Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arrested by FBI for illegal gambling

PushDaRock · Post #381 » by **PushDaRock** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:14 am

PushDaRock · Post #382 » by **PushDaRock** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:20 am

Kiss of Death wrote:

Read on Twitter
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lol I just knew poker pros had to have been the marks in a situation like this. Cheating scandals really only get uncovered like this when the cheaters are really bad at cheating to the point where it is blatantly obvious.

zzaj · Post #383 » by **zzaj** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:24 am

JellosJigglin wrote:
zzaj wrote:I don't doubt for one second that all the time coaches and players tell people close to them who are and who aren't going to play before it comes public. If Billups goes down for this, loses his spot in the HOF and banned from the NBA, I hope he takes every team, coach and player with him.

If Silver is dumb enough to let gambling into the sport, then let's at least come clean and expose the BS that's most likely been going on behind closed doors since the beginning of basketball.

I'm sure that will make the crime families very happy

This isn't some weak twitter feud that boils over. You don't want to make enemies of these people.

I doubt Billups would be dumb enough to rat out the wrong people...then again if he really is as implicated as much as he is? He's plenty dumb.

Blazinaway · Post #384 » by **Blazinaway** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:29 am

davidv2001 wrote:
MrBigShot wrote:I am so disgusted. This guy is one of the favorite players ever. He made over 100 million in his playing career and just landed an extension recently. That he would implicate himself with this sort of thing in any way is just so disappointing.

You might want to consider a new user name.

Can I suggest "MrMugShot"?

DusterBuster · Post #385 » by **DusterBuster** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:31 am

Blazinaway wrote:
davidv2001 wrote:
MrBigShot wrote:I am so disgusted. This guy is one of the favorite players ever. He made over 100 million in his playing career and just landed an extension recently. That he would implicate himself with this sort of thing in any way is just so disappointing.

You might want to consider a new user name.

Can I suggest "MrMugShot"?

Mr Big Bet
Jail Bird Billups
Cheat’n Chauncey

Post #386 » by **Diop** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:31 am

Blazinaway wrote:
davidv2001 wrote:
MrBigShot wrote:I am so disgusted. This guy is one of the favorite players ever. He made over 100 million in his playing career and just landed an extension recently. That he would implicate himself with this sort of thing in any way is just so disappointing.

You might want to consider a new user name.

Can I suggest "MrMugShot"?

MrBigShotGambler

PushDaRock · Post #387 » by **PushDaRock** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:39 am

The way this is trending, we are looking at a movie being made about it.

___Rand___ · Post #388 » by **___Rand___** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:54 am

I'm still in shock about Billups. Rozier seems like a shifty guy so not surprised. Billups seemed to be a stand up guy and this just seems so out of character. Yeah all that gangsta talk ain't good.

Profound23 · Post #389 » by **Profound23** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 12:55 am

PushDaRock wrote:
Kiss of Death wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=46&t=Czvoq_OfH0ZSMgHqWBWrFA

lol I just knew poker pros had to have been the marks in a situation like this. Cheating scandals really only get uncovered like this when the cheaters are really bad at cheating to the point where it is blatantly obvious.

I completely forgot about Billups previous rape charges. This doesn't make him guilty of that but it becomes more questionable.

Mr Puddles · Post #390 » by **Mr Puddles** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:04 am

Blazinaway wrote:
davidv2001 wrote:
MrBigShot wrote:I am so disgusted. This guy is one of the favorite players ever. He made over 100 million in his playing career and just landed an extension recently. That he would implicate himself with this sort of thing in any way is just so disappointing.

You might want to consider a new user name.

Can I suggest "MrMugShot"?

I'm throwing

Chauncey Lockups

in for consideration.

The Master · Post #391 » by **The Master** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:09 am

___Rand___ wrote:I'm still in shock about Billups.

Are there any information yet why did he involve in the whole process? We're talking a hall of famer with great post-career job, it's just so weird.

