Mr. Big Shot isn't going anywhere

Posted on Wed Jul 11, 2007 at 04:29:25 PM EST in NBA
More on: Pistons, Chauncey Billups, NBA, contract (all tags)

Get ready to hear "Chauncey
B-B-B-Billups" for a long, long time.

There has been lots of talk over the past few months that Chauncey Billups was going to leave Detroit for a lucrative offer from another team, but the Pistons have officially squashed any doubt that they would lose their point guard after they threw a wad of cash at him and he promptly accepted. Joe Dumars locked up his Finals MVP winning guard to a $60 million contract that will keep Billups in Motown for the next five years with $46 million guaranteed over the next four seasons and a team option for the fifth.

We said from the beginning that re-signing Chauncey was our top priority, and now we can move forward knowing that Chauncey will continue to lead this team," Joe Dumars told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "One of the toughest positions to fill in this business is the point guard position, and that's why it was imperative that we re-sign Chauncey.

Apparently Dumars has learned his lesson after he let one of the other "toughest positions to fill" skip town when Ben Wallace, one of the few legitimate centers in the league, bailed out of Detroit for the rival Bulls last year. This move goes a long way to helping the Pistons shoot for a sixth consecutive Eastern Conference Finals appearance; and even if they don't make it back to the East's championship game, an average salary of $12 million per year will make it a lot easier to cope with the pain of losing. At least for Billups it will.

Links:
[MSNBC.com]: Billups re-signs with Pistons for $60 million

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