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The birthday boy should have been talking about life as a now newly-turned 35-year-old or his return to his stomping grounds in Orlando fresh off a 28-point opening night, but instead Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic was caught up in the only story suffocating the NBA these days.
One day after Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers player/assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested as part of an investigation related to illegal sports betting and mafia-backed rigged poker games, the rest of the league was speaking out.