Players We Want Back: Chauncey Billups

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Players we want back: Chauncey Billups

By Kelly Dwyer

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For whatever reason, several of the league's more entertaining players have fallen off in recent years. Be it due to injury, confidence issues, rotation frustrations, a poor fit, or general ennui in a profession that can get tiresome, these players have disappointed of late. For the next few weeks, we're going to take a look at a list of familiar names that haven't produced familiar games over the last few years. Or, at least players that have produced games that we don't want to be in the habit of familiarizing ourselves with.

 

Today, we're looking at Los Angeles Clippers combo guard Chauncey Billups.

 

Chauncey Billups' effectiveness when he returns to the Los Angeles Clippers from an Achilles tear will be closely monitored, and like most things in remarkable career, the judgment stemming from it will probably say quite a bit about how you classify NBA success. If Billups were to return to the sort of form we'd expect from a 36-year old with his history, regardless of last February's tear, the sorts of numbers he'll put up might appear disappointing out of context. So we should give him some room, let Chauncey be Chauncey, and hope for the best.

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