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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Mr. Good Guy (Billups honored as winner of Kennedy Citizenship Award)

AUBURN HILLS – Chauncey Billups led the NBA in assists this season – off the court, at least.

The Pistons’ three-time All-Star point guard was named Monday as the 2007-08 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. The award, named for the second commissioner of the league, honors an NBA player or coach for outstanding service and dedication to the community. He’ll be recognized before the Pistons’ Game 2 vs. Orlando on Monday night.

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We Pistonians are Hardworking and Generous to others.!!

“It’s a great award,” Billups said Monday. “The thing about doing stuff like that, doing charity work and having a big heart, you never do it for the accolades. You do it for the kids. You try and teach kids a better way than the alternative, which is being in a neighborhood doing bad things and getting bad results. It’s good to be recognized for it, but at the same time, that’s not why you do it.”

Billups has been active in Detroit-area charities since signing with the Pistons as a free agent in July 2002. For the past three summers, he’s hosted the Children’s Center Celebrity Golf Classic. All proceeds benefit The Children’s Center, a non-profit organization established in 1929 as one of the nation’s first child guidance clinics. With Billups’ help, the organization has raised over $100,000 at each of the past three events.

Billups also has provided tickets to Pistons home games for underprivileged youth throughout the region.

But the 10-year veteran’s outreach efforts aren’t limited to Detroit.

Billups’ last stop before joining the Pistons was Minnesota, where he has supported a program called Why Can’t I Go for the past seven years. WCIG’s mission is to provide students the opportunity to learn through diverse traveling experiences. Billups flies a group of 20 to 30 underprivileged youth from the Minneapolis area to one Pistons game every year, providing tickets for them and meeting with the entire group after the game.

His signature charitable effort remains his involvement in his hometown of Denver with the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy with Regis University, an academic camp that readies kids for college. Billups takes part in a three-week camp each summer with students, promoting leadership, critical thinking, team work and conflict-resolution skills.

The program strictly deals with academics and life skills. Graduates of the program who are accepted to Regis University receive Porter-Billups Academy scholarships that help balance tuition and fees to attend the university. In February, he hosted 10 youngsters excelling in the Porter-Billups Academy at a Pistons home game. The day included a trip to the Charles H. Wright African American Museum in Detroit as well as the Motown Museum.

The award is voted on annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. Players are nominated by PBWA Members nominate players for the award. The other finalist for this year’s honor was Charlotte’s Emeka Okafor.

Billups is the fourth Piston to win the award. Others were Bob Lanier (1978), Isiah Thomas (1987) and Joe Dumars (1994).

congratulations mr bigshot, we're proud of you, you've done such a great job of helping these programs and the youngsters to achieve their goal for the future.

it appears that our pistons are also willing to donate and share blessings to other people, im so proud of you mr bigshot.

at least you followed our godfather's footsteps (Isiah and Joe)

congratulations.

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