NBA Stars, Mafia Tactics, And A $7 Million Scheme Are Colliding

What happens when insider info meets a booming betting market and old-school muscle? We dive straight into the NBA’s unfolding gambling scandal and trace how a high-tech poker ring, alleged mafia connections, and leaked player updates could reshape how fans trust the game. The story accelerates fast: Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups placed on leave, Damon Jones accused of selling pre-release injury news, and a string of games flagged by prosecutors for suspicious edges. We break down the mechanics—rigged shufflers that could read decks, marked cards visible through special lenses, chip trays hiding electronics, and table signals that turned “luck” into a planned outcome—and why victims lost millions without realizing the odds were stacked.

We look closely at the alleged pipeline of insider information. From early exits to last-minute lineup changes, these details can swing prop bets and game lines, especially when they involve stars whose availability moves markets. We walk through key dates and matchups, including Charlotte vs. New Orleans and Lakers vs. Bucks, and explain how even the suggestion of leaked injury news rattles public confidence. The stakes grow when allegations of violence, extortion, and money laundering enter the picture—proof that once easy money meets organized methods, the risk goes way beyond league suspensions.

Along the way, we ask the hard question: why risk a $100 million contract for tens of thousands in betting gains? Is it greed, pressure from circles that expect access, or the normalization of gambling in everyday sports culture? The league’s swift response signals an understanding that competitive integrity is the brand. If investigations widen, expect scrutiny to spread across teams, sportsbooks, and perhaps other leagues where data and temptation intersect.

If you care about fair play, transparency, and how technology is changing sports, you’ll want to hear every detail. Follow the show, share this episode with a friend who bets, and drop a review to tell us where you think the next shoe will fall.

Chapters

• 0:00 Warm-Up, Shoutouts, House Rules
• 7:15 Setting The Stakes On Sports Betting
• 10:35 CNN Report: Indictments Overview
• 17:55 Terry Rozier And Chauncey Billups Named
• 25:30 How The Poker Ring Worked
• 31:20 Violence, Money Laundering, And Mafia Links
• 36:40 Insider Info: LeBron, Lineups, And Injuries
• 43:20 The Key Games Under The Microscope
• 51:00 Motivation, Money, And Bad Decisions
• 59:30 League Response And Next Shoes To Drop

