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Chauncey Billups

Point Guard  at Detroit Pistons
Age49
NationalityUSA
Height191 cm (6'3")
Weight92 kg
BornSep 25, 1976
CollegeColorado
Career
15.2PPG
2.9RPG
5.4APG
1,258 games · 17 seasons

Career snapshot

17seasons
1,258games
19,172career pts
17.1PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Detroit Pistons · 482 games · 2002-03–2013-14

Position rank · 2010-11

#7PPG rank
#9PER rank
#10WS rank
Among 47 Point Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 19.5 2009-10 · DEN
RPG 3.7 2002-03 · DET
APG 8.6 2005-06 · DET
PER 23.6 2007-08 · DET
WS 15.5 2005-06 · DET

Draft

1997
Round 1 · Pick 3
by Boston Celtics
from Colorado

Honors & awards

1×
Basketball Hall of Fame
2024
5×
All-Star Selection
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
3×
All-NBA Team
2008, 2006, 2005
2×
All-Defense Team
2005, 2004
1×
NBA Finals MVP
2004

Career by team

Detroit Pistons
2002-03 – 2013-14 · 8 seasons
16.5 PPG 3.2 RPG 6.2 APG
482 games
Los Angeles Clippers
2011-12 – 2012-2013 · 2 seasons
13.0 PPG 2.4 RPG 3.3 APG
26 games
Denver Nuggets
1998-99 – 2010-11 · 5 seasons
16.9 PPG 2.8 RPG 5.3 APG
259 games
New York Knicks
2010-11 – 2010-11 · 1 seasons
17.5 PPG 3.1 RPG 5.5 APG
21 games
Minnesota Timberwolves
2000-01 – 2001-02 · 2 seasons
11.0 PPG 2.5 RPG 4.5 APG
159 games
Boston Celtics
1997-98 – 1997-98 · 1 seasons
11.1 PPG 2.2 RPG 4.3 APG
51 games
Toronto Raptors
1997-98 – 1997-98 · 1 seasons
11.3 PPG 2.7 RPG 3.3 APG
29 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1997-98 BOS 51 44 25.4 11.1 2.2 4.3 1.5 0.0 39.0 33.9 81.7 15.4 2.6
1997-98 TOR 29 26 31.7 11.3 2.7 3.3 1.0 0.1 34.9 31.6 91.9 11.1 0.4
1997-98 NBA 80 70 27.7 11.2 2.4 3.9 1.3 0.1 37.4 32.9 85.0 — —
1998-99 DEN 45 41 33.1 13.9 2.1 3.8 1.3 0.3 38.6 36.2 91.3 15.1 2.3
1999-00 DEN 13 5 23.5 8.6 2.6 3.0 0.8 0.2 33.7 17.1 84.1 10.5 0.1
2000-01 MIN 77 33 23.2 9.3 2.1 3.4 0.7 0.1 42.2 37.6 84.2 14.1 3.7
2001-02 MIN 82 54 28.7 12.5 2.8 5.5 0.8 0.2 42.3 39.4 88.5 17.6 7.6
2002-03 DET 74 74 31.4 16.2 3.7 3.9 0.9 0.2 42.1 39.2 87.8 20.4 9.9
2003-04 DET 78 78 35.4 16.9 3.5 5.7 1.1 0.1 39.4 38.8 87.8 18.6 11.3
2004-05 DET 80 80 35.8 16.5 3.4 5.8 1.0 0.1 44.2 42.6 89.8 19.0 12.1
2005-06 DET 81 81 36.1 18.5 3.1 8.6 0.9 0.1 41.8 43.3 89.4 23.4 15.5
2006-07 DET 70 70 36.2 17.0 3.4 7.2 1.2 0.2 42.7 34.5 88.3 21.3 11.4
2007-08 DET 78 78 32.3 17.0 2.7 6.8 1.3 0.2 44.8 40.1 91.8 23.6 13.5
2008-09 NBA 79 79 35.3 17.7 3.0 6.4 1.2 0.2 41.8 40.8 91.3 — —
2008-09 DEN 77 77 35.3 17.9 3.0 6.4 1.2 0.2 42.0 41.0 91.3 18.8 9.9
2008-09 DET 2 2 35.0 12.5 5.0 7.5 1.5 0.5 33.3 28.6 90.0 17.5 0.2
2009-10 DEN 73 73 34.1 19.5 3.1 5.6 1.1 0.1 41.8 38.6 91.0 20.2 9.5
2010-11 NBA 72 72 32.1 16.8 2.6 5.4 1.0 0.2 42.7 40.2 91.6 — —
2010-11 DEN 51 51 32.3 16.5 2.5 5.3 1.0 0.2 43.8 44.1 92.3 18.6 5.8
2010-11 NYK 21 21 31.6 17.5 3.1 5.5 0.9 0.1 40.3 32.8 90.2 19.1 2.1
2011-12 LAC 20 20 30.4 15.0 2.5 4.0 0.5 0.2 36.4 38.4 89.5 16.1 1.7
2012-2013 LAC 6 0 19.2 6.2 2.0 1.0 0.2 0.2 30.6 35.3 81.8 — —
2013-14 DET 19 7 16.3 3.8 1.5 2.2 0.4 0.1 30.4 29.2 83.3 5.3 -0.3

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 2013 Los Angeles Clippers Detroit Pistons offseason From 2011-12 to 2013-14
Jul 2011 Denver Nuggets Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 2011 New York Knicks Los Angeles Clippers season change
Jul 2010 Denver Nuggets New York Knicks season change
Oct 2008 Denver Nuggets Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 2008-09 to 2008-09
Jul 2008 Detroit Pistons Denver Nuggets season change
Jul 2002 Minnesota Timberwolves Detroit Pistons season change
Jul 2000 Denver Nuggets Minnesota Timberwolves season change
Jul 1998 Boston Celtics Denver Nuggets season change
Jul 1998 Toronto Raptors Denver Nuggets season change
Oct 1997 Boston Celtics Toronto Raptors mid season trade From 1997-98 to 1997-98

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About Chauncey Billups

Chauncey Ray Billups is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the suspended 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 spent 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 "M