Don't expect Chauncey Billups to be a distraction for the Pistons as he enters into a contract season, the Detroit News is reporting.

"My focus is not on my next contract at all," Billups said after the team's first practice Tuesday morning. "I am just trying to duplicate what we did last year and get better at the end -- team-wise ? As far as that (his next contract), I will not talk about that all year. At the end of the year, we can sit down and have a conversation."

Billups, 30, will make $6.36 million this season, with a player option to make $6.82 million next year. There is little doubt he will forgo his option and enter the free-agent market.