Chauncey Billups, Unplugged in Boston

The future Hall of Famer discusses his time as a Celtic, feelings towards Rick Pitino and how close he came to being the Celtics head coach - and not Ime Udoka.

Former Celtic Chauncey Billups, now head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, addressing the media. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

BOSTON - Here are some of the highlights from Chauncey Billups chatting with the media prior to the Portland Trail Blazers playing the Boston Celtics.

0:37 Billups on being back where his career started, and some of those early struggles. “I was just so excited, to be here,” he said. “The way they played … I thought it was going to be perfect, and obviously it wasn’t. It took time. It all worked out; I’m grateful for the struggles that I had early. I thought it made me so much better in my prime.”

2:20 The role of patience in your career

“I’ve always been pretty patient. I come from that ‘oven’ generation, not the microwave generation … gotta let it cook for a while. That’s always been a good thing of mine. I always thought I could do anything, and everything, In due time and given the time. Sometimes in any sport, if you don’t get time to mature, different pressures … patience has been a big thing for me.”

Below you can see and hear more from Billups.