Transcript

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Wake up, wake up. It's another Flow Show No Filter. Back for another episode. T G I F T G I F D. Thank God it's Flow's payday today. What's going on, y'all? I see, I see, I see D in the building. Green team in the building. What's up, Melissa? What's up, Grandma Kathy? 530 over there, Grandma Kathy. I hear you. I hear you. Let's let everybody come on in here. Got a got got some shit to talk about. Diddy, did he still mad? And all these NBA players, this is about to be a huge story with all this gambling going on. You we got NBA players looking at 40 years, possibly 40 years for some of this gambling crap that went on. So we're gonna talk about that before I get into it. Let me cover my ass. No diddy. The thoughts, views, and opinions shared at the flow show, no filter are for educational and entertainment purposes only. I am not a professional. I am just good. What's up, y'all? What's up, Elise? Melissa. We in the building. How everybody feeling? Oh my god, this week has flown by. This week flew by, y'all. I'm telling you, it was like I woke up, it was Monday. Next thing I know it was Friday. Nah, they're going down for this shit, man. FBI come at you for that gambling. We're gonna talk about it. But they're not playing about that gambling. It's too much money in there and it's too much at risk. They are gonna throw the book and the kitchen sink at their ass. We're gonna talk about it. It is crazy. Diddy mad because he ain't getting no parts of TMZ. He should be getting a part in the day. According to TMZ, he should be getting a part in the day. What's up? What's going on? What's going on? What's going on? These weeks just fly by, don't they, Elise? We already had another. Like Grandma Kathy. Tell him, Kathy. Grandma Kathy says, didn't anybody learn from Pete Rose when he got caught gambling? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Uh a lot of peeps weren't born yet. Yeah, we remember Pete Rose, Grandma Kathy. These players are just not going to learn. You can't be fucking around with these little parlays like us average everyday Americans. All that hundreds of millions of dollars they make it and they and they running around illegally gambling. And one of them is from Cleveland. One of the people went to Shaker Heights where I went. You know, I always brag about, you know, Kid Cuddy went to Shaker Heights. I went to Shaker Heights. MGK went to Shaker Heights. A lot of famous people graduated from my high school and my school district. But now somebody who made it has let me down. And that's Terry Rozier. Terry Rozier from Shaker Heights, caught up in this gamble and stuff. Yeah, and I heard that, Grandma Kathy. Grandma Kathy said, even TMZ said the White House people saying it ain't true, but they think they lying. So what is the truth? Damn, what happened? Uh Tracy. Tracy, what happened yesterday? Why did somebody tell you? Why does somebody call you the B-word? Y'all, Tracy, I told you my comments be crazy. My comments be crazy. My comment section, you gotta be, you gotta be, you gotta be prepared when you go in that comment section. There's some angry people in them comments. From Finlay, Ohio. Okay, it's Cleveland, Ohio, right here. But uh uh Tina, what's up, Tina? Oh wow. Tracy said on my gambling information post, uh somebody got mad at her. Yeah, it'd be like that sometimes, Tracy. It'd be like that sometimes. But just to play back Friday, we ain't gonna trip about it. Like like Tina said, it's all good. It's all good, Tracy. Let them let them have their anger. I'm feeling good. This was a good week. Week flew by. Oh, you giggle like me? Yeah, that that's good. That's how you handle it. Just giggle. So, uh man. What is going on with the NBA? These play the NBA about to be full of fellas. Uh so let's let's take this straight out of CNN. Uh news on the NBA gambling and sports rigging indictments. Let's get into this article. So, sports gambling suspensions for pro athletes are on the rise. The NBA says Miami Heat. All right, let me stop. Let me let me go back. Today's sports indictments, which included sports rigging and gambling indictments, which include arrests of an active NBA player and head coach marked the latest in a slate of professional athletes and coaches facing gambling investigations. Since the Supreme Court declared bans on sports gambling unconstitutional in 2018, at least 23, 23 professional players or coaches have been suspended or permanently banned from their leagues for sports betting violations. Now, while no major league professional athletes have faced gambling-related disciplinary uh suspensions or bans yet this year, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clace and Louis Ortiz have been on pay leave since July due to an MLB probe of sports betting. The NBA says Miami Heat Guard Terry Rosier and Portland Trailblazers coach Chauncey Bills have placed, have been placed on leave after their arrests this morning. What we learned from the indictments about the alleged gambling scheme involving NBA players and the mafia. Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Cleveland's own. Come on, Terry. We were so proud of Terry. Terry graduated from Shaker Heights, Ohio. Uh was a great high school player. Of course, you don't make it to the NBA without being a great high school player. And we were so proud of him. And now to see him caught up in this, man, he had like a$200 million,$200 million uh contract. Terry Rosier,$200 million contract. Why are you fooling around with this illegal betting shit? And then another person I admire, Chauncey Bills, who used to be the point guard for Detroit Pistons back in the day when LeBron played for the Cavs before they won the championship. We used to battle with Chauncey Bills and the Detroit Pistons. Shout out to all my Detroit people out there. And all my Michigan people. But Terry Rozier and Chauncey Bills were arrested in connection to the pro. Their initial court hearings will happen later today. A third NBA figure, former player Damon Jones, is also being charged in investigation official said. Here's what we know about the dual operations. One centered on an underground poker ring, and the other on fixed sports betting on NBA games from officials and the indictments. They had X-ray cars where you wear these special glasses and you could see through the damn cars. MFs are going down, y'all. This is crazy. Um organizers enlisted NBA figures, including Chauncey Biddleps, to sit at the table and help make the games appear legitimate to victims according to law enforcement. Damn. So they hired NBA players and NBA execs to just play in the game to make the games look official. And in turn, they would pay them a fee for that. And they just didn't know that this was gonna be a big one. Somebody say Jacqueline said they better check all the sports like that because you know football, that is the big one where they F and Chi. Yep. I agree. Who is that? Jacqueline. Shout out to Jacqueline. Nice profile pick, Jaclyn. And uh thank you for chiming in. I haven't seen you in the chat before. I don't know if you knew or just new to me, but thank you for chiming in. Um, so how everything unfolded. Well, the defendants used a shuffling machine to count the cards and predict who had the best hand. This is what prosecutors allege. This is intricate, y'all. Listen to this. The defendants use a shuffling machine to count the cards and predict who had the best hand. That information was then transported. I mean, transported, transmitted to someone sitting at the table who used signals to communicate it with others in on the scheme. They also used decoy cell phones and marked cards that could be seen with special glasses. The indictment said. That's the x-ray fucking glasses and cards I was telling you about. Now, how much money did they lose in all this mess? It's estimated that victims lost more than$7 million in the game since 2019, according to the indictment. One particular victim losing$1.8 million in total, documents say. Wow. Damn near$10 million. Additional allegations. The scheme went beyond just fixing poker game. It involved, now this is where this right here is where Chauncey Bills and any other NBA player that's caught up in this shit. They talking about this shit involved involved robberies, violence, laundering money, using shell companies, and cryptocurrency. They're going down. They are not about to play with this, with this, with these force bet MFs, y'all. I'm telling y'all. And you talking about violence, money laundering, shell corpse, hiding money. Man, now what exactly went on? Defendants like Chauncey, Terry Rogier, Damon Jones, who is LeBron's buddy. Even LeBron has been pulled into this mess. Now, they're not saying LeBron had knowingly got involved in this. Uh he didn't knowingly get involved in this cheating, uh, gambling stuff, as far as we know. But Damon Jones, real quick, would call LeBron. And this is the I posted about I think I don't know if this is the post Tracy uh got into it with people about because I had a couple posts. But the post was uh it was a game, I believe, Milwaukee Bucks versus uh the LA Lakers. LeBron had an injured foot and didn't know they didn't nobody knew if he was gonna play for sure. Well, they didn't announce that LeBron wasn't playing that game against the Bucks until right before game time. However, days before that, LeBron told uh Damon Jones called LeBron. Damon Jones used to be an NBA player, played for a lot of teams, known for shooting threes. So Damon Jones would call LeBron and say, hey LeBron, you playing today? Or you playing it in the in the in that game? LeBron said nope. So way before it was announced, LeBron told Damien