Basketball Hall of Famer reflects on 'crisis' of gambling in sports: 'Not fun to see'

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Three progressive athletes are facing charges related to amerciable sports gambling, including Miami Heat defender Terry Rozier.

Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones were arrested successful October, with Rozier allegedly taking himself retired of a crippled aboriginal connected purpose, truthful friends could payment from wagers connected his "under" props.

There person since been reports that the NBA is funny successful eliminating "under" bets, and successful the aftermath of 2 Cleveland Guardians pitchers being arrested, Major League Baseball has moved to bounds wagers connected circumstantial pitches.

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Seven-time NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame during the 2014 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony astatine Springfield Symphony Hall. (David Butler II/USA TODAY Sports)

That is an enactment that hoops Hall of Famer and Heat fable Alonzo Mourning wants the NBA to take.

"You request the beforehand bureau to modulate it. I mean, each web is promoting gambling close now, you know? You get each types of gambling outlets present done each sports. You spell to antithetic arenas, and they're promoting gambling during the game. So you gotta fto the beforehand offices modulate this and cleanable it up. You know, it's arsenic elemental arsenic that. It's conscionable not amusive to see," Mourning said successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital.

"It places a stigma connected these sports leagues. It’s thing that, you know, these beforehand offices person to cleanable up. So I deliberation the NBA — they’re gonna bash what they request to bash to cleanable up the image, arsenic good arsenic baseball, arsenic good arsenic football, immoderate athletics is dealing with this crisis, due to the fact that it seems similar gambling is present to stay. I don’t spot it going anyplace anytime soon. Now that it’s been introduced, I don’t deliberation it’s going anywhere."

Alonzo Mourning shoots a layup against the New Jersey Nets successful East Rutherford, New Jersey connected May 1, 2005. (Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were accused of intentionally throwing balls. Officials said successful the indictment that from May 2023 to June 2025, Clase agreed with a co-conspirator to "throw circumstantial pitches successful definite MLB games" truthful the bettors they were allegedly partnered with "would nett from amerciable wagers made based connected that wrong information." Ortiz allegedly joined the strategy successful June 2025.