Who are Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and Damon Jones? A look at arrested NBA player and coaches

By The Associated Press Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Damon Jones were arrested Thursday in connection with a federal study into illegal sports betting and rigged poker games back by Mafia Billups is charged in an indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families agents noted Rozier and Jones are accused in a separate indictment of participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information Here s a look at the NBA figures involved Chauncey Billups Billups was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in The Denver native played college ball at Colorado then was the No pick by Boston in He also played for Toronto Denver two stints Minnesota Detroit two stints the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers in a -year playing career Billups was a five-time All-Star and won a championship with Detroit in when he was named the NBA Finals MVP On Nov Billups was named a Clippers assistant on coach Tyronn Lue s staff Billups was hired as Portland s coach in and signed a multi-year extension with the Trail Blazers on April Billups took a - coaching record into this season Billups was known as Mr Big Shot during his playing career and won the Joe Dumars Trophy the NBA s sportsmanship award in while playing for his hometown Nuggets Terry Rozier Rozier was raised primarily by his mother as his father Terry Rozier Sr has been in prison for largest part of the younger Rozier s life Rozier a native of Youngstown Ohio was a standout guard at Louisville who was the th pick by the Boston Celtics in Rozier was traded to Charlotte on July and flourished with the Hornets He set career highs by averaging points in the - season points the following season and points in - Onn Jan Rozier was traded to Miami for Kyle Lowry Rozier averaged points for Miami in the - season while playing in games including starts In Rozier became only the second member in NBA history to record a triple-double in his first start when he scored points with rebounds and assists in Boston s - win over the Knicks Rozier s match on March for Charlotte against New Orleans has been in question He played the first minutes and seconds in the first quarter before exiting and did not play again in that competition or the final eight games of the season Charlotte was not in playoff contention so it did not seem particularly remarkable that Rozier was shut down However posts still online from that challenge show that various bettors were furious with sportsbooks Countless posted on social media that something shady had gone on regarding the prop bets involving Rozier s stats for that night A prop is a type of wager that allows gamblers to bet on whether a participant will exceed a certain statistical number such as whether the participant will finish over or under a certain total of points rebounds assists and more Rozier was in uniform as the Heat played the Magic in Orlando Wednesday evening though he did not play in the meeting Damon Jones Jones was an unofficial assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers in - when he allegedly was involved with the betting scheme according to the indictment He s been coaching since at least after finishing an -year NBA playing career He is from Galveston Texas and played for Houston in college before suiting up with NBA teams in New Jersey Boston Golden State Dallas Vancouver Detroit Sacramento Milwaukee Miami and Cleveland Jones averaged points in the - season with Miami his only season scoring in double figures Jones joined Cleveland s coaching staff in as a shooting consultant He was on Tyronn Lue s Cleveland staff for the postseason in and was named a full-time assistant for the Cavaliers later that year He also worked as a TV analyst for ESPN in AP NBA https apnews com hub nba