Billups Resigns with Detroit
Posted on July 4th, 2007 by
Not all that big of a surprise considering that ever since Chauncey Billups signed with the Detroit Pistons, they have made it to the Eastern Conference finals every year. He was pretty much the biggest free agent this summer that may have considered signing on with a different team, so it will be interesting to see what the Lakers and the Cavaliers do (two teams who could have really used a point guard like Billups).
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.
Detroit (AP)
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