Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with probes into illegal gambling, US media reported Thursday.

ABC News, citing law enforcement sources, said the arrest of the 49-year-old Billups was linked to an illegal poker operation tied to the Mafia.

Rozier was arrested in a separate but related betting case, the television network said.

CBS News said FBI Director Kash Patel is scheduled to make an announcement concerning the arrests in New York at 10:00am (14:00 GMT).

A former star player for the Detroit Pistons and a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, Billups retired from the league in 2014.

He has been the head coach of the Trail Blazers since 2021.

Billups was on the bench for the team’s first game of the sea

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