Former NBA players are accused of participating in rigged poker games run by notorious crime families with the intent of stealing from wealthy victims.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones are among 34 people charg

Hours before the Warriors tipped off against the Nuggets, an active player and active coach were arrested in a sports gambling sting.

The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as old as poker itself, familiar from heist movies and James Bond films.

John Tesh, Reggie Miller, Mike Tirico and others discuss the return of the NBA on NBC. "Roundball Rock" is all cued up.