Tiago Splitter will guide the Portland Trail Blazers for the foreseeable future.

The team on Thursday named Splitter its interim head coach, a team source told The Oregonian/OregonLive, elevating an assistant who only joined the organization this summer.

The move, first reported by ESPN , came hours after coach Chauncey Billups was arrested by federal agents and charged with money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy as part of an alleged poker scheme. The Blazers’ coach, who is scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday in Portland, has been placed on immediate leave by the NBA.

After a decorated playing career that spanned 11 seasons internationally and seven seasons in the NBA, Splitter retired in 2018 and joined the Brooklyn Nets as a pro scout. Part of his duties included on-co

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