When something’s right, it’s right. And you know it, if not immediately, then soon.
It was right for Chauncey Billups in Detroit, to be validated for historians one more time Wednesday night when his jersey takes its place in The Palace rafters next to those of the franchise’s greats, including Ben Wallace’s – the first of five deeply intertwined teammates so honored, just last month – and the guy who brought him to the Pistons, Joe Dumars.
He knew it was right when he and Joe D shook hands on a contract in free agency that summer of 2002.