Four years after being traded away from the team he led to an NBA title back in 2004, Chauncey Billups has agreed to return home.
From Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports:Chauncey Billups has reached agreement on a two-year contract to return to the Detroit Pistons, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
The deal will be worth $5 million-plus for Billups, league sources said.
Billups, 36, hopes to finish his career where it blossomed in the glory years of the Billups-Richard Hamilton-Ben Wallace Pistons of the mid-2000s. Billups will play the part of mentor for young Detroit guard Brandon Knight, and be a rotation guard off the bench for Detroit.
Billups played for the Pistons from 2002 through the middle of the 2008-09 season, before being traded to the Nuggets as part of the ill-fated deal that brought Allen Iverson to Detroit. He was an instrumental piece for the team during its incredible run that saw the Pistons reach the Eastern Conference Finals six straight seasons, which included two trips to the NBA Finals and winning the title in 2004.
The last two seasons Billups was with the Clippers, but injuries limited him to playing in just 42 total games. Billups has played 16 NBA seasons, and holds career averages of 15.4 points and 5.5 assists per game.
