Chanty Billet and Terry Roier have been arrested by the FBI as part of gambling investigations and on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. And to keep a long story short, Chanty was reportedly involved in rigged poker games with the mafia and Damon Jones who also was arrested for that and giving out information surrounding LeBron James and other players availability before games for gambling purposes.

 And Roier was for telling betterers to bet on his unders and then faking injuries or things like that and pulling himself out of games. So the unders and the bets would hit. And here’s the inside the NBA’s reactions to those arrests. Feel free to weigh in now, Shaq. You’ve heard from Shams. You saw the FBI director speaking about this.

 What do you think? I know everybody that’s at play and I don’t like to sit up here and be hypocritical about certain things. I homeboy gamble, Ernie. You know, bet it, you know, we we we’ve been on teams. We played cards. We played spades. We we we’ve played Tonk. But with that being said, every year they would give us forums on what and what not to do.

 One of those things where if somebody asked you if a certain player is playing, you say no. So all these guys knew what were what was at stake. And I’m just ashamed that they put themselves and put their family and put the NBA in this position. We all know the rules. We all know the letter of the law.

 And it it’s it’s it’s just unfortunate. uh you know innocent to proven guilt guilty but usually when the FBI has something they have you you know FBI I’ I’ve I know a lot of people from the FBI and I’ve been in many of those investigations they’ll wait two three four five years but when they but when they come knocking on your door they have something and we all know the 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 like I every now and then when I go to because I’ve played some

craps and I, you know, I I play some roulette, but never gambled at anybody’s house. Don’t know anything about poker, so I don’t know what what they’re talking about when it come to the to the chony thing, but I know uh Chony, I know Damon very well, played with Damon, so I don’t want to sit up here, but I’m ashamed that that those guys would put their families and their careers in jeopardy.

 That like there’s old saying in the hood, all money ain’t good money. So, if you’re making $9 million and you’re dealing in certain things like how how how much how much more do you need? Especially especially if you know you get caught, you can do jail time, lose your career, you know, put put, you know, put put a bad image on on yourself or your family or on on the NBA.

 I agree with you, Chuck. They they dropped the ball, you know,%, you know, they had% dropped the ball and like you you never you never want to have your name involved in that when you know the letter of the law. and Ernie again, I know for a fact every year they they they cancel practice and say don’t do this and don’t do that and don’t do that.

 So all the guys had the information. So let’s let’s let Kenny get in on this thing. Well, it it’s super unfortunate. You know, one because we look at players that are involved and the people that are involved, you know, we we’re surprised because when you have access and you’re at the top of your game, so to speak, as a coaching profession, a player, whatever, you’re at the top of your game.

 have access to millions and millions of dollars in this league. So it was surprising that they would be put themselves in that position possibly. It is an innocent until proven guilty. Um I think the other part is we have to realize gambling is an addiction. So the addiction of it is what makes you make illogical decisions.

 So not because you make $9 million. There are people who are making the the as uh the FBI director said, there’s a man who lost a $1.8 million. That means he has a lot of money. So, he has an addiction to that. Those fish that they talk about that they were bringing in. So, gambling is an addiction which can make you make illogical decisions regardless of your ethnic background, regardless of your physical background, and regardless of your financial status.

 So, let’s understand that. And I I I disagree in terms of the NBA dropping the ball. This is an ongoing investigation. There’s no way that any FBI or police even would come to anyone and say, “Hey, this is what we’re doing. This is the surprise element always makes it happen.” So they cannot over overextend their information that they’re receiving.

 And this is about individuals. And last and I’ll let you talk, Chuck. I I will say you would because you’re making me mad right here. Well Well, I can make you mad and you can make me mad. I just have my opinion. You You’re going to have yours. But I I also think that because there are people who get speeding tickets doesn’t mean everyone in the league speeds.

 And so don’t look at this group of people that starting to get investigated as the entire league as an indictment of the league. Clear something up for me, Chuck. I’m gonna clear it up quickly. I know, but I’m just I’m really just want this. You say the the league dropped the ball on the Rosir part of this because they had already looked at it and said we didn’t have enough but not on the chanty.

 They didn’t drop the ball on these are two different things. Two different things on Rosir. Take Chanty out the equation. All right. And I the reason I’m mad at Kenny is man this ain’t got nothing to do with damn gambling addiction. This ain’t got nothing to do with addiction. These dudes are stupid. Why are they stupid? you under no circumstances can you fix basketball games under under no circumstances. I love to gamble.

 The notion like Rosia makes $26 million. Him betting giving people information or or or taking himself out of games. How much is he going to benefit taking himself out the game to get unders? Like he’s making $26 million. the notion he gave how much of the these guys he gave a head up he took himself out of games on prop bets.

 How much money is he gonna make? Well, if he did that, you’re proving my point. What do you mean? That that means logical thought process if you’re making $26 million to try to win $50,000. Like that’s illogical. So that you’re proving my point. That’s not addiction. That’s stupidity. The same reason someone goes and uses drugs when they in the NBA.

Drugs are drugs are addiction. We gambling addiction. No. Yeah, they are gambling addiction. But the notion that you trying to make these guys being addicted, you can’t fix basketball games. You cannot fix, like I say, this is separate from Chelsea, but the notion that guys are making all this money and giving information, it’s it’s Come on, man. Stop that.

Ain’t got nothing to do with addiction. That’s just total stupidity on these two dudes parts.