Terry Rozier has Heat's 'full support' after arrest, Adebayo says - ESPN

The reality began setting in for the Miami Heat on Friday when they gathered for a morning shootaround practice and Terry Rozier wasn't with the team.

And that almost certainly won't change anytime soon.

Rozier has been placed on indefinite leave by the NBA after he was arrested Thursday by federal agents and charged for his alleged role in a scheme in which prosecutors say he conspired with friends to help them win bets they made based on his performance in a March 2023 game when he was with the Charlotte Hornets.

«You support him through and through,» Heat captain Bam Adebayo said in Memphis, Tennessee, before Miami's game against the Grizzlies. «That's our brother at the end of the day. It felt kind of weird without him being here, actually, because he's the first person I get to talk to in the morning. He brings that great energy to our team.»

Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested as part of a pair of wide-ranging investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities announced.

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Adebayo made clear how the team still feels about Rozier.

«We stand behind him,» Adebayo said. «Full support.»

The Heat are now searching for ways to move on, much like how the Portland Trail Blazers must do without coach Chauncey Billups — also arrested Thursday and placed on leave for his alleged involvement in another gambling scheme.

«Terry is somebody who is very dear to all of us,» Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. «He's had a real