Although he was not indicted in the illegal sports betting case that resulted in the arrest of Heat guard Terry Rozier, it’s clear that a person matching the description of Chauncey Billups is accused of providing insider information about the Trail Blazers planning to go into tank mode ahead of a game on March 24, 2023, notes Chris Mannix of SI.com.
Billups was arrested on Thursday in a separate but related case involving an illegal poker operation tied to the mafia. He was arraigned on one count of wire-fraud conspiracy and one count of money-laundering conspiracy in federal court in Portland and was released under certain conditions, including having his travel restricted to Oregon, Colorado (his home state), and New York (where his trial will take place) writes Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian.
The 49-year-old coach, who has been placed on leave by the NBA, will also be required to pay a “substantial” bond, surrender his passport, is prohibited from contacting his co-defendants and is barred from engaging in any form of gambling-related activities, per Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report (Substack link).
Billups’ next court date is November 24 in Brooklyn, New York.
Chris Heywood, the attorney who represented Billups at Thursday’s arraignment, released a statement saying his client disputes the charges. It’s unclear if Billups will have a different lawyer for the actual case, a league source tells Sam Amick of The Athletic (Twitter link).
“Anyone who knows Chauncey Billups knows he is a man of integrity; men of integrity do not cheat and defraud others,” Heywood said in the statement. “To believe that Chauncey Billups did what the federal government is accusing him of is to believe that he would risk his hall-of-fame legacy, his reputation, and his freedom. He would not jeopardize those things for anything, let alone a card game.
“Furthermore, Chauncey Billups has never and would never gamble on basketball games, provide insider information, or sacrifice the trust of his team and the League, as it would tarnish the game he has devoted his entire life to. Chauncey Billups has never backed down. He does not plan to do so now. He will fight these allegations with the same tenacity that marked his 28-year career. We look forward to our day in court.”
Rozier, who was also placed on leave by the league, faced his own arraignment in Florida today. The 31-year-old had to put up his $6MM mansion as collateral for bond, according to Mike Valente of CBS Central Florida (Twitter link), and was conditionally released under similar stipulations as Billups.
Here are a few more items of interest related to the cases:
- While the arrests of Billups and Rozier have understandably generated the most attention, Damon Jones‘ involvement may be the most problematic for the league, a high-ranking team executive tells Mannix. The former NBA guard and coach was allegedly involved in both cases, including for tipping off a bettor about the injury status of a Lakers player that Dave McMenamin of ESPN confirms was LeBron James. To be clear, James has not been accused of any wrongdoing and was unaware of his colleague’s gambling activities, a source tells McMenamin.
- Several ESPN insiders and three SI.com authors explain more details of the investigations and the alleged involvements of Rozier, Billups and Jones.
- The Magic were mentioned in the illegal betting probe. In a statement to Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel (Twitter link), the team said it has “no indication that any current players were involved and we have not been contacted by the authorities.”
- According to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald (Twitter link), the Heat were unaware of Rozier’s involvement in the illegal sports betting case — which allegedly took place when he was a member of the Hornets — when they traded for him several months later. Miami was also not aware of any NBA investigation into the matter, Jackson adds.
link to google.com
Seems the Feds want to make a statement to the NBA.
NBA needs to clean its own house. Feds definitely going to find something here. Even if they avoid time. They could be banned and lose their retirement money. Looks more serious than I thought.
How exactly are the feds making a statement to the NBA? (I wasn’t able to click on the link you provided)
Look up the original charges on Rozier.
What I take is. They are going deeper in the investigation. And looking for more people who were involved. To make their case. Where the NBA dud investigate. And found no credible sources. Feds are spanning further and finding more proof. They are going all out to make a case.
Terry Rozier was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in October 2025 as part of a federal gambling investigation. The charges stem from an alleged incident in March 2023, when, while playing for the Charlotte Hornets, he supposedly faked an injury to leave a game early so that members of a gambling scheme could bet on his “under” statistics.
Incident Details: The government alleges that Rozier informed someone close to him that he planned to leave the game with a supposed injury. This information was then used to place large bets on his player props (like points and assists) before the game, and those bets were profitable after he left the game early, according to the indictment.
