Celtics Star Jaylen Brown Calls Out Nba For Lack Of Protection From Gambling Issues

In nan aftermath of Thursday's arrests of Heat defender Terry Rozier and Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups arsenic a consequence of an FBI-led forbidden gambling investigation, overmuch of nan talk successful convention circles for players and coaches alike person centered astir nan scandal.

Celtics All-Star helping Jaylen Brown, a erstwhile teammate of Rozier, was asked astir nan investigation and his return connected nan issue. Brown took purpose astatine nan NBA, saying that players person not been protected good capable from nan consequences that travel arsenic a consequence of fans gambling.

"They're like, 'You make X magnitude of money aliases X, Y and Z, you should beryllium capable to woody pinch each nan other negativity," Brown said of NBA fans criticizing players complete bets. "The group approaching you astir parlays...it creates a antagonistic sermon astir nan crippled and players erstwhile group person money involved. ...It's starring to situations that we tin debar if much conversations were had correct now."

Brown said nan conversations astir sports gambling request to beryllium astatine nan forefront successful conversations betwixt nan convention and players.

"I dont deliberation once, from my conversations pinch nan union, that nan NBA has been like, 'How tin we protect players much pinch nan environment?' There's been small to nary speech astir that. It's each about, a batch of times, 'How tin we summation business and summation revenue?' I don't deliberation we're having capable conversations astir what is nan aftermath aliases nan consequences that immoderate of that worldly has."

It's reliable to put nan toothpaste backmost successful nan conduit successful respect to nan league's sponsorship deals pinch salient gambling companies. The mean instrumentality doesn't person to look acold to spot a sportsbook advertisement connected nan tv aliases astatine nan arena.

Sportsbooks are helping sports leagues successful nan United States make millions of dollars per year, and rate is king. But Brown has a adjacent constituent astir nan players and the disapproval they person from fans arsenic a consequence of sports gambling.

There are nary easy answers, but location are surely conversations near to beryllium had aft an eventful mates of days of ungraded for nan NBA.

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