Detroit has yet another reason to celebrate its storied sports history as Pistons icon Chauncey Billups punches his ticket to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. According to The Athletic's Shams Charania, the 47-year-old former guard and current Portland Trail Blazers coach will join the 2024 class, with Vince Carter also slated for the honor. The announcement is set to take place at the NCAA Final Four this Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, as reported by The Detroit News.

Billups, revered for his late-game heroics and aptly branded "Mr. Big Shot," led the Pistons to an NBA title in 2004 as Finals MVP. His career accolades include five All-Star appearances and three All-NBA selections, with a particularly impressive 89.4% career free-throw percentage that lands him sixth all-time in NBA/ABA history, as per FOX 2 Detroit. The ex-guard's journey from being a Boston Celtics first-round draft pick in 1997 to earning basketball immortality spans 17 grueling seasons, with stops in Toronto, Denver, Minnesota, New York, and L.A. along the way.

Fans in Detroit are likely to recall Billups' critical role in the "Goin' to Work" Pistons era that brought a championship home and made six straight Eastern Conference Finals trips. The success of that period culminated in Billups' jersey being retired by the Pistons in 2016. "It will never die," said Billups at a 20th-anniversary celebration of the Pistons' last championship, according to a statement obtained by mlive. "What we did, it can never be undone."

Billups takes his place among Pistons royalty, with names like Dave Bing, Bob Lanier, Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Chuck Daly, Dennis Rodman, Ben Wallace, and the former owner, William Davidson in the Hall of Fame. His coaching career, however, also demands attention, with him currently at the helm for the Trail Blazers, showcasing leadership skills on and off the court. As a coach, Billups continues to shape the game, just as he did with every clutch shot and strategic play on his path to the Hall of Fame.