he wasn't playing in that game against Milwaukee. Well, uh Damon Jones sold that information to a bunch of people or whoever, and they put the bets on, and this is this is type of shit that was going on. So defendants named the indictment are accused of exploiting insider information to bet on NBA games, which I kind of just detailed. U.S. Attorney Joe said the net the nature of this information included things like when players would be sitting out and when they would pull themselves out of a game due to injury, he said. How the scheme worked. The player information will be passed along to other members of the scheme who would wager money. Documents say mostly on individual player performances and statistics. Joe said it involved the performances of players on several teams, including Charlotte Hornets, the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, as more people get taken in, more people are snitching, I believe. Because if you don't if you recall, you may not recall, but there's a basketball player, a former player who has a big uh social media uh presence, and his name is uh Gilbert Arena. Gilbert Arena Arena. Gilbert not too long ago got taken down for poker too, and he got they let him out real quick, and he said he was snitching. So he may have been the ones that told he may have been the one that told on Chauncey Bills, Terry Rosier, or whoever, but Chauncey Phillips is caught up in this poker shit too. So now with this wave of NBA players arrested, who are they gonna snitch on? This thing is about to get big and bigger and bigger, and they eventually cross over into all other sports. This is this this ain't no little thing. Yeah, so they said they claimed someone was from the Raptors. Yeah, it's not the Rangers, it's the Raptors. But so we got somebody from the Raptors. Enoch says, Oh, yeah, hey, look, Enoch came with the profile pick, y'all. Say what's up to Enoch with the profile pick. Lovely picture. Enoch says, I wouldn't be surprised if LeBron is involved. Man, all right, at least. Let's kick off, at least just technically kicked off TGI F P D, which is thank God, is Flow's Payday, Friday. Today is Friday. Thank you for the$10 holla. Thank you so much. But for making sure that we eat over here, Elise. Thank you so much. But yeah, y'all. People are so now that now that this wave of players has has been uh arrested, who will follow? So, in one instance, what type of shit were they doing? Let me break it down some more. I've already told y'all a couple of little little tricks they were using, but here we go. Here's one instance. They say Terry Rosier, my guy, Cleveland's own. Damn, Terry. Terry Rosier, how did you get here? Anyway, Terry Rozier, NBA player, allegedly, faked an injury in 2023. He told another person involved that he was going to leave the game early, allowing members of the group to bet on the under of his statistics. As I outlined in the indictment, in another example, Jones is accused of leaking information about LeBron James 2023. A lot of this shit is from 2023. So, Chauncey Bills, the other guy. Chauncey Bills, coach for the Portland Trailblazers, also a former NBA player. He has just been placed on leave after his arrest. The Portland Trailblazers say Tiago Splitter will now take over coaching duties after Chauncey Bills has been put on arrest. The team says uh has been arrested, I'm sorry, and put on leave following his arrest. Quoted from the team we are aware of the allegations involving head coach Chauncey Bills and the Trailblazers are fully cooperating with the investigation. Phillips has been placed on immediate leave, and Tiago Splitter will assume head coaching duties in the interim. Any further questions should be directed to the NBA. The Blazers said in a statement. Phillips has been the coach in Portland since 2021. CNN has also contacted the Miami Heat, which declined to comment separately on the arrest of Garter Rozier and directed CNN to the NBA statement on the investigation. Rozier has also been placed on leave, according to the lead. These are the NBA games at the center of the betting probe. So let's get into what games. Ooh, bless me. Bless me. Bless me, bless me, bless me. Let's get into the NBA games at the center of the attention. So what games? The U.S. Justice Department laid out in the detail this morning how several NBA players and coaches, including Terry Rosier, allegedly used non-public information about upcoming NBA games to allow others to profit on betting. March 23rd, 2023, Charlotte Hornets versus the New Orleans Pelicans. Rozier allegedly tipped off longtime friend De Niro Laster that he planned to leave the game early due to a supposed injury. He then left the game after nine minutes, generating tens of thousands of dollars in profit. So let me stop right there. Do y'all think now Terry Rosier? Let me look it up before I say it. Terry