Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a federal investigation into illegal gambling.

Also taken into custody was former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones.

Billups, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, was arrested in Oregon, the morning after the Trail Blazers lost their season opener to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 49-year-old Billups has coached the team since 2021.

Rozier, 31, did not play in the Heat's season opener on the road against the Magic because of a hamstring injury. He was taken into custody at his hotel in Orlando.

The arrests were a product of a multiyear investigation that spanned 11 states.

At a news conference Thursday morning in Brooklyn, a spokesperson

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