The sports world reacts to the arrests of Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups

ByNBAUSA



The NBA sports world may have woken up to a frenzy of news that has nothing to do with actual basketball. instead, the news consisted of several arrestsof which three were Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billupsand Damon Jones for was in an alleged illegal gambling operation.

The FBI held a press conference where they mentioned the arrests and all the research that was done before the actions.

“Individuals like Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones and Terry Rozier were taken into custody today, former, current NBA players and coaches … this is an illegal gambling operation and a sports-fixing operation that has been going on for years,” said FBI Director Cash Patel.

According to the FBI, Rozier’s allegations were related to illegal sports gambling, Billups’ was related to illegal poker games, and Jones’ was related to both.

Four teams were also mentioned in the investigation, including the Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers, Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers.

While this is a serious matter for the people involved, social media is having a field day with some jokes in connection with the investigation.

“Somebody could wake up today and say, ‘The NBA is in serious trouble,’ and you wouldn’t know if they were talking about Vembanyama’s 40 or FBI arresting players and coaches for gambling violations,” wrote one user on X, formerly Twitter.

“I would never accuse anybody of game-fixing or anything, but if Chauncey were to get arrested, I’d get some sneaky plays that I’d like to call attention to.” FBI,” another user wrote.

“Dā€” those letter boys waiting for the first week of the NBA to make these arrests is cold-blooded,” a wrote a third user.

It will be interesting to see how this investigation plays out, and if more people are arrested down the road.





2025-10-23 15:59:00

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