All he is saying is give Russ a chance. Russell Westbrook doesn’t sound like a good idea for the Nuggets, Chauncey Billups assured me. He sounds like a great one. “(Westbrook) is going to bring some toughness and a mentality to that team that I think will be welcomed,” Billups said of the new Nugget guard as we huddled at Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center just before the annual Porter-Billups Leadership Academy Gala.