The Los Angeles Clippers aimed to start fresh after a disappointing 2024-25 season. However, reports linking head coach Tyronn Lue to the NBA’s expanding gambling scandal quickly derailed that plan. It also possibly implicated retired star Kevin Garnett as well .

In October 2025, federal authorities exposed a nationwide operation that ran insider sports betting and a Mafia-backed poker network. This reportedly used high-tech cheating methods to defraud victims. They arrested Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups , Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former coach Damon Jones. This shook the league and exposed its growing ties to the gambling world. These revelations have raised urgent questions about the NBA’s integrity. Now, it seems these have also reached the Clippers’ do

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