A very serious Shaquille O’Neal addressed the NBA betting scandal that rocked the sports world on Thursday during “Inside the NBA” on ESPN, saying that he was “ashamed” that Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Heat guard Terry Rozier “put their families and their careers in jeopardy” by allegedly getting wrapped up in it all.

Billups and Rozier were among the 31 people charged in a pair of sweeping and “historic” federal gambling busts , one of which had links to the Mafia .

Former Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones was also arrested as a result of the years-long FBI investigation. He was one of three people named in the two indictments that cover both schemes. 3

A solemn-sounding O’Neal said during the program that he knew the NBAers involved in the scandal

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