Today Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups was arrested by the FBI, accused of participation in an illegal gambling ring. Billups was not the only NBA figure swept up in the accusations. Miami Heat veteran Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones were also arrested on separate charges. Multiple other non-sports figures were also apprehended.

A couple hours after the news broke, the FBI held a press conference in Brooklyn, New York detailing the charges. The conference was extensive, dotted with posturing and self-affirming language complimenting the agency and castigating wrongdoers. In the midst of those descriptions, the bureau also went into specifics about the investigation. Two of their descriptions related to the Blazers and Billups specifically.

The first alleg

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