New York — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a probe into illegal gambling, U.S. 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 was scheduled to make an announcement concerning the arrests in New York on Thursday morning.

A former star player for the Detroit Pistons, Billups retired from the league in 2014 and has been the coach of the Trailblazers for five years.

ABC said Billups would make a first court appearance in Oregon later Thursday.

Rozier,

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