Former Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier still under federal scrutiny for illegal gambling
The Celtics guard alum was the subject of 30 unusual bets positing Rozier would put up less in several counting stats, all coming from a single bettor per reporting from ESPN's Dave Purdum. The Louisville standout then exited the game in question early with a supposed foot injury, causing all of those bets to win. The activity was out of the ordinary, and enough so to attract the attention of authorities.
When the issue came to light to the NBA in 2023 soon after the bets were placed, the league investigated and found no internal rules had been broken.
"Rozier is part of the same federal gambling investigation that led to former Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter being banned from the NBA," notes Purdum.
He also related that Rozier does not have any known ties to the people making bets in the Porter case, despite the fact that several of the same betting accounts that bet on Porter also bet on Rozier props.
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