Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player Damon Jones were arrested Thursday over their alleged participation in two major illegal gambling schemes — one involving bets placed on NBA games, the other involving underground poker games — investigated by the FBI.
Working with organized crime groups, NBA “insiders” such as Rozier and Jones would pass along confidential information in exchange for some of the proceeds, said Joseph Nocella, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. “They relied on corrupt individuals, including Jones and Rozier. They also used misused information obtained during long-standing friendships they had with NBA players and coaches,” he said. (more)
However, Stephen A Smith sees something more nefarious afoot, as President Trump is executing a conspiracy of criminal investigations against the cultural sports of black Americans. Smith notes the NBA, NFL and WNBA are all likely targets of a vast FBI sting operation, intended to target people of color who are engaged in sports and conducting criminal activity. There’s also the possibility of Russians being involved in the set-up. WATCH:
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Can you imagine the brain function that leads to this type of a conclusion?
Did he fall out of his high chair and injure his brain?
I’ll say it, different cultures have non reality beliefs that are passed from generation to generation, they are insane at that point. “Grandma told me y’all are bad”! You keep peeling and eventually find it.
No, he just grew up in Philadelphia where his permanent fallback victimhood (because “whitey is bad”) was fostered from birth.
The RaceCard is like having an unlimited AMEX. Don’t do nuthin without it!
And it works only because too many Americans give a trillionth of a shit about the opinions and feelings of suburban white liberals whose first instinct is to sympathize with the whiners.
Tell these suburban liberals to shove their feelings of white guilt and cut the credit card off.
Typical black liberal reaction, play victim and blame their wrongdoing on the white guy, and make a conspiracy out of it! Where the hell is their “self accountability”? Only people on earth they think can do any wrong are whites, who they continually blame for everything! I’m sick of it!
OJ was innocent! 😂😂
DEI >>Distinctive Entrenched Idiots
Does he just have diarrhea of the mouth or are these actually on a script?
I am beyond tired of hearing “Stephen A” bloviate. I haveow tolerance for “sports talk” and all their weird made up terms, but he also tries to portray himself as a serious thinker. Puh-leez!
“Can you imagine the brain function that leads to this type of a conclusion?”
It makes me suspicious Smith is involved and is using the Russia, Russia, Russia scam to obfuscate.
Or perhaps there has been too many combined concussions among them.
Let’s face it, this loser is just too smart for us peons. Every day he buys a new mirror to stare at himself.
Meet the new Al Sharpton.
Same as the old Sharpton.
We will be fooled again.
It all boils down to the same thing whether it be Smith or Braggs or James or….
POC can commit crimes.
POC can’t be prosecuted or receive just consequences.
Any other result is raccissss.
My first impression from this headline was that Sundance is now competing with the Babylon Bee.
the NBA is not a blacks only organization despite him wishing it was, had whites been involved in the illegal betting and gambling they would have been arrested as well
Exactly.
Like Trump says “A real LOW IQ Individual!”
We need communism to fight dem Russkies !
And censorship to preserve free speech, and weakened police forces to fight crime.
First of all, the media must stop giving this guy so much face time. He’s trying to prove that when you scream loudly. People will believe you. Quite the opposite!
I think the Justice department is going after bigger fish. How many politicians (democrats), were involved?
The NBA is a favorite organization in the eyes of The Chinese Communist Party, too.
He wants publicity and he has been paid to pull back the black vote. Simple as that. He’s a hack. Always been a hack but now he is a paid political hack.
“cultural sports of black Americans”
Where’s the DEI?
Diversity is our strength and we all know it makes organizations stronger and better.
That goes for the NBA, WNBA, and NFL.
DEI only applies to professions incompatible to your skill sets.
The WNBA will not allow a white woman into their club. No matter how well she plays.
Stephen A was born in The Bronx, moved to Queens, and graduated from Thomas Edison HS in Queens.
After high school he attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (wow) for one year.
He then enrolled in Winston-Salem State University an HBCU institution with notoriously low academic standards. I wonder if their standards were lower than the Fashion Institute.
After graduating from rigorous HBCU with a degree in mass communication he got an entry level job at the Philadelphia newspaper. I think we are familiar with the intellectual prowess of most newspaper reporters/mass communication graduates.
That’s the beginning of the young lad’s quest to “build his brand” by continually spewing outrageously stupid stuff to attract attention. It worked, because his net worth is estimated to be over $100 million today.
Recognize him for what he is-a highly paid circus clown who’s sole purpose is to participate in the bread and circuses shenanigans on behalf of his ringmasters.
Today, tens of millions of low info followers of the equivalent of bread and circuses (i.e. all sports “analysis,” commentary & opinion) commenting on the actual bread and circuses (all televised sports worldwide plus fantasy leagues and legalized gambling). Our nation’s meaningless pastimes keep multiplying exponentially.
All while America collapses.
All of THIS is intentional.
Black Russians and White Russians, maybe.
