US EditionAre the Trail Blazers Paying Embattled Coach Chauncey Billups During Leave of Absence?
Rozier's $26.6 million salary is withheld pending legal outcome as the NBA reviews information handling after federal gambling charges involving Rozier and Billups.
- The NBA and teams announced that Rozier's and Billups's paychecks will be withheld and held in escrow pending FBI cases, with Rozier's $26.6 million salary this season on hold.
- Federal officials allege Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and nearly three dozen other individuals were arrested last week on gambling-related charges tied to a March 23, 2023 game where Rozier played sparingly and bettors won by wagering he would finish under certain totals.
- Public filings list an $8 million assessment, but Rozier's attorney Jim Trusty said there was never a debt of $8 million, only $9,000, in a Wednesday email.
- The NBA said earlier this week it lacks subpoena power and is reviewing how to handle sensitive league information like injury reports, while Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell sought details from Commissioner Adam Silver on the Rozier investigation.
- Rozier is due in court on December 8 and faces possible long-term penalties if convicted, while the Miami Heat have started 3-1 with Pelle Larsson replacing him.
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Players union calls out NBA for putting Terry Rozier on unpaid leave during gambling scandal
The National Basketball Players Association ripped the NBA's decision to put Heat guard Terry Rozier on unpaid leave after he was arrested, alone with at least 30 others, in a mob-linked gambling and rigged poker game scheme that has rocked the NBA.
Blazers coach and NBA guard will not receive their salaries while on leave in gambling cases, AP sources say
NBA guard Terry Rozier and coach Chauncey Billups will not receive their salaries while on leave for their arrests on federal gambling-related charges, two people with knowledge of the matters told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Rozier had been due to receive the first installment of a $26.6 million annual salary with the Miami Heat later this week. That, and future installments, will be held pending resolution of his legal case, said the peo…
Are the Trail Blazers paying embattled coach Chauncey Billups during leave of absence?
Billups was indicted in federal court last week on two counts of money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy as part of a sweeping, yearslong investigation by law enforcement agents.
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