Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups wants to become an NBA general manager someday and says he'll follow the mold of former boss Joe Dumars, who runs the Pistons.

"I learned so much from Joe - how to treat guys, how to be honest and upfront with them," Billups said. "He had the perfect balance of knowing when to be cool and friendly with guys, but also an ability to let guys know that this is a job and I am the boss, and there's a way you're going to have to do things here. But it was never like he made people feel he was looking down on them.

"He built that team perfectly, and I don't think it will ever be done in that fashion again. No max guys, a lot of guys teams had given up on. .... No, there will never be a championship team again like we had."