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