Brief New York Knick Chauncey Billups Earns Hall of Fame Induction

Newly-minted Hall-of-Famer Chauncey Billups came to the New York Knicks as part of the famous Carmelo Anthony trade in 2011.

Mar 20, 2011; Milwaukee, WI, USA; New York Knicks guard Chauncey Billups (4) dribbles the ball / Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Chauncey Billups will never make it to the rafters of Manhattan, so he'll simply have to settle for the halls of Springfield instead.

Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Billups, a brief New York Knick, will be part of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2024, which will also include Vince Carter and, according to Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Dick Barnett.

Billups, currently the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, is best known for his six-year run with the Detroit Pistons, sinking some of the most memorable shots during their run of prosperity in the mid-2000s. Of note, Billups earned MVP honors for his efforts in the 2004 NBA Finals, which saw the Pistons close the door on the Los Angeles Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal era in five games.

March 26, 2011; Charlotte, NC, USA; New York Knicks guard Chauncey Billups (4) drives to the basket / Sam Sharpe-USA TODAY Sports

Other accolades in Billups' career include five All-Star Game invites and two All-Defensive second team nominations. Billups also took home the Association's Sportsmanship and Teammate of the Year Awards in 2009 and 2013 respectively.

Billups is a bit of a footnote in Knicks history, as he came to New York in the famous Carmelo Anthony trade with the Denver Nuggets in 2011. In 21 games with the Knicks, Billups averaged 17.5 points and 5.5 assists while helping the team end a six-year postseason drought despite dealing with a knee injury.

Being moved to the Knicks was originally a sore point for Billups, who was 34 at the time of the deal and had planned to spend the rest of his career in his native Colorado, where a successful collegiate career with the University of Colorado Boulder pushed him to the third slot on the NBA Draft board in 1997. But Billups came to enjoy his brief stay in New York and was retained for 2011-12 season. But Billups never played for the Knicks again, as the team later used an amnesty clause to release him.

Billups would last three more injury-riddled seasons, playing two with the Los Angeles Clippers before a 19-game farewell with the Pistons. Prior to his Motor City breakout, Billups took the floor with Boston, Toronto, Denver, and Minnesota.