Kevin Love Uses Coldplay Meme For Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups Arrested By FBI
On Thursday morning, ESPN reported that the FBI had arrested dozens of individuals as part of a major gambling probe, with one investigation focusing on alleged rigged poker games involving New York mob families and another on illegal gambling on NBA games. Among those detained were the Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and the Miami Heat point guard Terry Rozierwho has been under investigation for gambling since last season.
Social media was predictably awash with memes, comments and speculation about the situation on Thursday, and among those who chimed in was the Utah Jazz forward Kevin Lovewho turned into an elite social media troll in the second half of his career.
Love took to Instagram yes post a photoshopped version Rozier and Billups to a viral photo of former CEO Andy Byron and his human resources chief Christine Cabot, who saw their affair exposed during a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert over the summer in a moment that quickly became a meme.
Kevin Love doesn’t chill π pic.twitter.com/uuhCu2CSV7
β ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) October 23, 2025
Love’s post was made even wilder by the fact that he was teammates with Rozier last year with the Heat.
A big scandal for the NBA
The announcement of the arrests of Billups and Rozier came at a time when the NBA is strengthening its relationship with various sports betting companies more than ever through television commercials and other promotions that have drawn a flurry of public criticism.
Two years ago, former Toronto Raptors big man Jontay Porter became the poster boy for what happens when gambling and sports leagues get too intertwined, leading to his permanent suspension from the league, and now Rozier is hoping to avoid a similar fate amid his arrest.
Billups, meanwhile, was charged in an indictment related to the rigging of poker games.
In any case, both Rozier and Billups have been placed on leave by the NBA because of the arrests, and the league will likely have to reevaluate how closely it wants to align itself with the thriving world of gambling.
2025-10-23 17:19:00
