BREAKING: CHAUNCEY BILLUPS ARRESTED BY FBI FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING (5 Viewers)

[Strenuus]

And so goes Scott Foster as well
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I am wondering if this is real?

The end didnt give it away?

 

[inconceivable]

He certainly might not have known that the poker game was rigged if that's what was going on.

yeah, if he thought he was being paid for his celebrity status to attract players, but had no idea of the hocus pocus going on, then is he really guilty? He's just involved.

 

[inconceivable]

What did Ime do in Boston?

had sex with team employee

 

[kjironman1]

The end didnt give it away?

That was my first response but this is still ongoing on the tweeterspere.

 

[Quatro44]

We about to get the longest yard, but with basketball. The Longest Shot.

 

[kjironman1]

yeah, if he thought he was being paid for his celebrity status to attract players, but had no idea of the hocus pocus going on, then is he really guilty? He's just involved.

I don't know man. He ain't stupid. he must have been in on it at some point.

 

[Strenuus]

That was my first response but this is still ongoing on the tweeterspere.

The end takes all credit away. Bad trolling by them.

 

[inconceivable]

it's so unfortunate Chauncey doesn't have an interpreter

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

That was my first response but this is still ongoing on the tweeterspere.

Its fake brother. Doesnt mean he isnt involved. But the things on Twitter right now are parodies for shits and gigs.

 

[HailBlazers]

 

[KingSpeed]

Don't need to go back to Stotts, and don't need to hire the guy who runs his players into the ground and loses every team he coaches.

That's a recipe for disaster.

Thibs won a championship as a defensive coordinator and got Bulls and Knicks to EFC.

 

[LayneStaley]

What’s wrong with Splitter? He’s from the Pop tree sort of right? I’d rather have a youngish exciting new coach to go with this team than some retread.

 

[julius]

Thibs won a championship as a defensive coordinator and got Bulls and Knicks to EFC.

He also ruined Derrick Rose, and giving him credit for the Celtics title is laughable.

 

[James lamphear]

Well I never was a big fan of Billups but I wouldn't trust Patel far is can throw him he no good.

 

[illmatic99]

times like this im happy dame is back. he'll keep the youngins in check while keeping a sense of normalcy among the media craziness that will inevitably come.

 

[blazerfan11]

I thought everyone had X-ray machines and special glasses nowadays.

 

[BBert]

Fuck Billups if he intentionally contributed to us losing games.

You mean tanking for draft picks?

 

[Strenuus]

Well I never was a big fan of Billups but I wouldn't trust Patel far is can throw him he no good.

It started and almost all of it was done before his corrupt ass got in there.

 

[Samuel]

I pointed this out when that went down with the Mavs. The league knew all of the teams who were out of the running for the playoffs were tanking. The reason why the Mavs got penalized was because they chose to bench Luka when they were still in contention for a potential spot in the playoffs.

So I just don't think that the league will want to implicate our team in any of this. They'll want to deal with all of this as a problem with Chaucey, not some guilt by association with our team that has a sale basically in escrow.

The slight difference here is that it's verifiably documented; it's in the indictment. the word tanking is in open court from chauncey. adam silver doesn't need this further staining the integrity of his league's (and league partners') burgeoning betting revenue streams.

the league can do their best to isolate chauncey as a rogue bad actor (and will probably succeed in doing so). but if you look even slightly more broadly...

 

[Everything Beagle]

Innocent til proven guilty?

I ain’t a court of law

 

[Blazinaway]

What a ****, what's wrong with some of these people and the NBA brass? Greed/arrogance is unreal, how much money/power do they need? Silver needs to go, and I'm about done with these high paying professional sports, it's just way, way, over the top. Pretty much IMO another sad sign of the times! Glad I am older, it's only going to get uglier.

 

[bradk8605]

This was from the post game press conference last night "let the chips fall"

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Everything Beagle]

We about to get the longest yard, but with basketball. The Longest Shot.

The Longest Guard

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, who was arrested by federal agents Thursday for allegedly laundering money and committing wire fraud conspiracy as part of a years-long poker scheme, has finally addressed the matter publicly.

Billups’ attorney Chris Heywood said the former player “is a man of integrity” and plans to “fight these allegations with the same tenacity that marked his 28-year career,” in a statement released to The Oregonian/OregonLive early Thursday evening.

“Chauncey Billups has never backed down,” Heywood said. “He does not plan to do so now.”

