The NBA has informed teams that it’s conducting a full review of its injury reporting procedures and gambling-related protocols in the wake of the FBI’s arrests of Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups, and Damon Jones, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
The Portland Trail Blazers split their two games over the weekend, falling to the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday evening after convincingly defeating the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.
Beleaguered Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has barely been seen in public since he was arrested and arraigned last Thursday. Long-time friend and former boss Tyronn Lue told media, before the Blazers took on the Los Angeles Clippers, that Billups was alright, considering the circumstances.
On Sunday evening, the Los Angeles Clippers improved to 2-1 on the young 2025-26 NBA season with a home win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The Clippers were led by 30 points from star Kawhi Leonard, and seem to have put their puzzling season-opening loss to the Utah Jazz fully behind them at this point.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups was recently arrested for his alleged involvement in the NBA betting scandal alongside several prominent figures, including Terry Rozier and Damon Jones.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The news of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups’ arrest by the FBI, reportedly as part of a gambling investigation, sent a palpable shockwave through the team’s locker room, according to revelations from NBA insider Chris Haynes.
The Portland Trail Blazers’ bench is completely different when Matisse Thybulle plays. What we saw from him yesterday in the Blazers’ 20-point win over a tired, but still formidable Golden State Warriors team was a masterclass in defensive disruption, and his near-team-high +22 in just 15 minutes didn’t feel aberrational or misleading.
The Portland Trail Blazers might not be the only ones in for a major change in the wake of the betting scandal that rocked the NBA on Thursday. The Blazers lost their head coach, Chauncey Billups, to an indefinite league suspension after he was arrested for allegedly helping organized crime members rig poker games.
The NBA G League held its draft for the 2025/26 season on Saturday afternoon. Players who signed NBAGL contracts and whose rights weren’t already controlled by a team were part of the draft pool.
The Portland Trail Blazers have had the microscope locked on them for the past 48 hours. The allegations surrounding suspended Head Coach Chauncey Billups have come as a shock, not only to the people watching from afar but surely to the players and coaches he worked with every day.
A pair of teams that found much-needed victories for the first time this season square off Sunday when the visiting Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers try to build some momentum.
The basketball bounced differently at Moda Center for the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Maybe it was the weight of everything that had happened in the past 48 hours, or maybe it was just pure, unadulterated heart.
Deni Avdija registered 26 points, six assists and five rebounds as one of eight Portland players scoring in double digits to help the Trail Blazers rout the visiting Golden State Warriors 139-119 on Friday night.
Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe secured his long-term bag with the only NBA franchise he's ever known over the weekend. The 6-foot-5 swingman agreed to a four-year, $90 million contract extension that will keep him under team control through the 2029-30 season.
Former Portland Trail Blazers head coach and NBA Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in a scandal that lured victims to play rigged games of poker.
The 2025-26 NBA season just tipped off, and it's already being overshadowed by bombshell news regarding arrests made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of alleged illegal gambling schemes.