Heat's Terry Rozier faced $8 million tax lien from IRS
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Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups reportedly will not receive their salaries while on leave for their arrests on federal gambling-related charges.
Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier will reportedly not get paid while they are on leave from their NBA teams, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The NBA will reportedly withhold Billups' and Rozier's paychecks and place them in escrow pending the outcome of the FBI cases, per Charania.
“Terry never owed anyone $8 million,” Trusty told ESPN in a statement Wednesday morning. “He owed $9,000 of the total $8 million in taxes from 2021, and it has been paid. We just need the IRS to help remove the now-defunct lien.”
Miami point guard Terry Rozier's 2025-26 NBA season has gone from bad to worse — a rough fate for a man who's been indicted in a federal investigation.
Jim Trusty, the attorney for Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, has lashed out at federal prosecutors for his client’s arrest last week in a federal gambling sweep.
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Terry Rozier’s arrest leaves the Miami Heat stunned, and trying to figure out what happens next
The Miami Heat are dealing with the absence of Terry Rozier, who has been placed on indefinite leave by the NBA.
Less than a week after he was named in an FBI gambling probe and arrested, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was cited in an NBA memo issued Monday urging greater vigilance with such matters. The memo from NBA General Counsel Rick Buchanan and NBA Executive Vice President of League Governance & Policy Dan Spillane was sent to NBA Board of Governors,