There is something about owning a championship ring that gives one more court cred than anything else. Whatever the mojo is that Austin Powers has, Chauncey Billups owns the original formula. He may not have extended minutes in his 34 year old legs but he IS a leader of men.

It was a beautiful noise that the Garden serenaded him with. It had to make his journey less heart wrenching.

As a recognition of his leadership, and in recognition of our other captain Amare perched one technical foul away from being in a suit for a game, the motion is to nominate Chauncey Billups Captain.

Is there a second?

While I do not think Billups can bring the frenetic pace of Felton, I do think his intangibles are tangibly off the charts. Felton was good there too, but Billups won a chip on the most balanced team of the past decade. While I never saw the 69-70 Knicks live, that's apparently how they played. I support old school warm-ups, uniforms, and play style

CrushAlot wrote:

nixluva wrote:Felton did a good job and the best he could, but Billups is just a better player and has more experience. Thank God, DW and MDA pushed to add him. I think they both could see another Duhon type of second half coming. Like Duhon, Felton had to burn so much energy and of course part of that is the extended minutes but also these guys don't have the kind of game that allows them to conserve energy like Billups. Billups just knows the right tempo to go at and he doesn't waste energy. His leadership is the biggest thing. He truly leads his team and is a coach on the floor. We haven't had that and you can see it's impact already.

I totally agree. I felt like he was the most important player on the court. I can't believe the Knicks were able to get him. It seemed like Denver was dictating the parameters of the trade but I can't see how they could be for losing Billups.

I bet you it was their capologist that convinced them they needed to move Chauncey's contract.

misterearl wrote:As a parent, one can understand the emotional tug of family when you are trying to settle children into a home. Chauncey was uprooted from his family and handled the transition with professionalism and grace. He did not ask who gave the order and he cannot be happy, but it is the life has chosen.

There is something about owning a championship ring that gives one more court cred than anything else. Whatever the mojo is that Austin Powers has, Chauncey Billups owns the original formula. He may not have extended minutes in his 34 year old legs but he IS a leader of men.

It was a beautiful noise that the Garden serenaded him with. It had to make his journey less heart wrenching.

As a recognition of his leadership, and in recognition of our other captain Amare perched one technical foul away from being in a suit for a game, the motion is to nominate Chauncey Billups Captain.

Is there a second?

He is back!! Yeah earl. I knew you'd understand what transpired. I don't even remember who was on the team.

Melo wins the game. And he's not putting his head down when he misses some shots.

Not a bad debut for an off game.

All the way baby!

The most promising thing I saw in a sloppy offensive night last night was one set where Melo was on the low left block posting up, drew two defenders, Billups was setting up from the left side of the arc with shooters in their usual spots in the corners. Amare was left with nobody guarding him! He just took the ball at the elbow and went to the basket uncontested.

I look forward to seeing that a dozen times a game.

misterearl wrote:Big Chief Triangle

JohnWallace - Stat can keep his captain stripes.

Billips fills the co-captain vacancy left by Raymond Felton

(off topic alert) Best Line - "Clyde busted out the tiger stripes for the occasion. I didn't catch his sartorial remarks, but I'm assuming it was tiger print, not, you know...tiger. I don't think they let you do that unless you're KT Tunstall. Anyway, the get-up was overwhelming somehow. Clyde's set an unbelievably high bar for himself. He's going to have to bust out some seriously ungodly materials to continue amazing us. I'm talking about vests of chain mail, ties of eucalyptus, scarves of archaeopteryx down. We're nearing uncharted territory here."

- Seth, Posting and Toasting

It wasn't even just tiger print. It was tiger print with some kind of wave pattern texture. It looked like one of those pictures that you're supposed to squint at to see a hidden 3D image.