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National Basketball Association: Denver coach is excited about arrival of Billups


Associated Press Detroit’s Chauncey Billups looks to pass during a game against Washington Saturday in Auburn Hills, Mich. On Monday, the Pistons traded Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb to Denver in exchange for Allen Iverson.
DENVER—Denver coach George Karl has been petitioning for a pure point guard, a player with a proclivity for passing.

He got his wish when the Nuggets acquired Chauncey Billups from Detroit on Monday in a trade involving Allen Iverson.

Now, Karl needs to tweak the offense, restructuring it from Iverson’s shoot-first mentality to Billups’ pass-often mind-set.

Not that he minds the challenge.

“We all get excited when you’ve got a point guard that’s special,” Karl said Tuesday. “I think he’s an orchestrator of winning. He’ll help everybody get better...
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