BREAKING: CHAUNCEY BILLUPS ARRESTED BY FBI FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING (2 Viewers)

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wizenheimer said:
keep in mind what Billups has been charged with: wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

doesn't it seem likely the feds have evidence based upon those wire taps?
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100%, but that evidence may not be as damning as we might think. Maybe along the same lines as why he wasn’t named as Co-Conspirator #8 (When we obviously know it’s him).

In truth it may be that he’s just another piece being used to show the extent and to prove guilt.

They must have some evidence of something illegal involving him otherwise he wouldn’t have been arrested in this. I’d definitely say he’s guilty of something.
 
I liked how the FBI in the briefing was like “we won’t allow these crime families to operate in our cities, or our country” came across as a real Don status statement. Like saying “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us”.
 
How many mafia members have been arrested? It seems like they had a long list of suspects but only 2 high profile arrests....and Chauncey certainly wasn't the mastermind behind it.
 
rotary111 said:
How many mafia members have been arrested? It seems like they had a long list of suspects but only 2 high profile arrests....and Chauncey certainly wasn't the mastermind behind it.
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Most of the names in the some dozen supposed arrests haven’t even been publicized as of yet.

Now would be a great time to bet on who they are, if only we could get the inside information.
 
rotary111 said:
How many mafia members have been arrested? It seems like they had a long list of suspects but only 2 high profile arrests....and Chauncey certainly wasn't the mastermind behind it.
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We don't know that.

barfo
 
rotary111 said:
How many mafia members have been arrested? It seems like they had a long list of suspects but only 2 high profile arrests....and Chauncey certainly wasn't the mastermind behind it.
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All in on the day of the arrest they arrested 31 people with one guy in particular with mob connections that was living way beyond his income...can't remember his name but pretty sure at least half the list is compiled of mobsters if not more.
 
riverman said:
All in on the day of the arrest they arrested 31 people with one guy in particular with mob connections that was living way beyond his income...can't remember his name but pretty sure at least half the list is compiled of mobsters if not more.
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That man?

You guessed it, Frank Stallone.

 
PDXFonz said:
I liked how the FBI in the briefing was like “we won’t allow these crime families to operate in our cities, or our country” came across as a real Don status statement. Like saying “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us”.
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Except the Trump crime family.
 
FWIW The Donaghy situation, and to that point the Rozier situation (in my eyes) is WAY worse than Billups tipping somebody off that he would be resting players. I get that it’s all fraudulent one and the same, but it’s also different.

Of course the league tried to cover up the notion that Donaghy actually influenced the outcome of games for betting purposes. Just like Rozier did… I don’t think Billups rested our players for gambling reasons. I think he would have done so for draft positioning as reportedly stated, regardless of whether or not betting was involved in that instance. He merely gave inside information about what he was going to do anyways, and that information happened to be used for betting purposes.
 
Everything Beagle said:
Yes or No: Do you know if Billups was aware or not?
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If he was unaware, he was reckless enough to put himself in s situation to have been pawned. If he was aware, well…
But of he was not aware and was pawned, do you think any team is still going to hire him? The history of the court of public opinion tells me no way.
He is done in basketball and I say that sadly. I personally loved what he was building here.
 
wizenheimer said:
keep in mind what Billups has been charged with: wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering.

doesn't it seem likely the feds have evidence based upon those wire taps?
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Absolutely likely,
You could bet on it! (Too soon?).
The fbi doesnt investigate for four years then make arrests if they dont hsve overwhelimjng evidence.

They dont make that decision either. I bet anything there is a legal council the fbi presents their case to and they let them know if they need to keep investigating or if they have compiled enough to win a case and to move forward with arrests and indictments.
 
SharpeScooterShooter said:
If he was unaware, he was reckless enough to put himself in s situation to have been pawned. If he was aware, well…
But of he was not aware and was pawned, do you think any team is still going to hire him? The history of the court of public opinion tells me no way.
He is done in basketball and I say that sadly. I personally loved what he was building here.
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Hes not gonna be done in the NBA because of the poker thing.

Hes done in the NBA for the privileged information being shared.
 
Strenuus said:
Hes not gonna be done in the NBA because of the poker thing.

Hes done in the NBA for the privileged information being shared.
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that's how I view it

the NBA, and the Blazers for that matter, will not like the poker scandal....but Billups telling a gambler of a significant change in the injury report before it was made public is/would be a corrupt act as far as the NBA is concerned
 
wizenheimer said:
that's how I view it

the NBA, and the Blazers for that matter, will not like the poker scandal....but Billups telling a gambler of a significant change in the injury report before it was made public is/would be a corrupt act as far as the NBA is concerned
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Plus admitting to tanking.

barfo
 
Strenuus said:
Hes not gonna be done in the NBA because of the poker thing.

Hes done in the NBA for the privileged information being shared.
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Yes. If he is found guilty of providing significant changes not yet public to gamblers, he will be banned for life legally.

I am saying, even if he isn't, he is now kryptonite. No one is going to hire him regardless, because of court of public opinion.
We all saw what was dug up when he was hired for us the first time. No team is going to hire him as the face of a team now after rape allegations and then this. Guilty or innocent, impressions matter. No team wants that PR battle.
 
SharpeScooterShooter said:
Yes. If he is found guilty of providing significant changes not yet public to gamblers, he will be banned for life legally.

I am saying, even if he isn't, he is now kryptonite. No one is going to hire him regardless, because of court of public opinion.
We all saw what was dug up when he was hired for us the first time. No team is going to hire him as the face of a team now after rape allegations and then this. Guilty or innocent, impressions matter. No team wants that PR battle.
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He wasnt a good coach anyway, so no loss for the NBA on that front.

But to have one of your hall of famers do it? Not a good look but the NBA deserves it (as well as all major sports in bed with the gambling industry) so they can go fuck themselves. I laugh at them.

I feel bad for his family, thats it.
 
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