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It’s been a shocking 48 hours for new Portland Trail Blazers Interim Head Coach Tiago Splitter. Following Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups’ arrest by the FBI early Thursday morning for allegedly taking part in an illegal gambling ring, Splitter is the man the organization has called on as the Next Man Up to lead during this rocky time. Splitter, 40, …

Tiago Splitter will guide the Portland Trail Blazers for the foreseeable future. The team on Thursday named Splitter its interim head coach, a team source told The Oregonian/OregonLive, elevating an assistant who only joined the organization this summer. The move, first reported by ESPN, came hours after coach Chauncey Billups was arrested by federal agents and charged with money laundering …