Heat gives Terry Rozier ‘full support’ after arrest in NBA gambling scandal
the The heat fell this week on Terry RozierBut his Miami teammates stand behind the veteran goalkeeper after his arrest on Thursday in… FBI comprehensive gambling investigations.
All-Star quarterback Bam Adebayo said Rozier has the Heat’s “full support” after he was placed on indefinite leave by the NBA.
“You support him with all your might,” Adebayo told reporters before Friday’s match in Memphis. “This is our brother at the end of the day.
“It’s been kind of weird without him here, actually, because he’s the first person I talk to in the morning. He brings that great energy to our team.”
Trail Blazers coach and Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups was also arrested For his alleged role in a poker-related scheme.
Rozier, 31, was arrested Thursday by federal agents and charged with conspiring to help others win in his own bets. Performance during the March 2023 match When he was a member of the Hornets before being traded to Miami the following season.
He denied these accusations through his legal advisor.
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“Terry is a very dear person to all of us,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He has had a real positive impact on our locker room, staff and players alike, and that includes last year, when he wasn’t on the rotation as often. We send our thoughts and attention to him as he goes through this.”
At a 2023 game for the Hornets, Rozier allegedly told a friend he was pulling himself early due to injury, and that information was sold to bettors, who bet hundreds of thousands of dollars on Rozier’s props, according to the indictment.
The FBI has arrested 31 people involved in a fake poker ring supported by organized crime families in New York City.
- Ernest Aiello – famous Bonanno mobster
- Nelson “Spanish J” Alvarez
- Louis “Law Up” Apicella
- Ammar “Flapper Poker” Al Awawda
- Saul Becher — Professional poker player
- Chauncey Billups – Portland Trail Blazers coach, NBA Hall of Famer and 2004 NBA champion
- Matthew “The Wrestler” Dadino
- Eric “Scary” Ernest
- Lee Fama — Professional poker player
- John Gallo
- Marco Garzon
- Thomas “Tommy Joyce” Gilardo – a famous Lucchese gangster who was indicted in 2013 for Porn star girlfriend hit
- Jimmy Gillette
- Tony “Black Tony” Goodson
- Kenny Hahn
- Shane “drunk” her
- Usman “Albanian Bruce” hottie
- Horatio is
- Chen “Scrolly” is
- Damon “Dee Jones” Jones – NBA player from 1998 to 2009
- Joseph Laney
- John “John South” Mazzola
- Curtis Mix
- Nicholas Minucci
- Michael Renzulli
- Anthony Ruggiero Jr
- Anthony “Doc” Schneiderman
- Robert “Black Robe” Stroud
- Seth Trustman
- Sophia “Bucky” Wee
- Julius Ziliani
“This is our brother,” Miami forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. said Friday. “We’ve spent a lot of time with him. (We’ll) see what happens. There’s a lot of things we don’t know. We’re just waiting for more information to come out.”
Rozier was inside uniform but did not play in the Heat’s season-opening loss on Wednesday in Orlando.
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For now, they must move on without him.
“You’re left with no other choice,” Spoelstra said. “The league does not wait, and does not stop for you.
“You have to learn how to compartmentalize and focus on the most urgent thing. And that is preparing for an important game tonight.”
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