Path Blazers’ Chauncey Billups, Warmth’s Terry Rozier Arrested Amid Federal Playing Probe

Portland Path Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Warmth guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in relation to a federal investigation into unlawful playing.

Rozier was arrested Thursday morning at a lodge in Orlando after Miami’s street matchup with the Magic, ESPN reviews. He didn’t play within the contest attributable to a coach’s determination.

Billups, who’s in his fifth season as head coach of Portland, was arrested in Oregon over an alleged “separate however associated” unlawful betting operation, ABC Information reviews. Billups coached within the Blazers’ residence loss to the Timberwolves simply previous to being taken into custody.

In the meantime, Damon Jones, who performed with LeBron James in Cleveland at factors throughout his prolonged tenure within the NBA, was additionally taken into custody on Thursday, in response to a number of reviews.

The Japanese District of New York and FBI director Kash Patel are slated to shed extra mild on the allegations towards the NBAers at a information convention later Thursday morning.