Embattled NBA guard Terry Rozier will not receive his salary from the Miami Heat while on leave because of his arrest on federal charges related to a gambling scheme, two people with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Rozier’s salary — about $26.6 million this season, paid in installments — will be held in some sort of account pending resolution of the legal case, said the people, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the details were not released publicly.
If Rozier is cleared and allowed to return to the NBA, which placed him on leave hours after his Oct. 23 arrest, he would receive the held payments in full, one of the sources said.