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Chanty Bilips, head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, has become a central figure in this unfolding story. Recently, Bilips hired attorney Mark Muery, known for defending high-profile clients like Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani, signaling his serious legal concerns. ESPN reports that Bilips's involvement ties back to a broader network of rigged games led by individuals like Robert L. Straoud, a 67-year-old Louisville man with a violent past—most notoriously, a killing during a gambling dispute in 1994.