Don Wemby

follow me for pointless sports information and unhelpful thoughts. Va Spurs.

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

When I’m governor, I’m going to put $1500 in your pocket.

Greg Abbott has been hoarding billions in taxpayer dollars, and at a time when Texans are struggling to afford the basics, I’m going to put that money where it belongs: with Texans.

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@GregAbbott_TX Poop endorses shit

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

Y’all seeing this @JOSH_BENNY @benny_safdie

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The FBI is holding a press conference right now on the details around this morning's sports gambling bust.

Here are some of the highlights:

1. Current and former NBA players and coaches Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones have been arrested.

2. This was an illegal gambling and sports rigging operation that spanned years across 11 states. In total, 30 individuals have been arrested (13 mafia members).

3. The case involves La Cosa Nostra (the Italian mafia).

4. Charges include illegal gambling, wire fraud, and extortion.

5. There are two separate indictments. The first involves six defendants accused of participating in a sports corruption scheme that exploited insider information involving NBA players and teams. The defendants leveraged their connections to place prop bets based on confidential insider information, winning tens of thousands of dollars per bet.

The second indictment involves 31 defendants charged with participating in a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games. The FBI says they used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed.

6. The two cases are separate, but there are three overlapping defendants, including former NBA player and coach Damon Jones.

7. The FBI says that NBA player Terry Rozier told the defendants that he was going to leave a game early on March 23, 2023, with an injury. The defendants then placed more than $200,000 of wagers on the unders for his prop bets, with Rozier leaving the game after nine minutes. Those bets paid out tens of thousands of dollars in profits, and the defendants and Rozier counted the money at his house.

8 The FBI says that former Raptors player Jontay Porter was threatened to participate in the sports gambling scheme because of his gambling debts.

9. Teams that were bet on during the sports gambling scheme include the Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Toronto Raptors.

10. The rigged poker games occurred in the Hamptons, Miami, Las Vegas, and Manhattan.

11. The poker scheme targeted victims who were lured to participate in rigged poker games by the chance to play alongside former professional athletes. These athletes included Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones.

12. The FBI says that the defendants utilized altered shuffling machines to read the cards in the deck and then relayed that information to an off-site operator. The offsite operator — known as the "quarterback" — then sent that information to someone at the table.

13. The FBI also says that the defendants utilized other cheating technologies, including poker chip trays that read cards through hidden cameras, special contact lenses and glasses that could read marked cards, and x-ray poker tables that could read cards face down.

14. The FBI says that the defendants robbed a victim at gunpoint to acquire a rigged shuffling machine.

15. The sports gambling investigation is called "Operation Nothing But Net," while the poker investigation is called "Operation Royal Flush."

16. The FBI has been working on this investigation for four years, with victims losing at least $7 million.

17. One specific victim lost at least $1.8 million.

18. The FBI reviewed thousands of hours of video evidence and executed more than two dozen search warrants.

These are just accusations at this point. I am just pointing out details from the FBI's investigation.

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[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@eventualforever Waterworld erasure

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

Genuinely, honestly, our country was lost when Parmesan and Red Pepper stopped being free with pizza

[Eric Salinas @EricSal_7]

Here’s what bugs the hell out of me about this:

I could maybe understand the need to analyze data when considering a project of this scale, but let’s not pretend that a spreadsheet can fully quantify the value the Spurs bring to San Antonio. There’s plenty of “data” or “proof” that’s unaccounted for.

This franchise has done more than win titles and it’s not just entertainment. It’s what San Antonio has become — it’s created jobs, mentored youth, inspired the youth , supported local schools, funded nonprofits, devoted time inside the community every season the past 50+ years ( hell they were just at Haven for Hope today), and helped put San Antonio on the national map and created a civic pride & love/passion real citizens here can’t quantify.

The Spurs have poured decades and decades of time, resources, and credibility into this city. Every month, they are going out of their way to help when they can. It’s been this way ever since I can remember as an inspired fan at 4 years old in 1989. There’s no telling how many lives they’ve impacted to some capacity in a positive way the past 50 years.

We’re talking about an organization who helped build a foundation downtown that has helped secure Final Fours, an All Star game, NFL games, MLB games, a place for UTSA football to call home, and tourism & sports tourism ( yes sports!) that has brought in billions in revenue. Yet somehow, our mayor is trying to pause over ‘insufficient data’ from subjective economic models from A source that often ignore long-term cultural and community impact? What are we doing here?

If we only move forward when a formula tells us to we risk missing the very opportunities that has defined who this city is at its core.

Generational investment requires generational vision not just spreadsheets.

We can’t screw this up.

We need better bold leadership that sees the bigger picture.

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

. @GinaOrtizJones please reconsider. This team is very important to this city!

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

yeah

[key ✮ @cultarr]

personality check: would u rather be a pirate a cowboy or a samurai

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

Hey @Tubi do you sponsor podcasts (particularly ones that dedicate multiple episodes to Tubi)? Asking for a friend

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@PabloTorre @Morning_Joe What’s it like commanding the USS Enterprise?

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@JDVance Lying ass bitch

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@PeteHegseth RESIGN, PETE

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

Wait I thought they were getting deported bc they were criminals, not bc they’re Latino… so shouldn’t you be broadcasting in handcuffs to make your point?

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Newsmax host taunts people complaining about migrant deportations of Latinos by eating a taco on air.

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@SheaSerrano we are literally doing this on a podcast at the end of the month, you should join for some celebration with us

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I’ll take the one I can drink, thanks

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Make Six Packs Great Again.

Vote for Donald J. Trump🇺🇸

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@SheaSerrano https://t.co/lY7fUjGQW3

The Rebel Ridge hype is real

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

Paddington should be the next Bond

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@Jerod_Frank Correct

[Don Wemby @zrobtweets]

@Jerod_Frank 😂😂😂