Rosier, if I'm not mistaken, Terry Rosier signed like a 200 million dollar, like a 200 million dollar uh contract, I believe. Let me make sure though. Let me make sure. So, because what I'm thinking. What I'm thinking is I hope these players ain't just dumb. Terry Rosier contract details. Let's look this up. Okay, not 200 million, my fault, 100 million. Rosier inked a four-year NBA extension for 96.3 million dollars. And he did that with Charlotte Hornets ahead of the 2022 NBA season. And you mean to tell me you signed for 100 million in 2022, and in 2023, you cheating for tens of thousands of dollars? So, what I'm thinking is, y'all, is somebody like Terry Rozier getting caught up because he tried to help out his homies? Because I don't I can't see a person with a hundred million dollar contract needing to do these sideline bets for ten thousand tens of thousands of dollars. And I'm not making no excuses for him at all. But what I'm I'm just trying to figure out what is Terry Rosier's motivation. Somebody told me to get some hot soup. This is about to get huge, man. This is about to get huge. But I'm thinking, like, was Terry Rosier just trying to help out his his homeboy? And now somehow his homeboy done got caught up in some shit. This investigation has been going on for a while. Uh Big R says if they have been investigating for over a year, they know uh who and who was used for the information. Yeah. So a hundred million dollars, and you and you, and you telling your boy that you leaving the game early for tens of thousands of dollars. So that was uh March 23rd, 2023, Charlotte Hornets versus New Orleans Pelicans. Now we got another game, March 24th, 2023, Portland uh Trailblazers versus Chicago Bulls. Eric Ernest allegedly received and then passed on insider information from a longtime friend and NBA coach at the time that several of the Blazer top players would sit out the game against Chicago Bulls. This may have been the one that sunk Chauncey Bills. These players are in big ass trouble, y'all. This ain't nothing to play with. So they saying in this game, the coach told his friend that a lot of players was gonna be sitting down. And it was true. Now let's go to April 6, 2023, Orlando Magic versus Cleveland Cavaliers. April 6, 2023, Orlando Magic versus Cleveland Cavaliers. A co-conspirator allegedly leveraged a relationship with the Magic player to learn that several of the team's top players would sit out a game against the Cavaliers, the DOJ said. So a co-conspirator, the Magic versus Cleveland Cavaliers, leverage a relationship with the Magic player to learn that several of the team's top players will sit out a game against the Cavaliers. So even my calves is caught up in this bullshit. So let's go on. February 9th, 2023, Los Angeles Lakers versus Milwaukee Bucks. And January 15th, Los Angeles Lakers versus Oklahoma City Thunder. Former NBA player Damon Jones allegedly shared and sold insider information on numerous occasions about undisclosed information relating to NBA games. Such as lineup decisions and pre-release medical information to his co-conspirators. One of these exchanges came ahead of a game in which Superstar LeBron did not play. LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. I'm pretty sure LeBron didn't fool with this mess, but I hope he didn't. I really hope he didn't, because they are telling and snitching. His ass will go down. I don't think LeBron had nothing to do with it, though. I just don't see LeBron getting involved in gambling with the NBA and stuff. I just don't see that. He makes way too much money. He the face of the league just wouldn't seem like something he'd do. But we will see. Because now that they got this wave of people in here, there's gonna be another wave of people because this wave of NBA players is about to tell on more people. Toronto Raptors. This was January 26, 2024. Toronto Raptors versus Los Angeles Clippers. And March 20. Toronto Raptors versus Sacramento Kings. This Angie squad. Former Raptors player Jonte Porter allegedly told Connections that he would prematurely exit the games due to supposed injuries. The DOJ safe. Said his early exit. Y'all, this is ridiculous. Do y'all realize as an NBA player from 1997 to 2013, Chauncey Phillips made over a hundred million dollars? Make it make sense. Yeah, we no, we didn't, we didn't, we didn't uh no tomb, y'all. Everybody said no tomb because we ain't said Diddy enough times. This is like Candyman. Yeah, I shouted out uh at least. At least a ten dollar super sticker, unless it's another one that I missed. Yeah, I shouted out, Elise. You must have missed it. But uh, yeah, you know, tomb tomb is like candy man. You see, we we gotta say Diddy three times, and then he'll come popping in talking about Diddy. Uh he'll say uh uh free Diddy or some shit. Like Candyman, Tracy. This guy made a hundred million dollars.

