Breaking down FBI's illegal NBA gambling probe
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Shaquille O’Neal is speaking out following the arrests of NBA head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former NBA player and coach Damon Jones on Thursday, Oct. 23, and he says he’s 'ashamed' of what they’ve allegedly done.
Who is Damon Jones? Explaining LeBron James' connection to ex-NBA player charged in gambling scandal
Jones joined the Cavaliers as an informal shooting assistant in 2014 before taking on an assistant role with the team's G League affiliate, the Canton Charge, in 2015-16. Lue, who replaced David Blatt as head coach of the Cavaliers in January 2016, added Jones to his NBA staff ahead of the 2016 playoffs and kept him on through 2018.
A federal indictment states Damon Jones sold injury information to bettors before games involving the Lakers as part of the NBA's gambling scandal.
Damon Jones and LeBron James have reportedly been friends since their time playing for the Cavaliers together in the mid-2000s.
The FBI arrested multiple people tied to the NBA in a wide-ranging illegal gambling probe. The NBA and other major sports leagues have been deepening ties with the lucrative sports-betting industry. Washington Post sports columnist Kevin Blackistone explains the implications of this scandal on the NBA and sports betting in general.