In an announcement that rocked the NBA, federal authorities on Thursday unveiled indictments and arrests as part of what FBI director Kash Patel called “a wide-sweeping criminal enterprise that envelops both the NBA and La Cosa Nostra.” Among the accused: Basketball Hall of Famer and current Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones.
U.S. Attorneys in the Eastern District of New York and Patel announced the indictments at a news conference in Brooklyn. More than a dozen U.S. government officials huddled around the podium under fluorescent lights with hands clasped, as Patel and others touted their investigations: “Operation Royal Flush,” and “Operation Nothing But Bet.”