Official Charges: Rozier was arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
NBA Action: The NBA immediately placed Rozier on leave following his arrest.
Other Involved Parties: The charges were filed in connection with a broader federal investigation into illegal sports gambling and poker rigging schemes, which also led to the arrest of other individuals, including former NBA player and coach Chauncey Billups.
Did the NBA not find anything in their investigation due to incompetence or did they sweep it under the rug hoping it would go away?
Surely the NBA wasn’t just sweeping the situation under the rug! They would NEVER do that!
The problem is the DOJ has been really unethical these days. They are just going after Trumps enemies and Trumps personal lawyers run the DOJ now. Trump absolutely *hates* the NBA because of their social justice stances over the years.
So the fact that the DOJ made a huge press conference with some unrelated crimes to make it look like a crime ring is troubling. It was a circus with the “mafia” involved. Rozier was a long time ago and why would Billups do some of those things?
This seems like a distraction from the fact Trump destroyed the entire East Wint of the White House this week. And why was Kash Patel out there in front like he was flexing his power?
I doubt we see more than 1 conviction. That’s not an NBA problem, it’s a addiction problem.
It was a circus with the “mafia” involved. Rozier was a long time ago and why would Billups do some of those things?
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Congrats. You are the only poster that I’ve read that believes the defendants.
Yes, the current administration is itself an organized crime ring. I don’t know if Billups and Rozier are guilty, but if Kash Patel says that water is wet, I will still double-check.
The exact moment Terry Rozier allegedly threw game for $200k …….
link to nypost.com
Seems the NBA didn’t go all out. Could be resources. Could be they didn’t want to know . Cause the Feds are. The NBA is not a supporter of this administration. I can’t just dismiss that.
These investigations started under the previous administration. There is also the possibility that the Feds asked the NBA to wait to take any action as they were still investigating and targeting all the involved gangsters.
The NBA isn’t the only league where this kind of bulls**t happens. You’ll find it in all the pro leagues.
What if the people tipped off were the bookmakers at DrafKings? Oh nevermind, they pay for “inside” info like this through their partnership with the NBA and and handicap this s**t. Their winnings are your losses. It’s kinda funny it’s come to this. If Chauncey Billios is in a regular conversation and
Oops didn’t mean that last half-sentence in my post… I’m just sick of the NBA’s hypocrisy when it comes to gambling
I was wondering how long before they’d post about it
Terry Rozier’s original charges related to his time with the Charlotte Hornets were wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. These charges stem from a federal investigation into a sports betting scheme where he allegedly shared insider information about his availability for games. The investigation identified unusual betting activity connected to a March 2023 game against the New Orleans Pelicans, where he left early due to injury.
Wire fraud conspiracy: This charge relates to the alleged scheme of using nonpublic information to set up fraudulent bets.
Money laundering conspiracy: This charge is associated with the alleged process of handling the proceeds from the illegal bets.
Origin of charges: The charges were the result of a federal investigation that was initiated after the NBA flagged unusual betting patterns in a game in which Rozier played.
Status: Rozier was arrested in October 2025 and has been placed on immediate leave by the NBA.
All this time and man power into hunting down Rozier and Billups potentially others……but took 5 minutes to proclaim Ohtani is innocent and wasn’t involved in anything.
Make. It. Make. Sense
Evidence proves innocence. I hope this makes sense.
Yeah. Dude was able to steal close to 44 mill and nobody noticed. Right. Gullible isn’t in the dictionary either
Awww someone’s upset. Like I said evidence matters.
You can’t even read a link proving you wrong lmao
Different head of the FBI?
That too!
They investigated Ohtani for over a year. YOU were only aware for 5 minutes. That’s not the same thing.
They also released the full file that recounts evidence of his innocence but I’m sure you haven’t read it or anything about it.
Exactly, wasn’t the file like 40 pages or longer. Not what I would call a 5 minute investigation, Funny how quickly people forget the facys
Didn’t investigate Ohtani. They investigated Ippei and his gambling habits in connection to illegal betting. Ohtani was never under investigation nice try.
