Nov 24 Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups pleads not guilty in rigged poker games case By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Billups, a five-time All Star who won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, was arraigned in a federal court in Brooklyn on money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy charges, each carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Continue reading
Oct 29 Terry Rozier will not receive salary while on leave from NBA, AP reports By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press NBA guard Terry Rozier will not receive his salary from the Miami Heat while on leave due to his arrest on federal gambling charges. Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch 7:00 Arrests of current and former stars raise troubling gambling questions for NBA By William Brangham, Azhar Merchant, Solveig Rennan There are troubling questions for the NBA after the FBI arrested one of its players and a Hall of Fame head coach. They are among dozens charged in a federal investigation alleging illegal sports betting and rigged poker games organized… Continue watching
Oct 23 Read the sports betting indictment against NBA player Terry Rozier and others By Associated Press Rozier is accused in participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information, officials said. Continue reading
Oct 23 Who are the NBA coaches and player arrested for illegal sports betting and rigged poker games By Associated Press Three people were arrested Thursday in connection with a federal investigation into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games. Continue reading
Oct 23 WATCH: Heat's Rozier and Trail Blazers' Billups among dozens charged in sports betting, Mafia-backed poker schemes By Alanna Durkin, Tim Reynolds, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operations that authorities said leaked inside information about… Continue reading
Aug 19 Private equity mogul Bill Chisholm officially buys the Boston Celtics for a record $6.1 billion By Jimmy Golen, Associated Press The team was put on the market last summer, soon after it won its record 18th NBA championship. Continue reading
Sep 30 Dikembe Mutombo, Hall of Fame NBA player and ambassador for the sport, dies at 58 from brain cancer By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, says "it's a sad day, especially for us Africans, and really the whole world."… Continue reading
Aug 21 Warriors Hall of Famer Al Attles, one of NBA's first Black head coaches, dies at 87 By Janie McCauley, Associated Press The Warriors announced that Attles had died in his East Bay home on Tuesday surrounded by family. Nicknamed “The Destroyer” for his physical style of play, the Warriors were his love and his only team after they selected him in… Continue reading
Jul 10 Jontay Porter pleads guilty in case tied to gambling scandal that tanked his NBA career By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Former NBA player Jontay Porter admitted Wednesday that he schemed to take himself out of games for gambling's sake, pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy crime in the scandal that already got him banned from the league. Continue reading