You underestimate Chauncey Billups. He averaged 22 ppg this season, which was down from last season because Larry Brown wanted him to be more of a point guard than scorer. Billups can light it up if needed. I think he had like 25 points again in game 2 against the Lakers.

rocketfootball Wrote:You underestimate Chauncey Billups. He averaged 22 ppg this season, which was down from last season because Larry Brown wanted him to be more of a point guard than scorer. Billups can light it up if needed. I think he had like 25 points again in game 2 against the Lakers.

You're right, I do underestimate Billups. Because he's shown me every reason to do so in his career.

He's a 13pt/night career scorer, a 40% shooter and averges only 4.4 assists/game. This year he's at 17/night (not 22), just under 6 assists and just under 40% shooting. In addition to that, his scoring has gone down since the playoffs began, @ 18/g, (Bucks), 15/g (Nets), 12/g (Pacers) including down to 30% shooting and 26% from three against Indiana.

IMO, Billups is the difference in this series thus far. Whether he keeps it up is the question.

You're right, Billups did average 17 ppg during the regular season....not sure where I got the 22 ppg from.

For his entire career, he averages 3 ppg more during the playoffs than during the regular season. He also is a career 37% shooter from the 3-point line, which is pretty good.

He averaged 5.7 assists per game, but he also only had 1.93 turnovers a game. That is a huge stat. In the playoffs this year he is averaging 6.2 assists per game and 2.60 turnovers per game. His assists to turnover ratio is pretty good and what you need from a point guard.

Here are some other interesting stats:

He has only attempted 6 three point shots in the NBA Finals so far. He averaged 30 in each of the previous playoff series. Look for him to put up a couple more three's in Detroit than he was in LA.

His 5.7 assists per game ranked 15th in the NBA this year. He was 6th in free throws made, and 6th in free throw percentage.


By no means is Billups a superstar, but he is a very good player that can produce points.

RocketFootball is right again.

rocketfootball Wrote:For his entire career, he averages 3 ppg more during the playoffs than during the regular season. He also is a career 37% shooter from the 3-point line, which is pretty good.

He played in a grand total of 20 postseason games before this year - hardly a developed palette on which to paint a big picture of his effectiveness.

His production has been huge in this series. Will it continue? I'll have to see it.

Hardcore Husky Wrote:RocketFootball is right again.

Do you plan on contributing to this thread, or just throwing out amens to every 5th post?

HuskieDan Wrote:

rocketfootball Wrote:For his entire career, he averages 3 ppg more during the playoffs than during the regular season.  He also is a career 37% shooter from the 3-point line, which is pretty good.

He played in a grand total of 20 postseason games before this year - hardly a developed palette on which to paint a big picture of his effectiveness.

His production has been huge in this series. Will it continue? I'll have to see it.

Most of his games in the playoffs were with Detroit last year. IMO, he has been a much better player in Detroit than in his previous stops.

HuskieDan Wrote:Where's the scoring off the bench, especially if Corliss and Hunter leave?

DARKO! DARKO! DARKO!

HuskieDan Wrote:

Hardcore Husky Wrote:RocketFootball is right again.

Do you plan on contributing to this thread, or just throwing out amens to every 5th post?

now you understand how i feel.

Intimidate, Dominate, Celebrate Wrote:

HuskieDan Wrote:Where's the scoring off the bench, especially if Corliss and Hunter leave? 

DARKO! DARKO! DARKO!

SUCKS! SUCKS! SUCKS!

Hardcore Husky Wrote:

Intimidate Wrote:

HuskieDan Wrote:Where's the scoring off the bench, especially if Corliss and Hunter leave? 

DARKO! DARKO! DARKO!

SUCKS! SUCKS! SUCKS!

im amazed at you know how good darko is after, he played what 10 minutes this season, and you'd be lucky to have even seen a minute of him playing.