Overview
- Rozier and Billups have been placed on leave, and multiple outlets report their salaries are being withheld and placed in escrow pending the outcomes of their federal cases.
- The NBPA says the unpaid status conflicts with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the presumption of innocence, and it will challenge the decision through a grievance.
- The NBA circulated a memo to teams and has begun reviewing injury-reporting practices, education for personnel, and added scrutiny of player prop bets after unusual wagering was flagged.
- Federal indictments allege Rozier shared advance information about exiting a March 23, 2023 Hornets game to enable winning prop bets, and accuse Billups in a separate case tied to rigged poker with organized-crime links; both deny wrongdoing.
- Rozier’s attorney says an $8.2 million IRS lien reported from 2023 reflected a much smaller amount that has been paid and should be removed, though public records still show the lien on file.