The statement came a few hours after Billups was arraigned in federal court in downtown Portland, where he appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jolie A. Russo.

Heywood spoke on Billups’ behalf and arranged for the release of his client on both charges.

The Blazers’ coach has been placed on immediate leave by the NBA — which pledged to “cooperate with the relevant authorities” — and has been temporarily replaced by interim coach Tiago Splitter.

Below is a copy of Heywood’s full statement:

“Anyone who knows Chauncey Billups knows he is a man of integrity; men of integrity do not cheat and defraud others.

“To believe that Chauncey Billups did what the federal government is accusing him of is to believe that he would risk his hall-of-fame legacy, his reputation, and his freedom. He would not jeopardize those things for anything, let alone a card game.

“Furthermore, Chauncey Billups has never and would never gamble on basketball games, provide insider information, or sacrifice the trust of his team and the League, as it would tarnish the game he has devoted his entire life to.

“Chauncey Billups has never backed down. He does not plan to do so now. He will fight these allegations with the same tenacity that marked his 28-year career. We look forward to our day in court.”

Blazers’ Chauncey Billups to fight fraud allegations with ‘same tenacity that marked his 28-year career’

Billups' attorney said “Chauncey Billups has never backed down (and) he does not plan to do so now.”

www.oregonlive.com

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I'll merge this into the main thread in the morning, but I thought it should stand out on its own for a little while.

 

[julius]

It does feel like the allegations are a little bit out of character, but at the same time why would they have picked him of all people to be the patsy?

It's not like the FBI or the US Government has ever faked anything....that said, i didn't expect anything different to have been said by him or those who represent him.

It would really help if we can see actual evidence, and not evidence like the text chain between the shooter and his roommate...

 

[wizenheimer]

yeah, if he thought he was being paid for his celebrity status to attract players, but had no idea of the hocus pocus going on, then is he really guilty? He's just involved.

c'mon....that's just doesn't seem very credible

I'd imagine if it comes to trial that would be his defense. I wouldn't believe it considering he was getting (alleged) under the table payments

 

[BlayZa]

Chauncey Billups matches description of 'Co-Conspirator 8' who provided inside information, according to FBI's sports betting indictment

Billups was arrested Thursday in connection with a separate illegal poker ring.

sports.yahoo.com

Within the indictment is the implication that other significant NBA figures were involved, and that virtually meaningless late-season Blazers-Bulls game is a foundational event.

At the time of the game, the Blazers were 32-40, soon to miss the playoffs, and the Bulls were 34-38, on their way to the Eastern Conference play-in game.

It’s at this point that the federal indictment zeroes in on this specific game, noting that prior to the game an individual identified as “Co-Conspirator 8” told one of the defendants, Eric Earnest, that “the Trail Blazers were going to be tanking (i.e. intentionally losing) to increase their odds of getting a better draft pick in the upcoming NBA draft.”

Co-Conspirator 8 informed Earnest, prior to the news becoming public, that several of the Blazers’ best players would not be playing. According to the indictment, Earnest gave the inside information to Marves Fairley, another defendant, for the purposes of betting on the game. Fairley promised to pay Earnest at least $5,000 if the bets paid off.

Fairley and another defendant, Shane Hennen, along with another individual termed “Co-Conspirator 1” who was an NBA player at the time, then placed approximately $100,000 worth of bets against the Blazers.

The Bulls won the game decisively, 124-96, as many of the Blazers’ best players, including Damian Lillard, did not play. The Blazers’ four highest per-game scorers of the season — Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Jerami Grant and Jusuf Nurkic — did not play that game.

Lillard, the Blazers’ leading scorer that season, had scored 30 points, and Nurkic 20 points, just two nights before against the Utah Jazz. Both Lillard and Nurkic were shut down for the season starting with the March 24 game. The Blazers would end the season with the fifth-best odds to win the 2023 draft lottery, and ended up with the third pick in the draft topped by Victor Wembanyama.

A question looming over this game: Who is Co-Conspirator 8?

The indictment identifies Co-Conspirator 8 as “a resident [of] Oregon” and “an NBA player from approximately 1997 through 2014, and an NBA coach since at least 2021.”

 

[julius]

It also wouldn't surprise me if this was, no pun intended, trumped up charged instigated by the current administration as a weird revenge.

The old saying that things just don't add up seems appropriate here.

The X-ray machine under the tables, special contact lenses and regular glasses that can see special markings... So then you also have that podcaster guy that said this so who knows?