Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones, left, leaves Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones pleaded not guilty Thursday, Nov. 6, to charges he profited from rigged poker games and provided sports bettors with non-public information about injuries to stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Jones, a onetime teammate of James, said little during back-to-back arraignments in federal court in Brooklyn, letting his court-appointed lawyer enter not guilty pleas in a pair of cases stemming from last month’s federal takedown of sprawling gambling operations.
Jones, 49, acknowledged
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