Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The exact charge or charges they face were not immediately known. Two people spoke to the AP about Rozier on condition of anonymity because they couldn’t discuss details of the investigation publicly. One of these people also told the AP of Billups’ arrest.
Denver-born Billups graduated from George Washington High School and played basketball at the University of Colorado Boulder before an NBA playing career that included stints on the Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons, where he helped win an NBA championship in 2004.