The other thought: these betting games in his case sound secondary to the main claim (RICO and poker fraud), so you can wonder how many soft illegal bettings happens within the NBA on similar basis, cause I don't think we would've found out if he hadn't been a part of much further investigation. The same with Aspiration and the Clippers - we wouldn't have gathered all the information if Aspiration hadn't filled for bankruptcy. This is so messed up. Rozier was also an idiot. So you only find out about frauds in the league when people make idiotic moves? What about the smart ones? Scary.

Post #392 » by **jbk1234** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:37 am

EmpireFalls wrote:I just don’t understand how greedy a person would have to be to make millions per year and start gambling on the side.

One thing that came out in the indictments today is that Jontay Porter was indebted to wrong people and he was actually threatened. Those rigged poker games where Billups was the attraction were run by the Bonanno, Genovese, Gambino and Luchese crime families. I'd be surprised if he too wasn't working off a debt. Those are absolutely dangerous people.

neno · Post #393 » by **neno** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:38 am

My guess
Mr Big House will be fined 10 million
Terry Roulette will be fined 10 million
No need to ban either since no one would want them anyway

Indomitable · Post #394 » by **Indomitable** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:40 am

BigGargamel wrote:
Optms wrote:
RRyder823 wrote:WTF is Trump being brought up in this thread? Some of y'all really need some help

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Trump is the Lebron of presidents. Whose also been brought up in this thread. Living rent free in the heads of millions.

LeBron is involved in this though. The Damon Jones stuff. Of course, according to ESPN, LeBron "James was unaware that Jones, his former teammate and assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, was involved in gambling activity when Jones spent time around James and the Lakers during the 2022-23 season"

Sureeeeee. Always gotta protect their golden boy.

Gill made it sound like he heard things

Indomitable · Post #395 » by **Indomitable** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:46 am

Wile E. Coyote wrote:“Shoeless” Chauncey will be lucky to be reinstated in the next hundred years.

If this is true. He will be lucky to get out of jail before he is 60.

Jeremy Lin 7 · Post #396 » by **Jeremy Lin 7** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:48 am

Wolveswin wrote:
Jeremy Lin 7 wrote:Being a Trump supporter in 2025, you Americans need help

Huh? TDS folks need more help. I mean like a lobotomy.

How does one man live so rent free in so many heads - surprised university’s don’t have a class on that.

So it's rent free if multiple people are mentioning him? okay :lol:

Sounds like this is striking a nerve with you.

The Master · Post #397 » by **The Master** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:50 am

I don't know about Rozier, but Billups now has much bigger problems than his NBA career or legacy, these RICO allegations are super serious, especially considering how it was widely known prior to today that he was a part of scamming activities in some circles (poker players).

Indomitable · Post #398 » by **Indomitable** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:52 am

jbk1234 wrote:
EmpireFalls wrote:I just don’t understand how greedy a person would have to be to make millions per year and start gambling on the side.

One thing that came out in the indictments today is that Jontay Porter was indebted to wrong people and he was actually threatened. Those rigged poker games where Billups was the attraction were run by the Bonanno, Genovese, Gambino and Luchese crime families. I'd be surprised if he too wasn't working off a debt. Those are absolutely dangerous people.

It makes sense but there will be no mercy.

Chuck Everett · Post #399 » by **Chuck Everett** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 1:54 am

If Billups gets indicted for the sharing confidential information (vis a vis tanking), then it stands to reason that the NBA has to come down hard on tanking from now on, otherwise they'll keep getting investigated on stuff like this.

Post #400 » by **jbk1234** » Fri Oct 24, 2025 2:05 am

Indomitable wrote:
jbk1234 wrote:
EmpireFalls wrote:I just don’t understand how greedy a person would have to be to make millions per year and start gambling on the side.

One thing that came out in the indictments today is that Jontay Porter was indebted to wrong people and he was actually threatened. Those rigged poker games where Billups was the attraction were run by the Bonanno, Genovese, Gambino and Luchese crime families. I'd be surprised if he too wasn't working off a debt. Those are absolutely dangerous people.

It makes sense but there will be no mercy.

His choice at this point is cooperate and go into witness protection, or take his chances with a jury and risk a decades' long prison sentence.