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DETROIT — Chauncey Billups is one step closer to basketball immortality. The Pistons legend and current Portland Trail Blazers coach has been named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024, which was announced on Friday evening. Billups joins a list of 14 finalists that includes eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter, five-time NBA champion Michael Cooper, six-time All-Star Walter Davis, legendary coach Bo Ryan and four-time WNBA champion Seimone Augustus. Billups, a five-time NBA All-Star and NBA Finals MVP, is lauded in Detroit for leading the Pistons to an NB…

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