Shaq weighs in on NBA betting scandal of Chauncey Billups,Terry Rozier and others after 34 arrests 🤑

Описание: A solemn Shaquille O’Neal weighed in on the NBA sports betting scandal on Thursday night, saying he was “ashamed” on behalf of the basketball stars named among the 34 people arrested by the FBI.

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and the retired combo guard Damon Jones were among those picked up by the bureau, with 13 alleged members of the Mafia also placed in cuffs in response to a two-part scam that FBI Director Kash Patel described as “mind-boggling” and said amounted to “the insider trading saga for the NBA.” Responding on ESPN’s Inside the NBA, Shaq said: “All these guys knew what was at stake and I’m just ashamed that they put themselves and their family and the NBA in this position.

We all know the rules, we all know the letter of the law and it’s just unfortunate. Innocent until proven guilty, but usually when the FBI has something, they have you. They’ll wait two, three, four, five years, but when they come knocking on your door, they have something.”

He continued: “We all know the letter of the law when it comes to gambling and sports gambling and I don’t want to sit up here like I’m some perfect guy… Every now and then, when I go to Vegas, I’ll play some craps and I’ll play some roulette but I never gambled at anyone’s house. Don’t know anything about poker.

“I’m ashamed that those guys would put their families and their careers in jeopardy. There’s an old saying in the ‘hood: ‘All money ain’t good money.’

“So if you’re making $9 million and you’re dealing a certain thing, like, how much more do you need? Especially if you know you get caught, you could do jail time, lose your career, put a bad image on yourself, your family or on the NBA… They dropped the ball.”

The FBI said the twin schemes – one of them focused on insider sports betting and another on poker games rigged with high-tech equipment – spanned years and involved tens of millions of dollars in illicit gains from wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, and gambling.

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