LAS VEGAS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league would “try to work something through” with the Miami Heat when it comes to potentially trading Terry Rozier, who is on unpaid leave from the team because he is charged with federal crimes related to his alleged participation in an illegal betting scheme.

Rozier, 31, is in the final year of his contract and counts for $26.6 million against the Heat’s salary cap. He also occupies a roster spot and will be a free agent next season. If Miami wanted to use Rozier’s contract as a trade chip, the team would first need to get the league’s permission.

Then, there is the matter of finding a willing trade partner, because whoever takes Rozier from the Heat would unlikely see him in uniform this season. Finally, the Heat traded for Rozier in 2024 and attached their 2027 No. 1 draft pick as part of the trade. Rozier’s alleged crimes were committed in 2023 while he was a member of the Charlotte Hornets, and the Heat aren’t thrilled about the lost draft pick in addition to the inability to trade him right now.

“This is an unprecedented situation,” Silver said Tuesday before the NBA Cup in Las Vegas. “I think I’m incredibly sympathetic to the Heat and to their fans. But I think we’re going to try to work something through, work this out with them. But there’s no obvious solution here. I would just say that there’s no doubt at the moment they have a player that can’t perform services for them.”

Silver also said Rozier “hasn’t been convicted of anything yet, either, but this is an unfortunate circumstance.

“Sometimes there’s unique events and maybe sometimes they require unique solutions,” Silver said. “We’ll be looking at this with the Heat and the other teams in the league and see if there’s any satisfactory relief, but at the moment there is none.”

Federal prosecutors charged Rozier in October for allegedly telling a friend he planned to exit a game early so that his friend and a network of gamblers could place bets against Rozier’s statistics. Rozier’s attorneys recently filed a motion to dismiss the case, but a federal judge has not yet ruled on the motion.

The game Rozier allegedly removed himself from due to betting purposes was in March 2023. The league initially investigated Rozier and did not find he had violated league or federal law — which the NBA has suggested was because it did not have subpoena power and other authorities granted to law enforcement.

Silver said league investigators were tracking down information in the federal indictments of not only Rozier, but also Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former player and coach Damon Jones. Investigators were tracking information previously unknown to the league — such as the potential participation in the alleged scheme by other players and team personnel.

“We’ve been redoubling our efforts at the league office, working with our teams, looking at every aspect of our rules around sports betting,” Silver said. “Are there better ways to educate the participants; are there changes we should make in how injuries are reported, dealing with the so-called inside information issue to ensure there’s a level playing field, to the extent people are betting on the sport, which we know is now legal, and people are going to continue to do so? Are there improvements in terms of monitoring?”

Silver said the Rozier case shows the league’s system with major sports books is working because of the ease with which suspicious bets are flagged.

“We knew, and our betting partners knew there was aberrational activity on that game before it took place. And in fact, they took bets off the books because something odd was happening, so the system worked from that standpoint,” Silver said before listing the areas in which the NBA was considering making changes for more security against illegal betting.