Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier reportedly will not be paid while on leave from their NBA teams after FBI arrests; NBPA will challenge Chris Cwik October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM 1 Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier will reportedly not get paid while they ...
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Chris Cwik October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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 NBPA announced in a statement that it intends to challenge the decision to withhold Rozier's salary, citing its collective bargaining agreement with the NBA.
"While we are in agreement with the league that upholding the integrity of the game is of the utmost importance, their decision to place Terry on leave without pay is counter to the presumption of innocence and inconsistent with the terms of our Collective Bargaining Agreement," the statement reads. "We plan to challenge their decision via the proper channels."
Billups and Rozier were arrested by the FBI on Thursday as part of two separate illegal gambling cases. Billups was arrested for his alleged involvement in rigged poker games. Billups, who was reportedly aware the games were rigged, played in them to give the impression the games were legitimate. Game operators reportedly used rigged shuffling machines, X-ray tables and other devices to cheat certain players out of winning hands.
Rozier was arrested in a separate case, in which he allegedly shared inside information with an individual who shared that information with bettors. The game in question occurred during the 2022-23 NBA season, when Rozier was still with the Charlotte Hornets. A bettor reportedly placed nearly $14,000 on Rozier unders for that game. Rozier left the contest after just nine minutes due to a foot injury, causing those under bets to win.
Former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones was also arrested Thursday. Jones is not currently an active member of the NBA in either role.
Hours after the FBI arrested Billups and Rozier, the two men were placed on immediate leave by the NBA. The league said it was reviewing the federal indictments the FBI released Thursday and took the allegations "with the utmost seriousness."
Rozier, 31, was entering the final year of the four-year, $97 million deal he signed with the Hornets in 2021. He was traded to the Heat in 2024 and was set to make $26 million during the 2025-26 NBA season.
Billups, 49, agreed to a two-year extension to stay with Portland in April. Financial details of Billups' contract, including his salary, were not made available at the time.
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