NBA won't be paying Terry Rozier
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It's been a week since the federal government indicted Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups as part of a two-pronged gambling investigation.
Rozier's salary — about $26.6 million this season, paid in installments — will be held in some sort of account pending resolution of the legal case, sources said.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier will reportedly not get paid while they are on leave from their NBA teams, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The NBA will reportedly withhold Billups' and Rozier's paychecks and place them in escrow pending the outcome of the FBI cases, per Charania.
The NBA plans to put Rozier's salary in an escrow account until his legal issues are resolved (same with Portland's Chauncey Billups).
Inside the federal betting case against NBA star Terry Rozier, and the surprising attorney defending him: Trump’s former lawyer, Jim Trusty.
Terry Rozier’s lawyer, Jim Trusty, defended the NBA star against gambling charges, claiming the government partnered with “horrific people" to build its case.
The NBA was rocked by the news that Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier were arrested last week as part of two separate federal investigations into gambling rings .
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Terry Rozier’s arrest leaves the Miami Heat stunned, and trying to figure out what happens next
The Miami Heat are dealing with the absence of Terry Rozier, who has been placed on indefinite leave by the NBA.
On this week's episode of the Miami Herald's Heat Check, Barry Jackson and John Devine discussed their takeaways from the Heat's first game of the season and also went through the potential ramifications of Heat guard Terry Rozier's arrest stemming from a long-running federal gambling investigation.