{"id":341001,"date":"2025-10-29T15:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341001\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:19:10","slug":"terry-rozier-will-not-receive-salary-while-on-leave-ap-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341001\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Rozier will not receive salary while on leave, AP sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Embattled NBA guard Terry Rozier<\/a> will not receive his salary from the Miami Heat while on leave because of his arrest on federal charges related to a gambling scheme, two people with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Rozier\u2019s salary \u2014 about $26.6 million this season, paid in installments \u2014 will be held in some sort of account pending resolution of the legal case, said the people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the details were not released publicly.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Rozier\u2019s attorney said Wednesday that a federal lien filed with regard to the player\u2019s tax bill in 2021 was satisfied.<\/p>\n

The Internal Revenue Service filed that lien against Rozier in November 2023, showing an \u201cunpaid balance of assessment\u201d of $8,218,211.70 for the 2021 tax year. But Rozier\u2019s attorney, Jim Trusty, said in an email to The Associated Press that the actual amount owed to the IRS at that time was a sliver of that total.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was never a debt of $8 million,\u201d Trusty wrote. \u201cOut of his total taxes owed in 2021 ($8m) he actually owed $9000. That was paid but the now-defunct lien still needs to be pulled from the local courthouse.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESPN first reported the lien\u2019s existence. The lien is a public record, and there is no publicly available document showing it has been removed.<\/p>\n

Officials in Broward County, Florida \u2014 where the lien was filed \u2014 did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A call seeking information from an IRS revenue officer was unanswered. Revenue officers work for the IRS to collect delinquent taxes.<\/p>\n

Rozier owns a home in Broward County and records show his property taxes have been paid in full each year. That property is about 30 miles from where the Miami Heat play their home games.<\/p>\n

Rozier, who was playing for the Charlotte Hornets during that 2021 tax year and is now on the Heat roster \u2014 but not playing, since he has been placed on leave by the NBA \u2014 was arrested last week along with Portland coach and Hall of Fame player Chauncey Billups, and nearly three dozen other individuals on gambling-related charges in two separate indictments.<\/p>\n

Federal officials alleged that Rozier conspired with associates to help them win bets based on his statistical performance<\/a> in a game when he was with the Hornets on March 23, 2023 \u2014 more than seven months before the lien was prepared and nearly eight months before it was formally filed. Rozier played sparingly in that game and gamblers who wagered that he would finish \u201cunder\u201d certain statistical totals won those bets.<\/p>\n

The charges against Rozier are similar to what former Toronto player Jontay Porter<\/a> faced before he was banned from the league by Silver in 2024.<\/p>\n

Rozier did not play in the final eight games of that 2022-23 season, with he and the Hornets citing a foot injury. The Hornets had several players injured at that time and were already eliminated from playoff contention.<\/p>\n

Sportsbooks detected unusual patterns of wagers on the Charlotte game in question \u2014 prop bets involving Rozier were flagged and immediately brought to the NBA\u2019s attention \u2014 and the league probed the matter but did not find enough evidence to conclude that Rozier broke any rules.<\/p>\n

The NBA said earlier this week<\/a> that it is reviewing how sensitive information like injury reports \u2014 which are public and updated hourly \u2014 should be handled going forward. Members of the House and Senate have both asked the NBA for more information as well.<\/p>\n

Sen. Ted Cruz, the Republican chairman of the Commerce Committee, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on that panel, wrote NBA Commissioner Adam Silver this week seeking detail \u201cabout how the NBA investigated and handled these allegations\u201d and why the NBA allowed Rozier to continue playing.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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