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Are you serious?

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A hundred million dollars. Man, they talking about one time when when Charleston Phillips team was on a ten-o run, meaning they were coming back on the Chicago Bulls. Charcey Phillips inexplicately, inexplicably, took out one of his best, took out his best player basically. And nobody and nobody know and nobody know why, but now they figuring out Charcy Phillips may have been taking games. Are coming in. Attempt to obstruct justice or commit additional crimes. Members of poker scheme use violence and threats when debts were paid. Document set. Shuffling machines and car reading trip trays. Y'all, they had car reading chip trades. Wealthy people would sit down at poker tables in Manhattan, lured to the game often by former well-known professional athletes, expecting fair odds of winning, but behind the scenes, an elaborate scheme of advanced technology was tipping the scales. According to an indictment today, uh detailing what prosecutors describe as a massive mafia link gambling probe. From start to finish, prosecutors say the defendants employed a host of tactics to make sure they came out on top, stripping millions from their victims. First, shuffling machines that looked like they were randomizing the cards, were in reality reading the deck and predicting who got the best hand in the court uh the according to the indictment. Officials also said the defendants also used electronic poker chip trays and decoy cell phones that were used to analyze and read cards on the table. Other cards had markers, visibly only to individuals wearing specifically designed contact lenses or sunglasses. The indictment went on the same. Indictment alleges Damon Jones leaked information on LeBron James' injury to better. One of the examples of inside information allegedly being used to help gamblers involves former NBA player. We said Damon Jones. He had tips. Now, read the indictment uh with Terry Rosaire and Damon Jones. Six people were indicted in a Mafia League sports betting scheme. What did the NBA say about all this shit? Well, apparently it NBA issued first statement. NBA said Chauncey Bills and Terry Rosier are on immediate leave from their teams in the league's first statement since the news of the arrest this morning. We are in the process of reviewing the federal indictments announced today. The league said in a statement, they also went on to say Terry Rosier and Chauncey Bills uh are being placed on immediate leave from their teams and will continue to cooperate with the relevant authorities. We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness and uh integrity of the game remains our top priority. It's just unbelievable stuff, man. Everything, see, people have been saying that that better shit was gonna be the downfall of sports, and and I think with all this going on now, they about to really dig in. They about to really dig in. And I'm just sitting back to see who's next. Okay, let's see. Uh Elise said there's a series on Discovery about gambling and boosting. It might be interesting. But this is Andre say they andre says, I have brothers that gamble on the NFL games. Yeah, everybody gamble, but if you you if you parted holy crap. Somebody about to make me fall out of my seat. For T G I F F P D. Hey, look. T G I F F P D. Thank God it's flows. It's Friday. Flows payday. Big R coming through with the 4999 to 49 and 999.$50 holla. Thank you so much, Big R, for holding me down. I'm eating good this weekend. Thanks to Big R and Elise. But thank you, Big R, coming through with the$50 holla,$49.99 super chat, super sticker. I like it. I like it. I like it a lot. Everybody show Big R some love for coming through. Big R. Like Danzi says, Sheesh. Oh man. I worked out today feeling good. You know what? Working out before the show is such a cheat code. Usually don't work out before the show. Or you didn't work out that damn early. But I don't know. I like working out before the show. No coffee because I worked out and I didn't want to drink no coffee. That's the only reason. I worked out early this morning. I worked out before the show. And so I didn't want to have no coffee. Uh I didn't want to have no coffee uh this morning. But we'll be back on schedule. Um what I'll do is I'll have to place my coffee order and kind of time it if I work out in the morning where I could go get the coffee after, but I kind of was running behind. So it is what it was. But yeah, shout out Big R for coming through. Let's see all the flowers big R getting. Big R said thank you, but let's see. Uh who else said something? Black Rose said, Big R. I love my big mama. Stephanie said, Big mama, big mama, I love my big mama. At least that way to go, big R. Hustlers, gambles, and crooks. Yes, it is Friday. It's T G I F F P D. Thank God it's Friday, Flows Payday. Shout out to Fire Glory for reminding everybody it is Friday, and this week flew past. This week flew past. Let's see what else we got. Federal law enforcement officials outlined some of the key figures. But now who who are the more who are these people about to bring down? And then they and then on top of it, they linked in with the freaking mafia. Yep, it's freestyle Friday. So if you want something, let me know. You got something you got something you want to throw in there