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Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups will not be paid while on leave of absences from their teams, sources tell ESPN. Both of their paychecks are expected to be withheld and placed in escrow, pending outcome of FBI cases.
Rozier's salary — about $26.6 million this season, paid in installments — will be held in some sort of account pending resolution of the legal case, sources said.
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NBA star Terry Rozier's role in sports betting scandal puts scrutiny on how injuries are verified
If the player says he can’t go in the first quarter, he doesn’t go,” former Dallas Mavericks doctor Tarek Souryal said. “You can see bruising. You can see a cut. But you can’t see pain.”
At the moment, there only is limbo when it comes to Terry Rozier and where he stands — or doesn’t stand — on the Miami Heat payroll in the wake of his NBA leave.
Terry Rozier’s lawyer, Jim Trusty, defended the NBA star against gambling charges, claiming the government partnered with “horrific people" to build its case.
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NBA figures Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups were placed on leave after the FBI announced their arrests in a gambling investigation last week.