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Chauncey Billups was back in court Wednesday, along with multiple other defendants, for a status hearing in the federal case against an alleged poker-rigging scheme -- or Operation Royal Flush, as the Department of Justice announced in October. Billups, who was alleged to be a "face card" in the scheme, a well-known person used to attract players to rigged games, pleaded not guilty in November. On Wednesday, as he returned to court for an update on the case, his former backcourt-mate with the Detroit Pistons, Richard Hamilton, voiced his full support for Billups. "Chauncey's in a good place. We always have his back. Spoke to him multiple times," Hamilton told BetFTW and USA TODAY Sports. "So we're here to support him, but this ain't Chauncey. I know Chaunc. This ain't him. So, hopefully everything works out and everybody in the world realizes that Chauncey's one of the better people in this world."
Omari Sanlofa II: Caught up with Rip Hamilton after the Shooting Stars Challenge. On watching the Pistons’ rise this season: “You’ve gotta really take your hat off to the organization for keeping the young guys and not trading them early to get a big time free agent.”
K.C. Johnson: There are sooooo many teammates back for Derrick Rose. Luol Deng, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah, Ben Gordon, Kyle Korver, Kurt Thomas, Brad Miller, Thabo Sefolosha, Tyrus Thomas, Richard Hamilton, Aaron Gray and more. And Tom Thibodeau is in the house as well. Kirk Hinrich, James Johnson, Drew Gooden too. Also saw Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner here
Jorge Sierra: CJ McCollum passed Tobias Harris, Richard Hamilton and Larry Nance in scoring for No. 135 all-time. Kawhi Leonard moved ahead of Richard Jefferson for No. 161. McCollum entered the NBA two years after Kawhi.
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Jorge Sierra: Jimmy Butler moved ahead of Richard Hamilton in playoff scoring for No. 42 all-time. He also passed all these guys in rebounds for No. 88 in NBA history: Marc Gasol James Worthy Cliff Hagan Rajon Rondo
When asked about the players who influenced his style, CJ McCollum rattled off a list of all-time greats. “Besides my brother? I watched a lot of Allen Iverson. I watched a lot of Steve Nash. I watched a lot of Rip Hamilton. I watched young Gilbert [Arenas] and obviously Kobe and Mike,” McCollum said. “I watched all those guys but really, you know, for me, it was like figuring how to be successful and how to be impactful and how to create space in the league where everybody’s athletic and everybody’s fast and everybody’s good.”
Jorge Sierra: Kyle Lowry passed Tim Hardaway in assists last night for No. 19 all-time. Also: Damian Lillard moved ahead of Clyde Drexler for No. 37 in scoring. Devin Booker passed Richard Hamilton for No. 132.
HoopsHype: Mike Conley passed Jerry West in assists (No. 34 all-time) and Richard Hamilton in scoring (No. 128) last night. Still starting at age 36. Quite a career.
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Although this championship group may not get together often, Hamilton said they all still stay in regular contact. Some still have prominent roles in the league — Billups and Ham are both head coaches, with the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Lakers, respectively, and Prince is an assistant GM with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Rip Hamilton on returning to Detroit 20 years after the Pistons’ last championship and the emotions that come along with it.
— Mike Curtis (@MikeACurtis2) March 17, 2024
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Richard "Rip" Hamilton, the second-leading scorer in UConn men's basketball history and leader of the Huskies' first national championship team, will have his No. 32 retired on Feb. 24 at halftime of UConn's game against Villanova at Gampel.