Nbaer Terry Rozier during Federal Investigation for illegal gaming arrangement, manipulation of performance

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Terry Rozier who now The athletic Thursday. The news was First reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The game and performance under control took place on March 23, 2023, when Rozier was still with Charlotte Hornets. Rozier played only nine minutes and 34 seconds in a game against New Orleans Pelicans and scored five points. Before the game against the Pelicans, Rozier was an average of 35.3 minutes and 21.1 points per year. Competition that season. At that time, the reason was due to Rozier leaving the game early was due to a sore right foot. He did not play in any of the team’s eight remaining matches that season.

The NBA conducted a study after the league was notified of unusual betting activity related to Rozier’s performance in this game, and Bass said the league “did not find a violation of the NBA rules.”

“We are now aware of an investigation by the US Law Office of the Eastern District in New York related to this case and have worked with this investigation,” Bass said.

A spokesman for the US Law Office of the Eastern District in New York refused to comment.

Rozier is the second known NBA player examined by the US federal government to possibly manipulate his game as part of a sports game. Former Toronto Raptors Center Jontay Porter pleaded guilty to July 2024 for a crime count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is awaiting criminal offense. Four other men have been arrested and charged as part of a federal investigation of a game ring that Porter is alleged to have been a part of.

Porter was banned by the NBA last April after he was caught up with manipulating his performance in several matches in the 2023-24 season.

According to the WSJ report, federal authorities believe that some of the same people who worked with Porter in 2024 also had information about Rozier’s performance that allowed them to bet on his performance in 2023.

Spokesman for the heat and hornets referred to NBA’s comment. Rozier’s agent has not returned a request for comment. A spokesman for Charlotte Hornets has not responded to E emails asking for a comment.

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