BOULDER — Former Colorado star Chauncey Billups, who went on to become the third overall pick in the NBA Draft and lead the Detroit Pistons to an NBA title, has been named to this year's list of eligible candidates for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2018.
Billups, who now works as an analyst for ESPN, learned of his inclusion on this year's list while on set.
"Just humbled," Billups said. "Humbled and honored to be nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame. A kid from Denver, Colorado. Not even a lot of NBA players come from the neighborhood I came from, or even the state.