DETROIT — With the NBA on high alert following the recent indictments surrounding sports gambling, Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff is telling his players to be conscious of what they’re sharing and who they’re sharing it with outside the organization.

“To be honest with you, it’s a scary situation. The information that our guys have that are just natural things that happen, through a shootaround or through a practice that may be a casual conversation at home or wherever it may be, that information has been monetized now,” Bickerstaff said Sunday before the Pistons’ home opener against the Boston Celtics . “And whether you like it or not or feel like it’s a part of it, it is what it is. So you have to be extremely careful.”

Just last week, an ongoing investigation into gambling led to 3

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