NBA urges players to remain vigilant about home security measures amid rash of break-ins

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Player safety has recently become a topic of conversation in the sports world, and the NBA is the latest major professional league to raise awareness as it relates to home security.

The league sent a memo to team officials after Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley were victims of home invasions. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the memo.

The NBA noted that the FBI believes a number of the burglaries were connected to "transnational South American Theft Groups" that are "reportedly well-organized, sophisticated rings that incorporate advanced techniques and technologies, including pre-surveillance, drones, and signal jamming devices."

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A basketball is seen on the court next to the NBA logo during a break in the first half of a Summer League game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on July 7, 2023. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Conley's home was broken into on Sept. 15 as he attended a Minnesota Vikings game against the San Francisco 49ers. The Timberwolves guard participated in the Vikings' traditional pregame festivities as he helped fire up the more than 66,000 fans inside U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, but while Conley was attending the game, his home in Medina, Minnesota, several miles away, was targeted by thieves, police said.

Burglars left the property with jewelry, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported at the time.

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Medina Police Chief Jason Nelson