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Andrew
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12/10/2011 8:49 PM
Billips worried Kahn is going to claim him.
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12/10/2011 8:53 PM
Andrew wrote:Billips worried Kahn is going to claim him. LOL Official sponsor of the PURE KNICKS LOVE Program
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12/10/2011 9:22 PM
Billups: Knicks 'a couple pieces short' of title
December, 10, 2011 Dec 108:56PM ETEmail Print Comments10 By Ian O'ConnorChauncey Billups wants to make one thing clear: He’s angry at the situation, but he’s not angry at the Knicks. So when asked if he believes the team that just fired him is capable of winning a championship, the point guard was thinking with his head, not his heart. “I think they are probably a couple of pieces short, but I won’t say what they are,” Billups said Saturday by phone. The signing of Tyson Chandler gives the Knicks a frontcourt to die for, but leaves them deficient in the backcourt, Mike Bibby or no Mike Bibby. “I want nothing but the best for Melo and Amare, and I love Tyson; I’m happy he got his money,” Billups said. “Don’t think I don’t want the Knicks to do well….But I do believe they undervalued what I brought to the table.” Billups had some other interesting things to say about his former team, among them: *He grew tired of the constant Chris Paul talk. “From the first day I got there, it was always about who was going to be the next point guard, without giving me a real chance. I get it, but at the same time my track record speaks for itself. Give me a real chance to prove I can be that guy. The whole deal with Denver was about Melo, and that’s understandable, he’s a young star in the league. But at the same time, I don’t think the Knicks valued what else they got in the deal.” *He believes he might still be a Knick without the injuries suffered against the Magic and Celtics. “When I was healthy in New York, it was great. We were rolling after that win in Miami after the trade, and then I get the thigh contusion in Orlando. I come back, we get rolling again, and then I go down in the playoffs and the injury there affected the whole outlook of my short tenure with the Knicks. If I’m healthy against Boston, we’ve got a really good chance in that series. But once I got hurt, it’s like they forgot all about the impact I did have on that team.” *Mike D’Antoni might have a tougher time running his team through Carmelo Anthony, instead of his point guard, than he thinks. “It’s a tough transition, especially in Mike’s system where the point guard is so important as someone to make plays for everybody else. Melo is a good playmaker, but he’s going to be called on to do that more. Toney (Douglas) is a good player, but he’s young. I don’t want to say they don’t have a point guard, but their best playmaker right now is Melo. *On the possibility of signing with a team like Miami that might face the Knicks in the playoffs: “I would like a chance at them, I’ll tell you that much. I would absolutely love that.” Follow Ian O’Connor on Twitter: @Ian_OConnor I'm tired,I'm tired, I'm so tired right now......Kristaps Porzingis 1/3/18
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