Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested by FBI in gambling probe

Insomniacal Fan said:
This article doesn't seem to show how the investigations overlap, which was the intent of my question.

I don't need a specific cited source, I was inviting anybody who's got a strong take on the news to make the connection. If they're only currently connected through the mafia, then fair enough.
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The overlap is that the FBI was investigating all of them concurrently and chose not to break one story until they could break all of them to avoid tipping anyone off that they were under surveillance. The answer to your question is that the Rozier story is not connected to Billups and Jones but Billups and Jones both participated in the poker games and Jones also profited from leaked injury data. As to how many people are involved in the leaking of injury absences, most of that remains hearsay though Pablo Torre is coming down hard on Ty Lue being a suspect which is interesting considering the LA Clippers are already in trouble for potentially paying their players under the table through middle-man endorsement deals and they're also ground central for "load management" becoming normalized ever since they signed Kawhi in 2019. Lue joined the Clippers as an Assistant Coach in 2019 and took over as Head Coach the following season.
 
hrdboild said:
The overlap is that the FBI was investigating all of them concurrently and chose not to break one story until they could break all of them to avoid tipping anyone off that they were under surveillance. The answer to your question is that the Rozier story is not connected to Billups and Jones but Billups and Jones both participated in the poker games and Jones also profited from leaked injury data. As to how many people are involved in the leaking of injury absences, most of that remains hearsay though Pablo Torre is coming down hard on Ty Lue being a suspect which is interesting considering the LA Clippers are already in trouble for potentially paying their players under the table through middle-man endorsement deals and they're also ground central for "load management" becoming normalized ever since they signed Kawhi in 2019. Lue joined the Clippers as an Assistant Coach in 2019 and took over as Head Coach the following season.
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Ah, ok, Damon Jones is the link between both cases (he's on both indictments.) Thank you, that's helpful
 
QWERTYLICIOUS said:
They don't overlap at all. It's just that they're both related to illegal gambling that had mafia ties. The mafia, quite literally, is the only connection here.
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Also Chauncey Billups apparently ran the rigged poker games while also unrelatedly throwing games (tanking) as part of the betting scandal
 
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Warhawk said:
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Less than 5%. So you're telling me the house wins?! Who could have guessed? 🙄

It's such an enormous problem that gambling is now tethered to apps on users' phones. People are already addicted to these devices, and then you throw a gambling addiction on top of that... I can't even imagine how many lives this is going to ruin before regulators step in.

You used to have to go to a casino or make contact with a bookie. There was some amount of friction that forced you to reckon with the vice in which you were participating. But when a bet is just a click away, it seems as harmless as a meme.
 
America's convenience and relentless marketing approach to consumers will only continue to hurt regular folk while corporations selling this sit back, hands folded behind their heads, feet up. critical thinking in education is vital for all age groups, not only college level.
 
dude12 said:
Sooooo….this is the NBA doing an investigation and not Feds? Is this relevant?
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Relevant to what? ;)

I just saw the headline and I don't have an Athletic subscription, so I don't know what the story actually says.
 
Tetsujin said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1989848572825866605

Oof. This isn’t going away
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Per the Athletic article, that "regularly starting" player is no longer on Orlando. So, here are the players who were on Orlando in April 2023 who are no longer with the team, and their number of starts that year:

Markelle Fultz - 60
Gary Harris - 42
Bol Bol - 33
Chuma Okeke - 8
Cole Anthony - 4
Caleb Houstan - 4

If we take "regularly starting" seriously, there's only three candidates...
 
Capt. Factorial said:
Per the Athletic article, that "regularly starting" player is no longer on Orlando. So, here are the players who were on Orlando in April 2023 who are no longer with the team, and their number of starts that year:

Markelle Fultz - 60
Gary Harris - 42
Bol Bol - 33
Chuma Okeke - 8
Cole Anthony - 4
Caleb Houstan - 4

If we take "regularly starting" seriously, there's only three candidates...
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Wonder if there’s a reason Fultz is completely out of the league now aside from him not being very good
 
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