Lots of people headed to San Francisco on Saturday for the Fleet Week weekend activities. Some were disappointed that the ever-popular Blue Angels canceled their flight due to fog.

But, you wouldn’t be able to tell the Blue Angels were called off by the crowds in San Francisco Saturday night.

Fleet Week organizers say the Blue Angels went up for an observation flight and determined it was too foggy to fly. So, their part of the air show was called off at around 3:30 p.m. But crowds stuck around for many other Fleet Week activities.

Pier 39 was packed with people checking out the military ships docked there and listening to a Navy Rock band performing. Businesses around Pier 39 tell us they’ve seen a surge in visitors this week.

Dylan Defreitas, who owns several businesses on Pier 39, including a shop called Expedition, said, ” So far, just looking around and where we’re at right now, it’s actually an increase [in business] over previous years for us. “

“It’s been very positive,” he continued.

San Francisco Travel told NBC Bay Area that it would take them a few weeks to gather the hotel occupancy data to determine how busy this year’s Fleet Week was compared to previous years.

The festivities continue on Sunday with another air show, and — weather permitting– the Blue Angels are expected to take to the skies.

The stoicism that guided Chauncey Billups to Springfield, Mass., isn’t helping him ahead of his Sunday induction to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Billups has his speech written, but he’s missing some ruthlessness as he tries to fit it into the 7 minutes he is allotted.

“The problem is, I’m way over time, so I got to trim it down, and I just don’t know where, man,” Billups told reporters Tuesday.

“I’m about twice the amount that it should be.”

In Billups’ defense, there’s plenty to unpack. The proud Park Hill native was selected as a McDonald’s All-American from the high school class of 1995 and went on to earn more All-American honors over his two seasons at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

The Celtics selected Billups as the third pick in the 1997 draft, but his professional career didn’t get off to the smooth start typical of a future Hall of Famer. He was traded to the Raptors at the trade deadline during his rookie season.

Toronto wasn’t home for long. The Raptors traded Billups to his hometown Nuggets less than a year later, but it wasn’t exactly a storybook homecoming. Denver traded him to Orlando in February 2000, though a shoulder injury prevented him from ever playing for the Magic. Billups signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent ahead of the 2000-01 season. After a couple of years in Minnesota, Billups signed with the Pistons, with whom his persistence paid off.

Larry Brown, his coach for most of his time in Detroit, and Ben Wallace, a hall-of-fame Pistons teammate, are two of his presenters. Former WNBA player Tina Thompson, who Billups called a “very dear friend,” will join Brown and Wallace in presenting Billups during Sunday’s ceremony.

“No coach got more out of me than (Brown). He means so much to me. Not only my playing career but even now, he’s still leading me, teaching me, giving me ideas and giving me encouragement all of the time. … He’s just somebody that means a lot to me,” Billups said of Brown before moving on to Wallace.

“Him or I wouldn’t be there without each other. The run that we had in Detroit is a big deal. I was there watching him go in a few years ago. Obviously, that’s my brother.”

In his first season as a Piston, Billups averaged 16.2 points, a career-high at that point, and finished sixth in Most Improved Player voting. The King of Park Hill earned a new nickname — Mr. Big Shot — for his unflappability in the clutch with the Pistons. He lived up to the moniker, winning Finals Most Valuable Player when Detroit beat the Lakers to win the 2004 title. Billups made All-Defensive second team in 2004-05, his third season with the Pistons. Three All-Star seasons followed before he was traded back to Denver in exchange for Allen Iverson two games into the 2008-09 season.

Billups’ second stint back home lasted nearly three seasons before he was included in the trade that sent Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks.

“You look at his upbringing here in Denver and obviously CU and his NBA career and what he was able to do, I’m just very happy for him and his family. Class act,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Saturday.

“You’re always rooting for guys that have worn that Nuggets jersey that make their way into Springfield. Shoutout to Chauncey. Job well done.”

Billups’ playing career concluded following a half season with the Knicks, a couple of injury-plagued seasons in Los Angeles with the Clippers and his farewell season with the Pistons in 2013-14 before knee injuries led to his retirement.

Now, he’s using his matter-of-fact approach in coaching. He got started as a Clippers assistant and is entering his fourth season as the Trail Blazers’ coach. The weekend’s events will force Billups to miss Portland’s preseason game against Sacramento. The enshrinement ceremony will air on NBA TV, starting at 4 p.m. in Denver. Billups didn’t know when he was scheduled to speak or if the event would break down his stoic demeanor.

“I’m not the most emotional dude in the world, but this is an emotional – obviously – event,” Billups said.

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame class of 2024

Seimone Augustus

Dick Barnett

Chauncey Billups

Vince Carter

Doug Collins

Michael Cooper

Walter Davis

Harley Redin

Bo Ryan

Herb Simon

Charles Smith

Michele Timms

Jerry West

The Wild were unsure late Saturday whether Joel Eriksson Ek would travel with the team to Winnipeg for Sunday evening’s game against the Jets at Canada Life Centre.

Eriksson Ek was injured in the second period of Saturday’s night’s 5-4, shootout loss to Seattle at Xcel Energy Center when Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson elbowed him in the face.

Bleeding from his nose, Eriksson Ek went immediately to the training room. He emerged wearing a full shield at the beginning of the third period, but after one more shift he left for good.

Asked whether Eriksson Ek would fly to Winnipeg, coach John Hynes said, “I don’t know.”

The team’s top center and best two-way forward, Eriksson Ek, 27, scored a career-high 30 goals and 64 points, and was a plus-18, in 77 games last season. He’s centering the second line with Matt Boldy and Marcus Johansson, and had a goal and assist in Thursday night’s victory over Columbus.

The no-call was a key point in Saturday night’s game. Shortly afterward, Jonas Brodin was called for tripping despite not tripping Seattle’s Brandon Tanev, leading to Jordan Eberle’s game-tying power play goal.

“It’s just tough because it’s common sense, right?” said Wild alternate captain Marcus Foligno. “The guy’s got the puck, making a move, and the guy goes to hit him and — yeah, it’s brutal. I mean, I don’t really understand that call at all.”

Hynes said he was happy with how the Wild responded to that segment, taking leads of 3-2 and 4-3 and getting physical with Seattle. Foligno had seven of the Wild’s 32 official hits.

“Swing of momentum that shouldn’t have had momentum at all, but those are the bounces in the game you just forget about,” Foligno said. “I think our team did a pretty good job mentally just forgetting about things.”

If Eriksson Ek isn’t available for Sunday’s 5 p.m. puck drop in Winnipeg, the Wild could survive without making a roster move by plugging in rookie Liam Ohgren — who hasn’t played yet this season — as a wing and having fourth line wing Freddy Gaudreau move to center.

Ryan Hartman, who started on the third line with Foligno and Yakov Trenin, scored the Wild’s last go-ahead goal after replacing Eriksson Ek at center on the second line.

But Hynes was concerned there might be other dinged up players after a game in which Minnesota and Seattle combined for 52 official hits.

“I can go back in there and they could say, ‘Two more guys are questionable,’ ” the coach said. “Then you’re probably going to have to make some moves.”