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Bombshell Indictment Alleges Chauncey Billups Participated in Mob Poker Scheme AND Tanked an NBA Game as Coach
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups is accused of fixing an NBA game in addition to his already-reported involvement in a Mafia-backed poker scam.
Former Celtics players are among 31 charged in a federal investigation into gambling fraud and illicit poker operations.
Jones is a former basketball player who played 11 seasons in the NBA. The 6-4 combo guard went undrafted out of Houston in 1997 after a four-year career with the Cougars and began his playing career with the International Basketball Association's Black Hills Posse in 1997.
The arrests of two well-known NBA figures in a nationwide federal investigation into internal gambling and high-tech scam poker have roiled the league, sources told NBC News.
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NBA places Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups on leave after arrest in federal gambling probe
Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were the biggest names of the more than 30 people arrested in the investigation.
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Boston Celtics jersey history No. 41 Stacey King (1997)
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, King wore only jersey No. 41 and put up 2.4 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.
Hall of Fame player and current Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Damon Jones, a former player who was a teammate of LeBron James and was once his personal shooting coach, were charged as federal prosecutors unsealed two separate indictments.