Pistons' Billups after knee surgery: 'The gas light is on'

Detroit's Chauncey Billups isn't sure how much he's got left in the tank after undergoing left knee surgery this week.

“The gas light is on. I don’t know if there’s 15 miles or 30 miles left," the 37-year-old said via the Detroit Free Press.

Billups isn't going to rush back from the minor procedure to clean up a torn meniscus. He's been given a rehab timetable of 2-3 weeks before a possible return.

The Pistons came out strong, scoring 37 in the first quarter against the Warriors on Monday night. By the fourth, Golden State outscored the home team 23-13 and sent Detroit to a 104-96 loss.

Asked if retirement is a possibility with just one year left on his deal:

“It all kind of just depends how this feels, how things are with the knee. If the knee is fine, sure I would like to come back. But if it’s not, I don’t want to come back to this. It’s tough to do this and we’re not a winning team at this stage. It’s tough to do that, but hopefully in a perfect world and my knee is fine ... I feel like if my knee was fine we probably wouldn’t be in the position that we’re in.”