Former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Sam Mitchell is ecstatic that Chauncey Billups is entering Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Mitchell also had some strong words for those who “almost ruined that man’s career” before he blossomed into an NBA All-Star and champion. “When they fail you, they will blame it on you,” Mitchell told Andscape. “All the coaches, until Chauncey got to Minnesota, in my opinion, failed him. And then they turned around and instead of saying, ‘We failed him,’ they said, ‘He can’t play.’ Explain to me how somebody who is the third pick of the draft can’t play but now is getting ready to go into the Hall of Fame? Explain that one to me, because I know the truth. I was there. I know what Chauncey told me. I saw what happened in Boston. I saw what happened in Orlando. “So, explain to me how a failure who can’t play the position is now going into the Hall of Fame? … I would love to hear what they got to say because I’m sick and tired of y’all writing about all these great [expletive] coaches that failed people. And then these guys turned out to be good. And nobody says a word. They almost ruined that man career by saying that.”