Chauncey Billups’s Quote Following Blazers’ Opener Goes Viral After Arrest

Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was arrested connected Thursday connected charges of rigging underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families, authorities announced. It's a shocking improvement taking spot conscionable aft nan commencement of nan caller NBA play and Portland will now person to forge up nether interim coach Tiago Splitter pinch Billups facing national charges.

As nan hoops world attempted to travel to grips with nan news, 1 quote Billups gave during his postgame property convention connected Wednesday nighttime went viral. Following nan Blazers' opening nighttime nonaccomplishment to nan Timberwolves, Billups was asked if he felt other unit for his squad to execute fixed nan franchise's prospective caller owner, Tom Dundon, was successful nan stands. He utilized a metaphor successful his response, which evidently ended up alternatively prescient.

"That unit point is thing to me, man," Billups said. "I do nan champion I tin and fto nan chips autumn wherever they may. You cognize that astir maine by now."

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Billups was first hired by nan Blazers successful 2021 and spent nan past 4 seasons coaching successful Portland. It's now Splitter's occupation to lead nan squad this year; it's rather imaginable Billups has coached his past NBA game.

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