Chauncey Billups column in Denver Post

[Jim McMaster <mcmaster@sweng.stortek.com>]

Mark Kiszla (admittedly a mediot, but not the biggest in town) wrote a column 
on Chauncey Billups in today's Denver Post.  Here are some relevant excerpts:

[The Denver Post Online]     CU's leaders should keep it together

                   By Mark Kiszla
     [Sports]      Denver Post Sports Columnist
                        Feb. 17 - They reached for the top and got
                   humiliation dropped on their noggins. Stoned with the
                   reality Colorado is 40 points short of being No. 1,
                   maybe Ricardo Patton and Chauncey Billups should
                   dedicate today to growing up, rather than wasting
                   another hour daydreaming about how high their money
                   could be stacked tomorrow.
                   ...
                        If Patton and Billups can't trust each other, then
                   we can't have faith in either. For if one leaves
                   Colorado at season's end, it only makes sense that both
                   men seek their separate fortunes elsewhere.
                        Should Billups depart, Patton won't be able to
                   replace him. The point guard is a player who comes along
                   only once in a coach's lifetime.
                        And should Patton leave, Billups must go. With the
                   state's current legal restrictions against multiyear
                   contracts, it's highly unlikely the Buffaloes can lure
                   Utah's Rick Majerus or any other prominent bench
                   strategist.
                   ...
                        While there are any number of NBA teams that would
                   kill to have Billups, his game is not ready for the
                   pros. For all his ability, Billups has two flaws: He's
                   too slow to run with rising NBA stars Terrell Brandon
                   and Stephon Marbury at the point. And, at 6-foot-3, he's
                   too short to make a living exclusively as an NBA big
                   guard. What Billups needs to do is spend the next 12
                   months with videotapes of Detroit's Joe Dumars, and
                   steal every trick from the NBA's ultimate swing guard.

For those interested in the complete article, go to:

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/sport389.htm


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