Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups wants it to be known
that he's not afraid of the big, bad Lakers.   They are trying
to stack the deck over there, but I tell you what - I'm very
pleased with my team and what we've been able to do and I will
just say this - don't nobody scare me, man."  Billups reportedly
even threw in a chuckle at the end.  It makes sense that the
five-time All-Star wouldn't be intimidated by the Lakers. After
all, it was his Detroit Pistons in 2004 that knocked out the
heavily-favored Lakers, four games to one, in the NBA Finals. He
averaged 21.0 points, 5.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds while
shooting 50 percent from the field and 47 percent from downtown
in that series. It marked the end of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe
Bryant's reign together in L.A.  Lakers offseason acquisition
Dwight Howard is the new Shaq in town and he will face the same
obstacles with Bryant as O'Neal did in 2003-2004. Will the two
be able to work together and win a championship or will there be
issues about who g