Deion Sanders has CU Buffs legend Chauncey Billups dreaming big. “It’s fun to be a Buff right now.” via SeanKeeler
“It’s fun to be a Buff right now. And we’ve had some tough years there,” the CU great, Denver hoops icon and current Portland Trail Blazers coach told me before his annual“I mean, a year ago, every Saturday — every Saturday — I’m hiding, I’m ducking phone calls, because I know I don’t want to hear this -talking from all my friends. So those times are over. It’s fun to be a Buff right now.
Behind the scenes, Billups has been helping Coach Prime make a similar transition to the Front Range. Sanders, 55, who was Mr. Big Shot’s featured guest at the gala — the NBA great interviewed the NFL and MLB great on-stage for about 20-25 minutes, then opened things up to the audience for questions.
Billups invited Sanders to speak at the fundraiser for the PBLA, which was co-founded by former Regis hoops coach Lonnie Porter and Staci Porter-Bentley, earlier this year. Sanders, who grew up in Florida and spent much of his post-playing career in Texas, is a rookie when it comes to the Flatirons. Billups, who grew up here, offered some Prime tips on navigating“I try to just give him the answers to all the tests around here,” the former Buff chuckled. “And he knows, anyway — if he doesn’t, he knows somebody that does.
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