Rozier, a Miami Heat guard, is accused of participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information.

One of the wildest claims to come out of the NBA's turbulent Thursday came from ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst. A day later, both the NBA and Windhorst himself were shooting down the report. The report in question concerned Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier,

"Terry is somebody who is very dear to all of us," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said via ESPN's David Purdum and the AP. "He's had a real positive impact on our locker room, and the staff and players alike, and that includes last year, when he wasn't in the rotation often times. We send our thoughts and our care for him as he goes through this."

Prime Video debuted its NBA coverage on Friday night, one day after the league was rocked by a federal gambling indictment of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.

The sweeping, multipart federal gambling investigation led to the arrests of Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and more than 30 other individuals. The NBA placed Rozier and Billups on immediate leave soon after the arrests, with the league saying that it was reviewing the indictments.

ESPN analyst Brian Windhorst clarified his comments Friday he made one day earlier on The Rich Eisen Show about the Terry Rozier gambling scandal. Rozier was one of over 30 people arrested Thursday for his alleged role in illegal sports betting and gambling schemes,

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were among more than 30 people arrested Thursday morning in connection with two separate indictments that deal with illegal poker and sports betting schemes.

An indictment says gambling money flowed after NBA player Terry Rozier told a pal that he would be exiting early from a game with the Charlotte Hornets in 2023.

NBA veteran Terry Rozier faced a bruising paternity suit from his Polish bikini-model baby mama accusing him of being a callous deadbeat dad several years before his arrest Thursday in a sprawling Mafia-linked federal sports betting and gambling probe.