I like both
Yeah, he’s coming for you.Criminals for you reprobate recidivists, lol
According to Smith, the FBI should have been watching the NBA schedule and arrested those guys the next day, they shouldn’t have taken away the glory from san antonio….😬🙄🤣🤪
I’m so sick of listening to lowIQ racist hate filled ratchets and niggnogs
Yeah, Steven. It’s very disheartening that he rooted out some mafia based criminal gambling network out of the NBA that’s so disheartening.
A COUPLE BLACK GUYS GOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE THIRTY THREE MOBSTERS, AND HE’S CRYING
If you weren’t racist before you surely are now
He was racist before.
As a person of color (if I stay in the sun too long turning bright red). This sound bite is RACIST.
Someone is working hard to split up MAGA every which way. A group of individuals are looking to split the evangelicals and pro-Israel conservatives away from MAGA. If that were to be accomplished, it would end up with a democrat being elected President.
So all the antisemitic and anti-Israel voices can be put in the category of MAGA breakers, not MAGA supporters.
Today we are looking at someone who is willing to make Black men and women who support Trump distrust Trump, because the democrats really don’t like Black people voting for any conservative, let alone Trump. But Trump worked hard to reach out to the Black community and they responded extremely well. Now you are seeing the PSYOP meant to cause distrust between white MAGA supporters and Black MAGA supporters, and distrust between Black MAGA supporters and Donald Trump.
If they succeed, once again votes will go to the democrat instead of a MAGA candidate.
We can either buy into these efforts and allow them to slice and dice MAGA every which way, or we can stand firm, being inclusive of Jews, Blacks, working people, women, etc. If you want no Jews in MAGA and no Blacks in MAGA, that can happen. A lot depends upon the people in MAGA as well as Trump’s policy choices.
I do not think what this man is saying has an ounce of truth to it. Trump and the DOJ are doing something that maybe wasn’t done before: they are arresting people for crimes regardless of skin color. It’s a shame Chauncey Billups turns something GOOD for the Black Community (ridding it of crime) into something bad for the Black community.
The Blacks who have turned out for Trump can see through Mr. Billups’ argument because they’ve heard it all their lives, how “Whitey is coming for you,” isn’t that what Biden said, “He want’s to put y’all back in chains.” I don’t think it will make Black people want to leave the MAGA movement. And any members of MAGA that welcome Black people into MAGA aren’t going to be changed by Chauncey Billups’ race grifting.
I am saying what is “coming,” are relentless efforts to pit one part of MAGA against another part, to cause strife within the movement to rescue our Republic.
We are much better together.
So Smith is saying sports is a cultural thing among blacks? Isn’t that racist or at least a stereotype? Maybe he is admitting what many people already know.
and it isn’t among the majority white fans who pay the freight, in the majority??? How ignorant Stephen A.
“President Trump is executing a conspiracy of criminal investigations against the cultural sports of black Americans.”
Ah, white people play those sports, as well. They are not designated “black sports”.
Taking a page out of the leftist playbook; at 13%, blacks are over-represented in sports. There should be no more than ONE black person, per basketball team on the court at a time. Even then, they would STILL be over-represented at 20% of the team.
Stephen A. Smith is racist to his core. Everything that spews from his mouth is through a prism of racism.
When logic and reason are apparent, break out the rayssiiisst card and voila – it all should “go away.”
What a tool………
Stephen A. (The A is for A55hole) is just not very bright. Ignoring that these people committed crimes and then stating that the only reason they were arrested is because they are black is pure lib bull sh!t. The FBI should ignore crimes based on the color of the criminals is racism at its best.
The talk of Stephen A Smith for president has gone to his head.
He wants to start appealing to the rabid anti-Trump sector of the electorate.
Yawn.
Steven Smith is an IDIOT.
Smith is nuttier than a Squirrel turd!!
Meh. Sideshow. Smith is considering, however ill advised, a Presidential run. Of course this card is going to be played. It’s the same “revenge/weaponization” tear jerker the Left opines with each indictment and arrest.
It’s America! These people all deserve their day in court before an unbiased jury of peers. And they’re going to get it! Gee wilikers…can you believe it Mr Wilson?!”
What about doing those brackets for “March Madness” – NCAA Championship for College Basketball – is that non-gambling and perfectly all right or is it on the path to actual gambling? What role does the NCAA have in this current situation?
Smith rarely engages mouth and brain at the same time!
It’s all about the Benjamin’s.
“AI Overview
The FBI investigation into the NBA’s alleged insider information scheme, which resulted in indictments in October 2025, began in December 2022 and continued through March 2024. This investigation involved using non-public information about NBA games to place fraudulent bets and launder the proceeds, according to the Department of Justice.
The investigation began in December 2022.It concluded in March 2024, after which indictments were announced.The scheme involved using insider knowledge of upcoming NBA games to place fraudulent bets.The individuals charged laundered the proceeds from these bets. Current and Former National Basketball Association Players …Oct 22, 2025 — As set forth in the indictment, between December 2022 and March 2024, the defendants and their associates obtained and…Department of Justice (.gov)”
It was a BIDEN Administration investigation.
TDS on steroids.