we could touch on? Big R says she needs a song. Yeah, we'll get one before we get out of here. Uh uh Big Mama, Big R. Andre, Andre says I was taught how to play a musical instrument, the flute, when I was in middle school. I was taught how to play the piano in high school. Andre, such a talent, such a talented young man. Such a talented young man. Early in the morning, I put breakfast a uh uh let's see, U.S. attorney alleges some of the defendants in the case use vibes. Man, this is where this right here is where somebody about to be fucked up. Cause as we know from the Diddy tribe, this world don't like violence. This system do not, this system definitely was the word does not take too kindly to violence. And as I told you, it was some violence used. And when you're talking about this poker games, they said at one time, as part of the scheme, some of the defendants and their co-conspirators also committed acts of violence, including the gunpoint robbery of a person in order to obtain a rigged shuffling machine and extortions that were perpetrated against victims in order to ensure they repaid their gambling debts. They were putting people at gunpoint for a rig shuffling machine and extorting people. They went too far. So as we get into this, man, this is this this this ain't going this like I said, this gonna get worse before it get better. I'm just like I said, y'all, it's like finding out it's like finding out how magic works. Let's see what we else we got with the with this shit. We got freestyle Friday. What else we got going on, y'all? Freestyle Fridays. Diddy diddy diddy the diddy to diddy diddy. Where the hell is going on with Diddy Diddy Diddy Buzzby in the news? So Diddy Diddy, let's get let's let's let's let's get to let's get let's go out on a bang with this Diddy stuff. So now Diddy has come to the conclusion. I'm pretty sure by now that he knows that his his uh his uh goose is cooked. His goose is cooked. Uh so they the word around town is Dave, check this out. Remember that story about Diddy being at Knife Point? That was a regurgitated, retold story from a long time ago, or months and months and months and months ago, and there's what I'm hearing is Diddy thought it would be a good idea for his friend to bring out that story and and and say it as if it's new to help Diddy get released from prison. And it didn't work, but that's what they were trying to do. So y'all remember that story that was going around talking about Diddy got held at knife point, gum. I mean, not gun point, knife, knife point, diddy got held at knife point, and um they thought bringing up this story, this story actually has already happened before, and uh it already happened, but it was months and months ago, and I and I thought it sounded familiar because I remember if y'all remember, let's see who got the good memory. But remember, remember when I asked somebody in the chat, because this is when we first talked about that story uh about Diddy being held at Knife Point a few weeks ago or a little while ago. Don't y'all remember I asked somebody in the chat just to make sure I was like, what is a Shiva? Or whatever they call y'all told me like that was a shame in prison. Y'all said that was a shame. Well, I knew when I when I when I was reading this story now, I was like, this Shiva ain't a shake. I said they using that same word again, and it just brought me back to the actual story, and I was thinking that was an old story, but I just didn't I wasn't sure, so I didn't say it. But now that it's come out that that was an old story, I remember the story. Like I said, I remember reporting on it, and I remember y'all telling me that a Shiva or Shiv or whatever they called it, yeah, there it is. Whatever this thing is, y'all told me that's a shank, which I kind of thought I figured that's what it was from the context clues, but um, y'all told me it was a shank. So then when the story re-brought, when the story resurfaced, I saw that word used again, and it made me think like, ain't this the same fucking story from uh before I don't know, man. But between Diddy and his NBA, y'all, I don't know what the hell is about to happen, but it's going down. And I guess when we come back Monday, we'll be able to officially call TMZ the king of the fake news. We'll officially be able to call TMZ the king of the fake news because according to them, according to them, they should have a uh Diddy should be released according to TMZ. So, but we'll wait. It's still technically he could get he could get by he could get uh pardoned or commuted today, and I'll say TMZ was right, but it's not looking like that. It's not looking like that, it's not looking like your boy about to be part. But for TMZ to run that story and run that story about Diddy having a knife to him, and they knew they knew it was they knew that that shit wasn't true. Five. Just fire. So as Diddy sit back, he is pissed, feeling like he got scammed, his lawyers lied to him. See what we got in here. TMZ are compulsive liars. Let's go to the chat. TMZ are compulsive liars, they should be shut down. What else somebody said? Uh let's go to chat. What they chatting about in the chat. TM Sleazy, somebody said. Oh, they just going off on Andre. Okay, I get it. Let's see what else we got in the chat. I can't believe that TMZ has blocked one of Flo's long time good members, Tracy. Shame on them.

