After making more than $21 million across 11 seasons in the NBA, the NBA journeyman fell hard -- and, prosecutors allege, into a life of crime.

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is appearing in a New York court to face charges he profited from rigged poker games involving several Mafia figures and at least one other former NBA player.

Figures in the NBA are worried about what former Cavs player Damon Jones might say after his recent FBI arrest.

The sports world was rocked in late October by federal indictments alleging a gambling scandal that implicated multiple NBA figures.

Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has already pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy when he made his initial appearance in court on Nov. 6.

Last month, now suspended, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups landed in the news for all the wrong reasons. The former NBA champ was brought to federal court over a case involving illegal,