It was inevitable that a major professional sports team would once again be ensnared in a high-profile criminal matter involving gambling.
Last week, the National Basketball Association, the premier professional basketball league in the world, was rocked by the news that an active head coach, Chauncey Billups, and an active player, Terry Rozier, were allegedly involved in an illegal gambling operation. A former coach who maintains relationships around the league was also arrested and charged with gambling-related fraud.
The charges fell into two buckets. The first involved Billups, who was allegedly involved with a rigged poker game run by the mafia that featured a number of celebrity players. The second was far more serious, at least as far as the NBA is concerned. Rozier and former
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