As good as the first week of the 2025-26 NBA season has been, Commissioner Adam Silver and the league office have been dealing with a dark cloud that has overshadowed everything.

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were among around 30 people arrested by the FBI on Thursday as part of ongoing investigations into separate but linked illegal gambling and illegal poker games cases .

Both Rozier and Billups were placed on administrative leave by the league, and there is currently no timetable for when they could potentially return, that is, if they are to ever return to the NBA.

Silver and the NBA office are taking this matter seriously, as they have been in full cooperation with law enforcement as these investigations dive further

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