Celtics forward and NBPA vice president Jaylen Brown said the NBA isn’t doing enough to help players around sports betting issues in the sport.
Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown said the NBA isn’t doing enough to protect players from issues surrounding sports betting, speaking about the issue a day after a prominent player and coach were arrested for their alleged roles in a nationwide gambling scandal.
„They’re like, ‚You make X amount of money or X, Y and Z, you should be able to deal with all the extra negativity, the people approaching you about the parlays'“, Brown said Friday at Madison Square Garden before the Celtics face the New York Knicks. „It creates a negative discourse around the game and players when people have money involved. . It’s leading to situations that we can avoid if more conversations were had right now.“
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were among dozens who were indicted Thursday from a pair of federal investigations. Rozier allegedly informed a friend that he would pull himself from a March 2023 game while he was with the Charlotte Hornets, with hundreds of thousands of dollars of bets made on Rozier under props for the contest.
