Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups apparently leaked insider info to gamblers that his team was planning to tank so they could place bets and win big, federal court documents allege.
Billups was not charged in that scheme, but appears to be identified as “co-conspirator 8” in the indictment.
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The 49-year-old NBA Detroit Pistons champion allegedly tipped off a betting ring that his team was planning to tank a game against the Chicago Bulls on March 24, 2023 and that the Trail Blazers’ best player wouldn’t be playing, court papers allege.
Billups was arrested in a separate scheme charging him wit

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