NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups denies wrongdoing
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Billups, who led the team to the 2004 NBA championship, is among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.
However shocking, Chauncey Billups' role in the alleged gambling scandal is not the first legal trouble he has found himself in.
Rozier was on Miami's active roster for the opener but did not play. Billups coached the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy during arraignment in Portland.
The federal government says the cases reveal ties to game-fixing and rigged poker games between the NBA and four New York crime families.
The NBA said it would cooperate with relevant authorities in relation to the two federal indictments that named Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups.
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NBA's Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups among nationwide arrests in connection to illegal betting
Among those taken into custody in the betting investigation today are Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier of the Miami Heat and former NBA player Damon Jones.
Chauncey Billups allegedly scored $50,000 from one of the rigged poker games authorities say he participated in several years ago.