2025-2026 NBA Season Thread: Wolves Back • Page 86

Well shit man

 

This is how you know there is a decent chance that they’ll be found not guilty lol

 

its all coming down

 

Rumor is there were 6 arrests. We know 3 so far…

 

its a silly look but theyve probably been strictly instructed to not discuss a damn thing on it until more comes out lol

 

my favorite team, the Toronto Rangers

 

"The two indictments lists 34 defendants.

Thirteen members of the Bonano, Gambino and Genovese crime familes, according to Christopher Raya, assistant director of the FBI’s NY field office."


sheesh

 

I thought Billups was betting on games, but poker? He should be allowed to play high stakes poker games against the mafia. That’s fine and doesn’t bother me at all.

 

Is it illegal for me and friends to play poker for money together?

 

"According to the indictment, Jones sold or tried to profit from non-public information so that others could bet on it, including Earnest and Fairley. It was about who would not be playing or if they would pull themselves out of games early. Before the Feb. 9, 2023, Lakers game against the Bucks, Jones texted an unnamed co-conspirator that a player was out and they should bet the Bucks. The player was not on the injury report yet. He also gave information on the 2023-24 Lakers including Player 4, who the DOJ said was one of the Lakers’ best players that season."

"The Feb. 9, 2023, game between the Bucks and Lakers that was referenced in the indictment was one that LeBron James did not play in. He was ruled out due to ankle soreness. Two days earlier, James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
James also did not play in the Lakers’ next two games before returning in the team’s final game before the All-Star break on Feb. 15, 2023."

 

Playing poker socially is typically legal so long as the host or organizer doesn't wet their beak.

 

Love wetting my… actually nvm

 

"On March 23, 2023, Rozier, while playing for the Hornets, let others close to him know that he planned to leave early with injury. Associates bet more than $200,000 on Rozier's unders and winnings were delivered to Rozier's home, the indictment alleges."