Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier
NBAers Arrested …
Amid Federal Gambling Probe
Published October 23, 2025 6:06 AM PDT
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Updated October 23, 2025 7:09 AM PDT
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in relation to a federal investigation into illegal gambling.
Rozier was arrested Thursday morning at a hotel in Orlando after Miami’s road matchup with the Magic, ESPN reports. He did not play in the contest due to a coach’s decision.
Billups, who is in his fifth season as head coach of Portland, was arrested in Oregon over an alleged “separate but related” illegal betting operation, ABC News reports. Billups coached in the Blazers’ home loss to the Timberwolves just prior to being taken into custody.
Meanwhile, Damon Jones, who played with LeBron James in Cleveland at points during his lengthy tenure in the NBA, was also taken into custody on Thursday, according to multiple reports.
The Eastern District of New York and FBI director Kash Patel are slated to shed more light on the allegations against the NBAers at a news conference later Thursday morning.
Billups is the biggest name of the now-incarcerated bunch … he’s a five-time All-Star, a Finals MVP, a one-time champion and a Hall of Famer. Following his decorated playing career, he got into coaching, joining the Clippers in 2020 as an assistant coach on Tyronn Lue’s staff. In 2021, he was named the head coach of the Blazers.
Rozier began his career in Boston after being picked in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft, and following a stint in Charlotte, he joined Miami via trade in 2024. In January 2025, investigators looking into eyebrow-raising wagers made on the Heat guard when he was a member of the Hornets in 2023. The NBA later said following its probe into the claims, it found no evidence of wrongdoing.
Jones played in the NBA from 1998 through 2009 — logging minutes alongside James for several seasons toward the end of his career. In 2016, he joined the Cavaliers’ coaching staff and remained there for three seasons.
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