{"id":668762,"date":"2026-03-20T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668762\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:27:34","slug":"heat-planning-to-cut-terry-rozier-while-on-leave-for-nba-gambling-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/668762\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat planning to cut Terry Rozier while on leave for NBA gambling investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NY<\/a>Fri, March 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM UTC\"An<\/p>\n

Terry Rozier<\/p>\n

Terry Rozier will not be a member of the Heat for much longer.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets reported on Thursday night that the Heat are planning on waiving the embattled guard in order to create a roster spot for their playoff run.<\/p>\n

The NBA player is on an expiring deal and the Heat would need to waive him by 5 p.m. on\u00a0 April 9 in order for him to clear waivers before the end of the season, ESPN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Terry<\/p>\n

Terry Rozier looks on during the second half of the Heat\u2019s blowout win over the Wizards on March 31, 2024, in Washington. AP<\/p>\n

Rozier has been on indefinite leave following his October indictment for his role in an alleged illegal sports gambling ring.<\/p>\n

He has denied any involvement in the scheme.<\/p>\n

Rozier is accused of intentionally coming out of a game in March 2023 as part of a scheme that would have him allegedly tell a friend, who then sold the info to sports betters for them to bet the under on the hooper\u2019s stat line.<\/p>\n

The Heat guard was initially put on unpaid leave, but an arbitrator ruled in Rozier\u2019s favor after the NBA Players Association filed a grievance, putting the Heat on the spot to pay Rozier the $26.6 million he\u2019s owed on the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n

Rozier ended up in Miami as part of a trade with the Hornets in January 2024, which has since led to a dispute between the two teams.<\/p>\n

\"Terry<\/p>\n

Terry Rozier (pictured, gray suit) leaves court after his status hearing for his gambling case on Monday, December 8th. He has been charged with crimes related to gambling. At the US Federal Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

The Heat felt that they should have been told about the NBA and federal inquiries before the trade was made.<\/p>\n

In order to resolve the issue, the Hornets agreed to send a second-round pick in this year\u2019s draft to Miami.<\/p>\n

The Heat were sitting in seventh in the East heading into their Thursday night game with the Lakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri, March 20, 2026 at 2:13 AM UTC Terry Rozier Terry Rozier will not be a member of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[7,670,144,300,295,189,3881,6,1677,1176],"class_list":{"0":"post-668762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-heat","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-miami","13":"tag-miami-heat","14":"tag-miamiheat","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-terry-rozier","17":"tag-the-heat"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116261739751161030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}