NBA outlines injury reporting, prop betting changes in memo to teams - ESPN

The NBA is attempting to reduce the value of inside information and combat performance manipulation as it reacts to the federal indictments of a current player, a head coach and former player in gambling cases, according to a memo sent to all teams Friday.

The league is considering potential policy changes to address tanking, increase the frequency of injury reporting and restrict what sportsbooks offer, according to the memo.

The league solicited input from teams and reviewed a set of proposed changes with the NBA Board of Governors before identifying six areas for potential change, according to the memo, which was obtained by ESPN. In addition to tanking, injury reporting and prop bets, the league plans to upgrade its education program on gambling, adopt new measures to protect players, coaches and team personnel from harassment from sports bettors, and enhance its ability to investigate unusual betting activity, the memo states.

Veteran guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former player and assistant coach Damon Jones were among 34 people arrested in October and charged in a pair of federal indictments involving sports betting and allegedly rigged poker games. Federal prosecutors accused Rozier and Jones of supplying bettors with non-public information regarding injuries. Billups is only charged in the poker indictment, but an unnamed co-conspirator with career details matching those of Billups is accused of providing a bettor with non-public information about the Trail Blazers in the sports betting case.

Teams will be required to submit injury reports on game day between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time and then update public injury reports on NBA.com every 15 minutes, rather than