Breaking: NBA head coach Chauncy Billups ARRESTED as part of gambling probe

Billups might be fine - he's rich and a first time "offender". Also just played in an illegal poker ring, not any sports betting stuff. Rozier might be f*cked

Kash will find a way to efff this case up. Think he'll similarly be investigating insider trading at the White House?

In the meantime, any chance the leagues do a 180 on widespread gambling because it's so bad for the sanctity of the game? Bill Bradley must be on a porch somewhere, rocking and shaking his cane...

These two are morons.

The smart ones place their bets thru their interpreter so to not have their name attached to this at all.

Rozier is done permanently. He will never be associated with the NBA again. Billups may or may not have been involved in sports betting. If he has been involved in sports betting, he too will never be associated with the NBA again. Likely they are both done with the NBA forever.

This is true. If shohei Ohtani had instead been John Rocker he would be kicked out of the league forever.

So on brand for this administration. As opposed to, say, investigating insider trading in Congress - on both sides of the aisle - with anything approaching the vigor that they are doubtlessly bringing to this investigation

It starts as a poker game and then you are in debt to them. This is just one of many ways the mob makes their money. I am not talking about the movies either. Gambling, loan sharking and exploration are day to day business for the mob.

Imho in the long run this may be the best thing that could have happened to Billups.

I am not going to pretend to know when those guys say enough is enough. I would suspect when they can no longer make money off of you.

Man John Rocker was great fun. Don't make em like that anymore

Looks like these guys were not "100% for Trump."

Greed. Possible family/friends leaches still on the “payroll” since his rookie year. No excuses though. Shame. Shame.

Rozier went to da Ville.

Anybody that goes to da Ville is innocent

Pete Rose

Billups must have got bored coaching a mediocre NBA team these past few years. All his coaching decisions should be questioned. After Damon Stoudamire went free agent, seems possible Billups knew he wouldn't be coaching a good team for the next several years.

Crazy for the NCAA to allow athletes to bet on pro sports beginning November 1. Lots of those guys will turn pro with an established history of betting on pro sports. NCAA thinking they will magically stop is laughable.

I don't think Rose ever bet on a Reds game. A convicted murderer like Rae Carruth has a better chance of being associated with MLB than a convicted sports bettor. You can never come back from being a sports bettor.

Or NFL in Rae's case.

Billups was playing in poker games that the mafia had rigged. You better believe that once he got in bed with them that the idea of manipulating games and/or sharing inside info came up.

This is why Christians don't go to Las Vegas and engage in games of chance.