Former Mavs Among 18 Arrested in NBA Welfare Scandal

Dalton Trigg | Oct 7, 2021

According to a stunning Thursday morning report, 18 former NBA players have been arrested and charged federally for defrauding the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan … and that list unfortunately includes a couple of former Dallas Mavericks.

Antoine Wright, Chris Douglas-Roberts (who — fun fact — apparently also goes by the name “Supreme Bey,” according to the official legal papers) and Greg Smith are the former Mavs mentioned in connection with this NBA welfare scandal, which according to the report scammed the system to the tune of $4 million, officials said.

The other defendants include Terrence Williams, Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Desiree Allen, Shannon Brown, William Bynum, Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Melvin Ely, Jamario Moon, Darius Miles, Milton Palacio, Ruben Patterson, Eddie Robinson, Sebastian Telfair, Charles Watson Jr. and Anthony Wroten.

Those charged face one count of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.

As it relates to the Dallas Mavs? It does not. None of the trio of guys who once played in Dallas had long enough stints here for this connection to mean anything much more than just being an unfortunate coincidence,but when you see a report like that come out, you can’t help but recognize the familiar Mavs-related names you’ve learned over the years.

Douglas-Roberts (2012-2013) and Smith (2014-2015) only played one season each with Dallas, totaling just 48 games between both of them. Wright spent two seasons in Dallas (2007-2009) after being a part of the trade from the New Jersey Nets that brought Jason Kidd back for his second Mavs stint that helped lead to a championship in 2011.

Other notable names from the scandal include: Memphis Grizzlies defensive legend Tony Allen, Darius Miles, Sebastian Telfair, Jamario Moon, Shannon Brown and Boston fan favorite Glen “Big Baby” Davis.

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Published Oct 7, 2021

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.