The entire NBA world was rocked on Thursday morning by news of arrests by the FBI involving current and former players and coaches linked to gambling scandals. The Los Angeles Lakers were also mentioned in the report as one of the suspicious games involved one between them and the Milwaukee Bucks from 2023 in which LeBron James would sit out.
Former player and coach Damon Jones was one of the people arrested and he is a former teammate and close friend of LeBron who also spent some time around the Lakers over the past few years.