Terry Rozier & Others Arrested in Alleged Gambling Cases

[moiso]

I read somewhere this was an illegal gambling poker ring, is that not true?

Yeah with a table that could be seen through with x ray technology.

[SparzWizard]

Terry Rozier went 0 for 10 from downtown in Game 7 of the 2018 ECF.

Boston lost 87-79 to Cleveland in Game 7. Had Rozier made just three of those, the Celtics would had won and move onto the NBA finals.

Looks like he already had a head start, point shaving and all!!

[Atzar]

Does anybody actually have faith in the integrity of this league at this point?  At what point do fans check out over this stuff?  There's smoke cloud after smoke cloud in nearly every aspect of its operation at this point.  Football and baseball aren't any better but for the sake of concision I'll stick to basketball here.

We're seeing a rash of gambling scandals that I suspect is only beginning.  At the same time fans literally cannot get away from nonstop gambling ads and discourse pervading every inch of coverage about this sport.  I'm listening to a PrizePicks commercial on my TV as I type this.

They pinned the Donaghy mess on one man when nobody actually believes that he was a lone, rogue operator.  Officiating remains a point of contention.  A few years ago in the playoffs against the Bucks, when Giannis had his sixth foul overturned upon review, Steve Javie bluntly stated that refs would put their thumb on the scale to ensure that certain key players don't foul out.  I never understood why that statement never drew attention.  It's a blatant admission that they are told to influence the course of games!  Do you really think they stop there?

The Clippers are in a mess for cap circumvention.  I highly suspect that everybody does that stuff and they're just the ones who were sloppy enough to get caught. 

Maybe the lottery process has coincidence after coincidence honestly, or maybe they put their thumb on that scale too. 

I want to like this sport, but it's getting more and more difficult to ignore all this stuff.

[Phantom255x]

Different sport and I'm still going to say it, even if others disagree and they have the right to

Ohtani was also guilty and his translator was the ultimate fall guy, but the MLB couldn't lose a talent like Ohtani. Even Windhorst is saying the NBA tried to cover a lot of it up but there seems to be so many events and players involved now and the lists could grow.

Also, the Guardians pitchers in MLB were identified and "taken care of" pretty quickly as well. Still puzzling to me Ohtani walked scot-free from that whole thing but sorry no one can convince me he wasn't involved and didn't know.

[libermaniac]

I don?t get the illegal gambling poker ring thing? Aren?t all non-licensed poker games illegal? So why is it worse to cheat while doing something illegal in the first place? I get how it?s morally worse but why is the cheating being reported as the crime? Am I missing something?

[Roy H.]

I don?t get the illegal gambling poker ring thing? Aren?t all non-licensed poker games illegal? So why is it worse to cheat while doing something illegal in the first place? I get how it?s morally worse but why is the cheating being reported as the crime? Am I missing something?

The slanted games add an element of fraud and theft of tens of millions of dollars.

By analogy, running an unlicensed bar is illegal.  Stealing the patrons' credit card info while they're in that illegal bar is worse.

[radiohead]

The NBA has a serious credibility problem in its hands right now. This plus increasing the subscription fees to watch the games may lead to some fans to just unfollow the league. I?m interested to see how the league responds to this scandal.

[SparzWizard]

Different sport and I'm still going to say it, even if others disagree and they have the right to

Ohtani was also guilty and his translator was the ultimate fall guy, but the MLB couldn't lose a talent like Ohtani. Even Windhorst is saying the NBA tried to cover a lot of it up but there seems to be so many events and players involved now and the lists could grow.

Also, the Guardians pitchers in MLB were identified and "taken care of" pretty quickly as well. Still puzzling to me Ohtani walked scot-free from that whole thing but sorry no one can convince me he wasn't involved and didn't know.

Big market cities attract money. Big names also attract money. They don't want Ohtani to be in any trouble.

But, I guess when it comes to Tom Brady and New England (or any Boston teams), the league can lay hammers left and right on 'em. Just look at that lousy Deflategate.

Atzar also brought up a good point too about the NBA lottery balls. Dallas trading Luka to the Lakers, and just when Nico Harrison and the Mavs organization were getting crucified by Mavs fans and threat of boycotting, suddenly, they win Cooper Flagg the No. 1 pick three months later? That's insane. It ain't the first time either with these lottery balls. The Cavs, after LeBron left for Miami, won three #1 picks in four years (Kyrie Irving, Anthony Bennett, Andrew Wiggins). Bennett didn't work out, but the following year they got Wiggins and flipped it for Kevin Love and forming a Big 3, eventually leading to an NBA championship. I don't think these are conspiracies at all now...these were all set up.