In the era when analytics was just starting to become mainstream, Billups was an always underappreciated superstar.
What Ben Wallace was to defense, Chauncey Billups was to offense. He was not just the offensive conductor of the championship Detroit Pistons, but he was one of the most gifted offensive point guards in the NBA.
Wallace was, perhaps a touch more dominant, and he was certainly more celebrated. He had the huge afro, the bulging muscles and the emphatic blocks. He had the bell that tolled every time he did something amazing.
Billups had none of that.