Thursday morning, the sports world was shocked when Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were named in a wide-ranging betting scandal. A federal investigation was underway into an illegal sports betting and gambling operation run by the mafia, and those two were among the people named. Billups was immediately placed on leave following the announcement and will remain on leave while the investigation unfolds.

The Portland Trail Blazers immediately placed Billups on leave and made Tiago Splitter the interim head coach while the investigation unfolded. In their statement, the Trail Blazers also mentioned that they are fully cooperating and that any further questions by the media should be directed to the NBA .

The statement read, “We are aware of the allegations involving head coach Ch

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