"The concern with Chauncey Billups when the Knicks acquired him in the Carmelo Anthony trade was that he was too slow to handle the Mike D'Antoni offense.

But that was offset by his big-game experience and reputation as a clutch player. You don't get the nickname Mr. Big Shot for being a shrinking violet, and that was on display when he hit a key 3-pointer against the Heat in the Knicks' most-significant win of the post-trade season. A severe thigh bruise in the next game cost him the following six games and a knee injury in Game 1 against the Celtics ended that series for him -- and the Knicks were swept."