Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested by FBI in gambling probe

kingsboi said:
what did the NBA expect to happen when they promote, market and encourage sport gambling at every turn. they made their bed and have to deal with consequences and brand tarnishment. In the meantime, I wouldn't be surprised to see more players or former players that are involved in some type of under the table deal. stay tuned. Bbbbbbuiliups
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Adam Silver could, if he wanted to, get on the horn with the NBA's sports gambling partners and demand an immediate end to prop betting.

But he won't.
 
Padrino said:
Wow. Just wonderful news to have drop during the season's opening week. 😬

I've been mixed on Adam Silver's tenure as commish, but more than the game's homogenization, the entrance of legal gambling is my biggest criticism under his leadership. If it's a gateway to this level of malfeasance, the league's just going to need to put a lid on the whole thing ASAP.
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David Stern is resting EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLY in his grave right now.
 
I’d like to know a bit more information before jumping to conclusions. Did Billups trick the attendees into coming knowing they would be scammed? Was he paid to show up but did not know they were cheating? Was he just invited to play (didn’t know they were cheating and wasn’t paid) and was unknowingly used as bait for the scammers. He shouldn’t have been at a poker game like this under any circumstance, but there are some different possibilities here.
 
iowamcnabb said:
I’d like to know a bit more information before jumping to conclusions. Did Billups trick the attendees into coming knowing they would be scammed? Was he paid to show up but did not know they were cheating? Was he just invited to play (didn’t know they were cheating and wasn’t paid) and was unknowingly used as bait for the scammers. He shouldn’t have been at a poker game like this under any circumstance, but there are some different possibilities here.
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What difference does any of this make in the bigger picture?
 
www.nytimes.com

[BREAKOUT] Damon Jones alleged to have traded info on LeBron James missing 2023 Lakers game

The Feb. 9, 2023, game between the Bucks and Lakers that was referenced in the indictment was one that LeBron James did not play in.
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Jones also shared information on another top Lakers player, the indictment said, ahead of a January 15, 2024, game after he learned from a trainer that the player was hurt and his minutes or performance would be affected. Marves Fairley, another defendant, bet $100,000 against the Lakers for this game, and the injury report simply said that the player was probable.

The Lakers, however, won the game, and the player played to form. Therefore, Fairley asked Jones to repay him the $2,500 he was paid for the information.

Before the Feb. 9, 2023, Lakers game against the Bucks, Jones texted an unnamed co-conspirator that a player was out and they should bet the Bucks. The player was not yet on the injury report. He also gave information on the 2023-24 Lakers, including Player 4, who the DOJ said was one of the Lakers’ best players that season.
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Damon Jones is accused of passing on information about players who would be missing games - LeBron is specifically named once and the two coy references to "another player" and "a player" are pretty clearly AD and LeBron (unless "another" is also LeBron).
 
iowamcnabb said:
There is a pretty big gap between intentionally scamming people or being paid to mislead vs attending a poker game. I’d like some clarity on that.
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But, regardless of how he went about doing it, the point is that he did it. At the end of the day, I don't think it should really matter HOW he did it. If there is a punishment to be handed down, HOW he did it should not play as much of a factor (if at all) as the simple fact that he actually did it.
 
QWERTYLICIOUS said:
But, regardless of how he went about doing it, the point is that he did it. At the end of the day, I don't think it should really matter HOW he did it. If there is a punishment to be handed down, HOW he did it should not play as much of a factor (if at all) as the simple fact that he actually did it.
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That’s like saying involuntary manslaughter is the same as capital murder. He was arrested. We don’t know what for, or if he did it but he has already been found guilty in the eyes of the media and the public.
 
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