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Shame on them.

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But that's the cloth they made from. You should get a refund. Tracy said, if you if if you if you hit 'em daily, they will boot you. Okay. Tracy said she been hitting them daily, so they booted her. Well, that's how it that's how it goes.

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That's how it goes.

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It's all good. Very rare for me to do. Why did they block? What was you saying, Tracy? People in the chat, everybody's asking, Tracy, what did you say to get blocked? I probably probably said a million things, but you want to give us an example for everybody in the chat and everybody listening. How did Tracy, one of our one of our uh longtime flow community members? Uh, how what did you say to get blocked? Elise said she got blocked. Elise said she got blocked too. Damn. TMZ blocking all the flow community people.

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I'm not liking that. I'm not liking that.

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I don't understand. Tracy White, you was hurt for sure. Tracy. I can't believe they're blocking so many of our people, but look, this is what it is, man. Yeah, we too smart. We way too smart for TM Sleazy, y'all. And this is another Freestyle Friday. Uh, these NBA players are going down, y'all. If you if you're not, man, we had a beautiful Wednesday, uh, members only episode. If you're not a member, join the YouTube channel. It's a button up under where I'm pointing at where you can either subscribe or join. Join is how you can become a part of the exclusive Wednesday episode we do pretty much every Wednesday. Uh, the Buzz Sprout link, if you support the audio version of the show, which is on Apple and Spotify and all the major uh podcast platforms, then click the Buzz Sprout link in the chat. I mean, Buzz Sprout link in the notes description. Let me put that in there for you. I'm gonna put it in the chat like I always do to become a member. As a matter of fact, and let me shout out some of my the newest Buzz Sprout members. Uh I meant to do that the other day and forgot. So that's the Buzz Sprout member. But let me shout out. Uh and if you want your shout-out, please become a member on Buzz Sprout. But let me let me let me get to the shout-out. Let me get to the shout-out. Let me get to the shout-out. Before we get the hell out of here. Subscriptions. Stephanie, Tavana, Carla, Oslin, Corina, and Angie B. Also, Elise always want to shout you out. Big R always want to shout you out. Mermaid, Denise, and I appreciate y'all for supporting the show. Y'all keep the show going. And uh, I guess Angie has one question. She wants to make sure that Andre is of age. So, Andre, we don't want to get in trouble. So, we want to make sure that you're an adult. Please confirm. Andre, confirm you're an adult. Andre has confirmed that he is an adult man. So now that we got that all the way, let's get to our mosque in the chat. Another great Friday, another great week. We are out of here, y'all. Enjoy y'all's weekend. Uh, thank God it's Flo's payday. Thank you for all the people who contributed. If anybody got some last-minute donations, I won't be mad. But other than that, let's get to our mosque in the chat, y'all. Y'all, y'all cooked Andre something crazy today. Tracy says, nothing but love for the flow family. We keep the world turning as it should. Have a great weekend, my friends. I'm out. Thank you so much. Thank you. Special thanks to Big R for coming through with the super chat. Thanks to Elise and anybody else and everybody else for supporting the show. Y'all are beautiful. Let's let's let's pay attention. I will be back Monday with the Diddy news. Probably a follow-up on this NBA shit. And hopefully, we got some type of update in the David Singer case who allegedly may have something to do with the young lady who was unalived at 14 years old. We don't know. But hopefully, we got some more uh news on that when we come back. Like like Stephanie said, I couldn't have said it no better. I y'all know I love y'all. I do. But I'm I'm