Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups appears to be an unnamed co-conspirator identified in an indictment as telling another man that the team planned to intentionally lose a 2023 game against the Chicago Bulls.

Tiago Splitter is serving as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers with Chauncey Billups on leave amid the NBA's gambling scandal.

Chauncey Billups, investigators allege, was known as a “face card.” He and other former professional athletes were used to attract victims to the poker games.

Co-Conspirator 8 informed Earnest, prior to the news becoming public, that several of the Blazers’ best players would not be playing. According to the indictment, Earnest gave the inside information to Marves Fairley, another defendant, for the purposes of betting on the game. Fairley promised to pay Earnest at least $5,000 if the bets paid off.