Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: 10 players who define the borderline for induction

#6 Chauncey Billups

Chauncey with the Finals MVP trophy

One of the greatest clutch players of all time, Billups consistently gets overlooked in the conversation about the best point guards of the 2000s because he was a pass-first guy who played in an era stacked with all-time great point guards. His tally of 18 gamewinners is better than the likes of famed clutch players like LeBron James, for example.

Mr. Big Shot was no slouch on the other side of the ball either, contributing his bit to the greatest defensive lineup of this century by expending extraordinary effort at locking down opposition point guards. His early career struggles notwithstanding, Billups is the personification of a championship-caliber point guard from the time before analytics influenced the strategies of NBA teams.