{"id":149232,"date":"2025-10-24T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=149232"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:43:27","slug":"anfernee-simons-and-jaylen-brown-react-to-billups-and-rozier-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/anfernee-simons-and-jaylen-brown-react-to-billups-and-rozier-arrests\/","title":{"rendered":"Anfernee Simons and Jaylen Brown React to Billups and Rozier Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK —\u00a0Anfernee Simons\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jaylen Brown\u00a0<\/strong>expressed confusion and frustration over the sprawling gambling-related arrests that struck the NBA world on Thursday afternoon. Simons’ former head coach\u00a0Chauncey Billups\u00a0<\/strong>from the Trail Blazers and Brown’s former Celtics teammate\u00a0Terry Rozier\u00a0<\/strong>faced charges late this week on alleged offenses related to rigged poker games and sharing information about NBA games. Brown blamed the gambling climate around sports and lack of conversations about its pitfalls for a situation that now challenges the integrity of the game.<\/p>\n

“I think a lot more could’ve been done to help players or prepare players. Even the aftermath, I don’t think much care or attention to detail goes into it, where you make X amount of money or X, Y, Z, you should be able to deal with all the extra negativity, the people approaching you about parlays,” Brown said. “It creates a negative discourse around the game and players when people have money involved. Obviously, it’s a part of it, but definitely some of the experiences … it’s leading to situations that we can avoid if more conversations were had right now.”<\/p>\n