Billups played 17 NBA regular seasons between 1997 and 2014, appearing in 1,043 games and averaging 15.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He played for 7 teams: Boston (1997–98, 51 games), Toronto (1997–98, 29 games), Denver (5 seasons between 1998 and 2011, 259 games), Minnesota (2000–02, 159 games), Detroit (8 seasons between 2002 and 2014, 482 games), New York (2010–11, 21 games), L.A. Clippers (2011–13, 42 games). His best scoring season was 2009–10 with Denver: 19.5 points per game over 73 games.
Championship season: 2003–04 (Detroit). In the playoffs he appeared in 12 postseason runs (146 games, 17.3 points per game). Multiplying each season’s games by its scoring average gives roughly 15,800 regular-season points (an estimate from per-game figures, not an official total).
whynba analysis of the season-by-season statistics below (Wikipedia revision, CC BY-SA 4.0). Totals are estimates from per-game averages.
About Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last served as the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
After playing college basketball with the Colorado Buffaloes, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. A point guard, Billups played for seven NBA franchises over his 17-year basketball career, most notably the Detroit Pistons, for whom he won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004 after helping the Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. He was given the nickname "Mr. Big Shot" for making late-game shots with Detroit. A five-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA selection, and two-time NBA All-Defensive selection, Billups also played for the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024.
Billups worked as a studio analyst after his retiring from playing in 2014. The Pistons retired his No. 1 jersey in 2016. He started coaching as an assistant for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2020–21 season. Billups was appointed as head coach of the Trail Blazers in 2021.
- Born
- September 25, 1976 (age 50) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 210 lb (95 kg)
- Position
- Point guard
- High school
- George Washington (Denver, Colorado)
- College
- Colorado (1995–1997)
- NBA draft
- 1997: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Playing career
- 1997–2014
Career highlights and awards
- NBA champion (2004)
- NBA Finals MVP (2004)
- 5× NBA All-Star (2006–2010)
- All-NBA Second Team (2006)
- 2× All-NBA Third Team (2007, 2009)
- 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2006)
- No. 1 retired by Detroit Pistons
- Consensus second-team All-American (1997)
- First-team All-Big 12 (1997)
- No. 4 retired by Colorado Buffaloes
- McDonald's All-American (1995)
- Second-team Parade All-American (1995)
- Fourth-team Parade All-American (1994)
- 3× Mr. Colorado Basketball (1993–1995)
Career statistics
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–98 | Boston | 51 | 44 | 25.4 | .390 | .339 | .817 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 1.5 | .0 | 11.1 |
| 1997–98 | Toronto | 29 | 26 | 31.7 | .349 | .316 | .919 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .1 | 11.3 |
| 1998–99 | Denver | 45 | 41 | 33.1 | .386 | .362 | .913 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 1.3 | .3 | 13.9 |
| 1999–00 | Denver | 13 | 5 | 23.5 | .337 | .171 | .841 | 2.6 | 3.0 | .8 | .2 | 8.6 |
| 2000–01 | Minnesota | 77 | 33 | 23.2 | .422 | .376 | .842 | 2.1 | 3.4 | .7 | .1 | 9.3 |
| 2001–02 | Minnesota | 82 | 54 | 28.7 | .423 | .394 | .885 | 2.8 | 5.5 | .8 | .2 | 12.5 |
| 2002–03 | Detroit | 74 | 74 | 31.4 | .421 | .392 | .878 | 3.7 | 3.9 | .9 | .2 | 16.2 |
| 2003–04† | Detroit | 78 | 78 | 35.4 | .394 | .388 | .878 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 1.1 | .1 | 16.9 |
| 2004–05 | Detroit | 80 | 80 | 35.8 | .442 | .426 | .898 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.0 | .1 | 16.5 |
| 2005–06 | Detroit | 81 | 81 | 36.1 | .418 | .433 | .894 | 3.1 | 8.6 | .9 | .1 | 18.5 |
| 2006–07 | Detroit | 70 | 70 | 36.2 | .427 | .345 | .883 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 1.2 | .2 | 17.0 |
| 2007–08 | Detroit | 78 | 78 | 32.3 | .448 | .401 | .918 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 1.3 | .2 | 17.0 |
| 2008–09 | Detroit | 2 | 2 | 35.0 | .333 | .286 | .918 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1.5 | .5 | 12.5 |
| 2008–09 | Denver | 77 | 77 | 35.3 | .420 | .410 | .900 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 1.2 | .2 | 17.9 |
| 2009–10 | Denver | 73 | 73 | 34.1 | .418 | .386 | .910 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.1 | .1 | 19.5 |
| 2010–11 | Denver | 51 | 51 | 32.3 | .438 | .441 | .923 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 1.0 | .2 | 16.5 |
| 2010–11 | New York | 21 | 21 | 31.6 | .403 | .328 | .902 | 3.1 | 5.5 | .9 | .1 | 17.5 |
| 2011–12 | L.A. Clippers | 20 | 20 | 30.4 | .364 | .384 | .895 | 2.5 | 4.0 | .5 | .2 | 15.0 |
| 2012–13 | L.A. Clippers | 22 | 22 | 19.0 | .402 | .367 | .938 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .5 | .0 | 8.4 |
| 2013–14 | Detroit | 19 | 7 | 16.3 | .304 | .292 | .833 | 1.5 | 2.2 | .4 | .1 | 3.8 |
| Career | 1043 | 937 | 31.6 | .415 | .387 | .894 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 1.0 | .2 | 15.2 | |
| All-Star | 5 | 0 | 19.0 | .455 | .320 | .750 | 2.2 | 5.0 | .4 | .0 | 10.2 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | .167 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.7 | .7 | .0 | .0 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 44.7 | .451 | .400 | .700 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 1.0 | .3 | 22.0 |
| 2003 | Detroit | 14 | 14 | 34.6 | .374 | .310 | .933 | 3.4 | 4.7 | .6 | .1 | 18.0 |
| 2004† | Detroit | 23 | 23 | 38.3 | .385 | .346 | .890 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 1.3 | .1 | 16.4 |
| 2005 | Detroit | 25 | 25 | 39.4 | .428 | .349 | .893 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 1.0 | .2 | 18.7 |
| 2006 | Detroit | 18 | 18 | 39.2 | .406 | .340 | .905 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 1.2 | .1 | 17.9 |
| 2007 | Detroit | 16 | 16 | 40.6 | .435 | .389 | .832 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | .1 | 18.6 |
| 2008 | Detroit | 15 | 15 | 32.0 | .401 | .375 | .832 | 2.9 | 5.5 | .8 | .1 | 16.1 |
| 2009 | Denver | 16 | 16 | 38.7 | .457 | .468 | .906 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 1.3 | .3 | 20.6 |
| 2010 | Denver | 6 | 6 | 34.5 | .446 | .355 | .881 | 2.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | .5 | 20.3 |
| 2011 | New York | 1 | 1 | 35.0 | .273 | .333 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.0 | .0 | .0 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | L.A. Clippers | 6 | 6 | 19.2 | .306 | .353 | .818 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .2 | .2 | 6.2 |
| Career | 146 | 143 | 36.4 | .411 | .366 | .880 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 1.0 | .2 | 17.3 |
Per-game averages. † won an NBA championship · * led the league · ‡ NBA record (as marked).
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- Height
- 6′ 3″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Position
- Point guard
- Jersey
- Not listed
- Country
- USA
- School / last affiliation
- Not listed
- Draft year
- 1997
- Draft pick
- Round 1 · Pick 3
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