The Heat were “unaware” that G Terry Rozier was the “subject of separate NBA and FBI investigations until the Wall Street Journal broke the story this past January.” Ten months before the Heat acquired Rozier from the Hornets, the NBA was “alerted to unusual betting activity involving the veteran guard in the hours before” a game. But following its own protocol, the NBA did “not inform the Heat (or other teams) of that red flag in the months that followed, nor did it inform the Heat prior to the league approving the January 2024 trade” that sent Rozier to the Heat. A source said that the Hornets also did “not inform the Heat,” though the Hornets are “refusing to say if they were even aware of the matter at the time of the trade.” All of that has “left the Heat seeking answers in the immediate aftermath” of Rozier’s arrest (MIAMI HERALD, 10/25).
