The Charlotte Hornets have eliminated a sports activities betting theme night time from their 2025-26 season promotional calendar, initially scheduled for March 17 vs. the Miami Warmth. That recreation is slated to characteristic former participant Terry Rozier, now with the Warmth, in a go to to the Spectrum Heart. 

The Hornets’ extra innocuous themes included Youngsters Day, Breast Most cancers Consciousness, Hoops for Troops and others. Rozier, nevertheless, is talked about in a federal sports activities betting probe stemming from a 2023 recreation when he was a member of the Hornets. Coincidentally, March 17 can also be Rozier’s birthday. 

Per Ira Winderman of the Orlando Solar-Sentinel, the Hornets now say the “Sports activities Betting” theme night time is not occurring on that date.

Rozier, a member of the Hornets from 2019 to 2024, is linked to uncommon playing patterns within the lead-up to a March 2023 recreation vs. the Pelicans through which he solely performed the primary 9 minutes and 36 seconds earlier than leaving with a foot harm. In keeping with the Wall Avenue Journal, authorities imagine a few of the individuals concerned within the Jontay Porter betting scandal could have had inside data that compelled them to wager towards Rozier.

Whereas authorities are investigating whether or not Rozier manipulated his personal efficiency, he has not been charged or straight accused of wrongdoing.