Womp womp facts hurt
link to tax.thomsonreuters.com.
They literally investigated Ohtani. The case is still ongoing even. You flap your yapper an awful lot considering you aren’t aware of the facts.
His interpreter.
Not ohtani. Literally linked the ire investigation and you still get it wrong. Impressive
He’s literally part of an ongoing investigation since the money was coming from him. It’s ONGOING. I hope this helps.
Aye trolling aside your screen name or handle whatever you wanna call it…. That’s from the movie Accepted right?
Well now we know you’re full of it cause Ippei was sentenced lmao. ONGOING. Not really considering the link (his interpreter) was already punished. Womp womp
Also. According to you fools. Money wasn’t coming from ohtani. Ippei was stealing it from his accounts unnoticed. Why would Ohtani be under investigation as a victim? Oh he was never under investigation. But now you say he should have been. Thanks for proving my point
1-You have to believe that Ohtani never opened a bank statement for 26 months?
2-That the mastermind interpreter conned two banks.
3-That Ippie told his agent and accountant that they weren’t allowed to look at that bank account.
4-That the $200k interpreter got a $16M++ line of credit.
5-That a bookie who claimed he took $1B worth of bets, filed fraudulent tax returns, and only got 1 year in prison.
$25M salary with $160M+ career earnings and scary terry’s hustling $1,500 felony’s? lol c’mon man
Make it make sense? Go back to reddit
When everything sports related (leagues, media, etc) cozied up to gambling this was the inevitable outcome. This will not be the last time player x or coach z is in a breaking news story for gambling on games or something adjacent to it.
All the while the league clearly can’t police the issue given their lack of subpoena power, enabling a guy like Rozier to slip through their hands. Basically, it’s “trust us bro” and hope the FBI isn’t too busy to catch all of the offenders. And we all know they’ll only catch some of them, specifically the morons who are dumb enough to throw up the obvious red flags.
If the league had an ounce of integrity left they would pan prop bets at the very least, if not for all players then for all non-star players. Fat chance of that happening though. The horses are out of the barn and they ain’t coming back.
This ain’t going away. And the L doesn’t want to kill itself. The Feds are going to go after them all now. Betting always brings out the best in us lol ….
“A person matching the description of Chauncey Billups” is kind of an understatement. “Co-Conspirator 8 is described in the indictment as a resident of Oregon who was an NBA player from approximately 1997 through 2014, and an NBA coach since at least 2021.” This IS Chauncey Billups.
It’s everything short of them of saying “Co-Conspirator 8’s name rhymes with Bauncey Chillups”
They all took how to live high on the hog by betting on Baseball or your own sport instruction led by Pete Rose and Shohei Ohtani!
I’ve got a feeling this is just going to get uglier and uglier.
Draftkings got a promo today
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HEY I HAVE A GREAT IDEA: ALL USA PRO SPORTS LEAGUES AND ESPN SHOULD BLACKLIST ALL GAMBLING COMPANIES AND NEVER ASSOCIATE WITH THEM AT ALL AND ALSO MOVE THE RAIDERS BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND NEVER MOVE PRO SPORTS TEAMS TO LAS VEGAS! HMMM HOW ABOUT THAT!
Here’s a better idea, Davey. Stop screaming at everybody.
Sorry bro. Gambling is Very Bad. It’s been proven over and over. It should be banned from every aspect of society. It does nothing and only makes things worse. Australia alone is proof of this.
It will be worse if they ban it. That puts it back in the hands of the mob. And then make it impossible to track it. With online computers, they can flag sketchy wagers immediately.
Why don’t we just arrest the mob again?
Shane Hennen was the one who made the Rozier bets. Everyone else besides Rozier who was arrested is connected to the Poker fraud.
The federal investigation into something bigger is likely why the league was quiet on their own Rozier investigation. That information likely came to light very quickly since all the betting institutions knew.
Ignorant Jaylen Brown blames the NBA for not teaching players how not to be criminals. My God how stupid do you have to be.