MIAMI (AP) — Miami is receiving a second-round pick in this year's draft from Charlotte, which essentially becomes additional compensation to settle a dispute surrounding the trade that sent Terry Rozier from the Hornets to the Heat two years ago.
The pick will be the more favorable of either Golden State's or Denver's second-round selections. The agreement, revealed Monday to general managers across the league, was struck by the teams amid discussions regarding the circumstances surrounding Rozier's trade and his ongoing issues related to a federal gambling investigation.
Rozier is in the final year of his Heat contract. He has been away from the team since the day following its season-opening game in Orlando in October, after he was arrested by federal officials and charged with assisting bettors by releasing information that wasn't available to the general public about his playing status.
In December, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called the circumstances surrounding Rozier — who is taking up $26.6 million of Heat cap space this season — “an unprecedented situation” and said the league was “going to try to work something through, work this out with them.”
The goal, Silver said, was “satisfactory relief.” And the teams eventually settled on the second-rounder. Neither club had immediate comment.
The Heat acquired Rozier from the Hornets on Jan. 23, 2024, for Kyle Lowry and a 2027 first-round draft pick that will still have to be conveyed by Miami. The NBA was aware of unusual prop bet activity surrounding Rozier’s performance in a March 2023 game he played with Charlotte against the New Orleans Pelicans; it was flagged by sportsbooks that afternoon, but a league probe — not the federal investigation — found no reason at that time to keep him from playing.
Rozier was in the starting lineup for Charlotte for that March 23, 2023, game and played reasonably well in his 9 1/2 minutes of action, with five points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal. That remains one of only two times in his career that he had that many points, rebounds and assists in a first quarter.
Rozier cited foot pain as his reason for not returning to that game. Those who bet against his “props” for that won those wagers.
The Hornets have not said if they were aware of any federal probes into Rozier’s conduct at that time.
Details of the federal investigation were not disclosed to the Heat when the trade was made. It seems unlikely that Miami would have gone forward with the trade had it known there was a potential of charges being filed.
Rozier has averaged 13.9 points per game in his career, which includes stops with Charlotte and Boston before coming to Miami. He appeared in 95 games with the Heat.
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FILE - Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, March 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Anthropic is suing the Trump administration for what it calls an “unlawful campaign of retaliation” against the artificial intelligence company over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology.
Anthropic asked federal courts on Monday to reverse the Pentagon’s decision last week to designate the artificial intelligence company a “ supply chain risk.” The company also seeks to undo President Donald Trump's order directing federal employees to stop using its AI chatbot Claude.
The legal challenge intensifies an unusually public dispute over how AI can be used in warfare and mass surveillance — one that has also dragged in Anthropic's tech industry rivals, particularly OpenAI, which made its own deal to work with the Pentagon just hours after the government punished Anthropic for its stance.
Anthropic filed two separate lawsuits Monday, one in California federal court and another in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., each challenging different aspects of the government's actions against the company.
“These actions are unprecedented and unlawful," Anthropic's lawsuit says. "The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech. No federal statute authorizes the actions taken here. Anthropic turns to the judiciary as a last resort to vindicate its rights and halt the Executive’s unlawful campaign of retaliation.”
The Defense Department declined to comment Monday, citing a policy of not commenting on matters in litigation.
Anthropic said it sought to restrict its technology from being used for two high-level usages: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials publicly insisted the company must accept “all lawful" uses of Claude and threatened punishment if Anthropic did not comply.
Designating the company a supply chain risk cuts off Anthropic's defense work using an authority that was designed to prevent foreign adversaries from harming national security systems. It was the first time the federal government is known to have used the designation against a U.S. company.
President Donald Trump also said he would order federal agencies to stop using Claude, though he gave the Pentagon six months to phase out a product that’s deeply embedded in classified military systems, including those used in the Iran war.
Anthropic's lawsuit also names other federal agencies, including the departments of Treasury and State, after officials ordered employees to stop using Anthropic’s services.
Even as it fights the Pentagon’s actions, Anthropic has sought to convince businesses and other government agencies that the Trump administration’s penalty is a narrow one that only affects military contractors when they are using Claude in work for the Department of Defense.
Making that distinction clear is crucial for the privately held Anthropic because most of its projected $14 billion in revenue this year comes from businesses and government agencies that are using Claude for computer coding and other tasks. More than 500 customers are paying Anthropic at least $1 million annually for Claude, according to a recent investment announcement valued the company at $380 billion.
Anthropic said in a statement Monday that “seeking judicial review does not change our longstanding commitment to harnessing AI to protect our national security, but this is a necessary step to protect our business, our customers, and our partners."
FILE- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael, right, arrive to look at a display of multi-domain autonomous systems in the Pentagon courtyard, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
FILE - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands outside the Pentagon during a welcome ceremony for the Japanese defense minister at the Pentagon in Washington, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
