If you've missed it somehow, you need to go read Tom Friend's long profile on Chauncey Billups on ESPN.com. (Thanks to David V. for the heads-up.) You might want to hold off for a couple hours, though, because I cannot wait to watch this team play again tonight.
I never thought this blog would last longer than Jay Cutler's career with the Denver Broncos. He was a talented young prospect so good that the Broncos, a powerhouse organization only one game removed from the Super Bowl the season before, traded up to get him—or, in other words, a player whose upside was so huge, the team sacrificed its present to get his future. And now? He's gone . How did it come to this? * * * Often I'll play devil's advocate with a move like this; you know, I'll try and explain how it makes sense from the other side of the table. Today, during the most disastrous Broncos offseason in memory—and the draft hasn't even happened yet, so settle in—I just don't have it in me. I don't think move is really defensible from a football standpoint. But what the heck: as the article above says, the Broncos are sending Cutler and a fifth-round draft pick this month to the Chicago Bears for quarterback Kyle Orton, Chicago's first-rounder in t...
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That was the most fantastic article I've read in a long, long time. Chauncey is definitely my favoritest player in the world wide.
The article literally moved me to tears at times . . . the way he learned from his dad . . . and his teammates with the T-wolves . . . the progress . . . the work . . . the learning . . . No. 7 for his Denver re-debut! Awesome! Thanks for posting this. It was awesome. I want these guys to go all the way, now. He's got Melo sprinting off the court . . . freakin' brilliant.
GO NUGGETS!
DG