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Every NBA team’s greatest shooter of all time

By Brandon Jefferson

OAKLAND, CA - 1995: Kenny Smith #30 of the Houston Rockets stretches against the Portland Trail Blazers during a game played circa 1995 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Brad Mangin/NBAE via Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - 1995: Kenny Smith #30 of the Houston Rockets stretches against the Portland Trail Blazers during a game played circa 1995 at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1995 NBAE (Photo by Brad Mangin/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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AUBURN HILLS, MI – NOVEMBER 3: Chauncey Billups #1 of the Detroit Pistons stands for the National Anthem against the Boston Celtics during the game on November 3, 2013 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2013 NBAE (Photo by Dan Lippitt/NBAE via Getty Images)
AUBURN HILLS, MI – NOVEMBER 3: Chauncey Billups #1 of the Detroit Pistons stands for the National Anthem against the Boston Celtics during the game on November 3, 2013 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2013 NBAE (Photo by Dan Lippitt/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Detroit Pistons: Chauncey Billups

Chauncey “Mr. Big Shot” Billups is renowned for his eight years as a Detroit Piston. Billups and Richard Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace helped transform the Pistons into a hard-nosed team that pulled off what many consider as the biggest upset in the NBA Finals when they defeated the Lakers in 2004 (a team that featured Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, and Shaq).

Billups had been a journeyman before finding a steady home with the Pistons, making stops in Boston, Toronto, Denver and Minnesota prior to signing with Detroit in 2002. Once there, Chauncey started to display the traits and potential that got him drafted third overall in the 1997 NBA Draft.

In the eight seasons he was on the Pistons he shot 39.7 percent from t3. His knack for draining clutch shots earned him his well-known moniker.

As a bigger guard, Billups would willingly take advantage of size mismatches and was strong enough to battle in the post and quick enough to get by like-sized players. That quartet of Pistons fit perfectly together and were part of a storied time in “DEEEEEEEEE-TROIT BASK-ET-BALLLLL!”

The sweet shot hasn’t left yet as like the previously mentioned Abdul-Rauf, Billups was also an original member of the BIG3, but bowed out after a brief flirtation with the Cleveland Cavaliers for their general manager position. Chauncey has been a staple of ESPN’s new look studio basketball analysts.

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