Shaq Blasts Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier For Alleged Involvement In Gambling Scandal

Shaq had perfectly nary pity for nan NBA players and coaches who were arrested as portion of nan national government's mob-linked sports gambling investigation that has taken nan convention by storm.

In what FBI head Kash Patel called an "insider trading saga for nan NBA," Trail Blazers caput coach Chauncey Billups, Heat defender Terry Rozier and erstwhile NBA subordinate and adjunct coach Damon Jones were arrested and indicted for their alleged engagement successful abstracted cases of capacity rigging and sharing wrong accusation astir NBA games, arsenic good arsenic fixing forbidden poker games.

During Thursday night's Inside nan NBA segment, Shaq weighed successful connected nan ongoing investigation and fiercely scolded each those who allegedly committed crimes.

"You each cognize nan missive of nan rule erstwhile it comes to gambling and sports gambling," Shaq said. "I don't want to beryllium up present for illustration immoderate cleanable guy... I cognize Chauncey, I cognize Damon very well—I played pinch Damon—but I'm ashamed that those guys would put their families and their careers successful jeopardy.

"There's an aged saying successful nan hood: each money ain't bully money. So if you're making $9 cardinal dollars, really overmuch much do you need? ... I work together pinch you, Chuck, they dropped nan ball. You ne'er want to person your sanction progressive successful that erstwhile you cognize nan missive of nan law."

Many astir nan convention apt stock Shaq's sentiments fixed nan severity of nan accusations levied against Billups, Rozier and others. Billups and Rozier person since been placed connected contiguous time off by nan NBA amid nan ongoing investigation.

Billups's lawyer recently released a statement successful which he maintained Billups's innocence and announced his client's scheme to conflict nan allegations successful court.

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