As various reports stemming from Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups' arrest on gambling charges continue to surface, one from investigative reporter Pablo Torre tied Hall of Fame forward Kevin Garnett to the poker scandal. Torre linked Garnett to the NBA's recent scandal , suggesting that Garnett may have attended a poker game that was part of a scheme to lure gamblers into rigged games back in 2019.

However, one of Torre's sources came forward with an update about Garnett's motives on the night in question, when many former NBA players played at private poker games organized by those indicted by the DOJ in “Operation Flush,” per Torre's X, formerly Twitter.

“A source close to Kevin Garnett tells that Garnett initially thought he was going to an “afterparty” — not a po

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