The sporting world was stunned Thursday when news broke that the FBI was charging Heat guard Terry Rozier and Trail Blazer head coach Chauncey Billups as part of a sweeping and “historic” federal gambling and rigged poker investigation that also implicates the Bonanno, Genovese, Lucchese and Gambino families.
Rozier, a 31-year-old NBA veteran from Youngstown, Ohio, is accused of tipping off the wise guys that he was going to leave a 2023 game early with an injury, which led to the defendants plunking down more than $200,000 on the Unders for his prop bets that night.
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