{"id":248388,"date":"2025-10-29T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248388\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:06:09","slug":"heats-terry-rozier-gets-even-more-bad-news-amid-fbi-gambling-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/248388\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat’s Terry Rozier gets even more bad news amid FBI gambling probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat<\/a> point guard Terry Rozier’s early 2025-26 NBA season has gone from very, very bad to worse \u2014 a rough fate for a man who’s been indicted as part of an FBI\u00a0gambling scandal.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-1 pro is accused of having given a friend inside information about an injury ahead of a March 2023 contest, while he was with the Charlotte Hornets<\/a>, so that the friend could relay the intel to gamblers who could promptly reap the benefits from “under” prop bets on his output.<\/p>\n

Rozier is one of a number of NBA figures who have been indicted, along with Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> head coach Chauncey Billups and former player and assistant coach Damon Jones.<\/p>\n

Rozier and Billups have been placed on leave from Miami and Portland, respectively, the\u00a0league has announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, per Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press<\/a>, Rozier has received even more bad news: he won’t get paid any of his $26.6 million salary for this season while the investigation continues. Reynolds tweets<\/a> that the 31-year-old’s money will be put in an interest-bearing account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Assuming Rozier is cleared of any wrongdoing, he would be given his withheld funds in full.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His lawyer,\u00a0Jim Trusty, asserted Rozier’s full innocence while on Fox News Tuesday, per\u00a0Barry Jackson and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the prosecution basically knows it, but they liked the idea of having him as a trophy in this case to kind of mirror the bigger case with Chauncey Billups,\u201d Trusty said. \u201cAnd I hope over time they will start to realize maybe a little bit of buyer\u2019s remorse. They bit off more than they can chew.”<\/p>\n

Rozier remains a productive player when he does suit up, although he wasn’t in Miami’s rotation this year even before his arrest. In 64 games last season with Miami, he averaged 10.6 points on .391\/.295\/.852 shooting splits, 3.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 0.9 steals a night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an innocent guy who\u2019s getting completely screwed, to use some legal vernacular, in terms of his career. It\u2019s an 11-year vet,” Trusty added. “He\u2019s played 1,000 games. They\u2019re latching onto a game where the NBA literally cleared him two years ago and trying to suggest that somehow they know better and that they know he was a conspirator, as opposed to just somebody who had a hurt foot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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