Chauncey Billups 'confident'
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Tyronn Lue speaks out on Chauncey Billups’ illegal betting and poker rigging allegations, offering support amid FBI investigation.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said Sunday he has spoken to Blazers coach Chauncey Billups since he was arrested Thursday as part of federal investigations into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.
Billups took some time off from basketball before beginning his coaching career in 2020. He first was hired by one of his former teams the Clippers to work as an assistant under Tyronn Lue. He was only in Los Angeles for one season before the Trail Blazers hired him.
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue reportedly tied to the same Mafia-backed rigged poker scandal as Chauncey Billups in Las Vegas.
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Chauncey Billups’ Blazers timeline: From landing ‘dream job,’ through losing to igniting hope
Hired as the Blazers' coach in 2021, the former Hall of Fame guard could be facing basketball career-ending charges following a Thursday morning arrest at his Lake Oswego home.