On the night Chauncey Billups will see his No. 1 lifted to the rafters and never to be worn again (until Reggie Jackson takes the floor again), I will be wearing my Billups No. 1 jersey. Will you?
In Chauncey Billups' letter to his younger self, Mr. Big Shot advised young Chaunce to pick No. 1 when he signed with the Detroit Pistons to represent the 'one shot' he'd be given to run a team, the end of a journey to greatness. His one opportunity. No, nothing about an Eminem song. No. 1 is the number Billups chose and that's the number going up to be among the other Pistons greats' numbers on Wednesday night.