Nba Players Association Rips League For Placing Terry Rozier On Leave Without Pay

The NBA announced Wednesday that Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Heat defender Terry Rozier would not beryllium paid while being placed connected administrative time off for their respective indictments successful a national gambling probe, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

The NBA Players Association came to nan defense of Rozier connected Wednesday afternoon, announcing that they planned to entreaty nan decision.

"While we are successful statement pinch nan convention that upholding nan integrity of nan crippled is of nan utmost importance, their determination to spot Terry connected time off without salary is antagonistic to nan presumption of innocence and inconsistent pinch nan position of our Collective Bargaining Agreement. We scheme to situation their determination via nan due channels," the connection said per ESPN's Charania.

The paychecks for some Billups and Charania will beryllium placed successful escrow, pending nan result of their national cases, which are successful nan early stages pinch nan FBI. Billups allegedly worked pinch nan mob to scam poker players successful rigged games, while Rozier allegedly influenced nan result of his subordinate props successful bid for confidants to triumph hundreds of thousands of dollars while betting connected his performances.