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Coach Nick and Combo jump on for an emergency live show after a gambling scandal detonates across the league. We break down what the FBI says is a years-long illegal betting and rigged high-stakes poker operation involving current and former NBA players and coaches — including Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones — plus alleged ties to multiple organized crime families and millions skimmed with tech like marked cards, x-ray poker tables, and tampered shufflers. AP News

We go through how the feds say it worked: insider injury info, prop bet manipulation (like leaving a game early to cash the “unders”), and why even role players and assistants can move lines in today’s gambling economy. The FBI’s indictments span 30+ people in 11 states, and the NBA has already put Billups and Rozier on leave while calling it “deeply disturbing” and an integrity crisis.

From there we zoom out:

• Is legal sports betting and nonstop prop action creating the perfect environment for this kind of corruption, or was this always happening and we’re just finally seeing it? opb

• How bad could this get for the league if it reaches into locker rooms, training staffs, even rotations?

• Could fans start treating the NBA more like “sports entertainment” than pure competition?

Then we pivot to hoop: Victor Wembanyama just cooked Anthony Davis and Derek Lively, hitting pull-ups, going coast to coast, erasing shots, and turning defenders into “French Toast” and “French Fried.” We talk about how soon teams are going to have to junk their normal coverages and start throwing gimmick defenses at him, whether San Antonio is way ahead of schedule, and if Wemby is already creeping into real MVP talk.

We close with Lonzo Ball’s lasting influence on pace, outlet passing, and early offense, plus where Spurs guard/wing talent like Castle, Harper, and Vassell fits around Wemby going forward.

It’s chaos, it’s basketball, it’s the integrity of the league on one side and the rise of a potential GOAT on the other — and yes, we’re watching the Lakers too, because if the FBI is naming specific teams in the indictments, this may just be the start.

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